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Laughing at the expense of a 6-year-old NO HOLDS BARRED Armida Siguion-Reyna 03/29/2011

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Laughing at the expense of a 6-year-old

NO HOLDS BARRED
Armida Siguion-Reyna
03/29/2011
“I do not believe in censorship in any form, manner or circumstance, but if I were to indulge a hypothetical, (Willie Revillame) would be the best excuse for censorship.”

I didn’t say that, lawyer Teddy Te did, in a note he’d posted on FaceBook. But I agree. And so do a whole lot of others, who’ve seen the 10-minute video clip of the TV host egging six-year-old Janjan to dance (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YRCxh9q64w) like a “macho dancer,” not just once but five times, with Revillame joining in, twice, simultaneously laughing at the boy’s crying. As did Revillame’s personal lawyer, lawyer Alfonso “Boy” Reyno, shown thrice in the clip, laughing just as hard, at one point even tearfully so.

Of the 289, 770 hits on one of the YouTube links (there are several; some are shorter at three minutes plus, while the link I have above clocks at 10:02) there are 1,131 likes and 747 dislikes. Last night the count for Revillame hit the thousandth mark, today the angry appear to be swiftly catching up. The angry at Revillame, that is..... MORE

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