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Norway no way EDITORIAL 08/25/2011

Thursday, August 25, 2011

Norway no way

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08/25/2011
Noynoy’s denial of any semblance of apology to the Hong Kong people on the bungled rescue of the tourists who are residents of the Chinese territory, apparently believes he is upholding national dignity in doing so, but all the actions he has made thus far comes off as chickening out from confronting an obvious responsibility in the incident.

He clutched at straws in defending his stance of not meeting with the relatives of the victims and the survivors of the bloody mayhem that happened more than a year ago on Aug. 23 when the whole world saw a comedy rivaling the Police Academy series. It would have been hilarious, had it not resulted in the death of eight of the hostaged tourists.

He mentioned the recent massacre in Norway where a lone gunman shot and killed 91 people as a parallel to the tragic incident, saying that there is nothing much anybody can do when faced with a deranged individual..... MORE

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