Evidence

1. Evidence

2. Filipinos.....*make me puke* (Art Bell)As we've all come to notice, in the past few decades, Filipinos have begun to infest the United States like some sort of disease. Their extensive involvement in the U.S. Armed Forces is proof of the trashy kind of qualities all Filipinos tend to exhibit on a regular basis. You can see this clearly by studying the attitudes and cultural Icons of most Filipino Americans.Origins of Pinoys/Pinays:Are they really Asian? Well we've come to accept the fact the Filipinos come from a part of the world known as South East Asia. But the term "Asia" is used in the wrong way. You may notice that contemporary Filipino Americans try very hard to associate themselves with groups that we know as Asian. I cannot count the number of times I have seen a 'Third World' Filipino try to connect themselves to the Chinese or Japanese people. There is no connection and here's why. The Philippines is a Third World country.

3. Nothing respectable has EVER been created by Filipino people during our entire human history. Young Filipino men in America have become obsessed with "import racing". They have an enormously perverted affection for Japanese cars. It's a common phenomenon. In their minds, these Filipinos somehow believe that they are Asian and that it somehow connects them to Japanese people and Japanese cars. They often take credit for the ingenuity of Japanese people and say how it's an " Asian thing". This term..."Asian thing" derived directly from African American slang "black thang". "It's a black thang." "It's an Asian thang."You can see the connection. It's even funnier that, in Japan, Filipinos are heavily discriminated against. The only Filipinos that can live successfully in Japan are the Filipino prostitutes. But that's the case for most Filipino people no matter where they live in the world.

4. Now we've come down to this fact...and it is a fact.Nothing in Filipino Culture can be seen as Asian.They have no architectural, artistic, or cultural influence which is in ANY way, Asian. Thinking of the great countries in Asia such as Japan, Korea, and China there is no way you can possibly connect the Philippine Islands. This assault by Filipino Americans to connect themselves with the great peoples of North East Asia is foul and disgusting. Try visiting a young Filipino’s web site too.You'll see something called the "Asian IRC Ring". It has to do with the chat rooms. The most horrible thing about this is that these TRASHY people are trying to associate themselves with Asia again!! People in Asia don't act like this at all. What we are seeing here is the natural Filipino in its element with full access to technology and this is how they act! You will consistently see this behavior over and over again.

5. Another interesting thing is that these "thirdworld" people also frequent RC chat rooms such as #chinese #japan and #asian. They must believe that they are somehow related racially or culturally to North Asians. But it's completely WRONG! There might have been some distant contact With China and even less with Japan during World War II, but these people are actually more closely related to African Americans and Mexican Americans.Do the parents of these young Filipinos know what's going on? Would they accept this? I believe that they would and do. This is the natural "Trash" element in Filipinos manifesting itself. Nothing good has ever come from Philippines and I don't believe anything good ever will.

6. What are your initial thoughts after reading this? Do you find yourself agreeing or disagreeing with the writer? What was your basis for doing so? List down at least three points that made you agree or disagree with him.

7. The president was furious at his cabinet. vs The President threw down an ashtray when the Napocor administrator could not explain the breakdown of two power plants on Monday.

8. What is a fact?

9. A fact is something that most people believe to be true. The earth is flat. The earth is the center of the solar system. Spontaneous generation happens when there is an ordinary formation of living organisms without descent from similar organisms.

10. A fact is something that is true. 1. Carlos P. Garcia was a president of the Philippines. 2. The earth is roughly spherical. 3. 11+1=12. 4. Water boils at 100 degrees centigrade. 5. Magellan discovered the Philippines.

11. A fact is something that can be proven beyond reasonable doubt. 1. Carlos P. Garcia was a president of the Philippines. 2. The earth is roughly spherical. 3. 11+1=12. 4. Water boils at 100 degrees centigrade. 5. Magellan discovered the Philippines.

12. A fact is something that can be proven beyond reasonable doubt and based upon certain assumptions.

13. What, then, is an opinion?

14. An opinion is a statement that others may disagree with.

15. Opinion is generally based on our understanding or interpretation of ideas or events.

16. Opinion is how we explain the significance or meaning of these events or ideas.

17. When used as evidence, opinions should be given by experts or authority who, presumably, base their interpretation on facts.

18. IMAGINE uprooting 40,000 families — twice the entire population of the municipality of San Juan, Metro Manila — and relocating them elsewhere. By any stretch of the imagination, this would be a logistical and sociological nightmare. The financial cost alone would also be staggering. This is exactly what is happening in the government program to relocate those who will be displaced by the North Rail Project. The Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC) estimates that the government needs to shell out at least P6.6 billion in resettlement costs, but it is not clear where this money is going to come from. http://pcij.org/stories/2005/northrail.html

19. IMAGINE uprooting 40,000 families — twice the entire population of the municipality of San Juan, Metro Manila — and relocating them elsewhere. By any stretch of the imagination, this would be a logistical and sociological nightmare. The financial cost alone would also be staggering. This is exactly what is happening in the government program to relocate those who will be displaced by the North Rail Project. The Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC) estimates that the government needs to shell out at least P6.6 billion in resettlement costs, but it is not clear where this money is going to come from. http://pcij.org/stories/2005/northrail.html

20. Activity Determine whether the following is a. clearly a fact b. possibly a fact c. an opinion d. personal preference

21. 1. Religious history is filled with examples of inhumanity committed in the name of God. 2. Of all the compact cars available in the market, I like the appearance of Honda Jazz best. 3. Most women who have had abortion regret their decision. 4. Balding men are more attractive among mature women. 5. Violence on TV has detrimental effects on the psychological well-being of young viewers.

22. 6. Pornography is an insult to women. 7. Music sharing in the internet violates anti-piracy laws of all countries. 8. Legalizing jueteng in the Philippines can help lessen the budget deficit of the country. 9. In recent years, scientists have successfully conducted studies on stem cells. 10. All religion share the same fundamental truth.

23. 11. Black people are the victims of crime more often than white people. 12. Most students drop out of school due to lack of intelligence and the will to succeed. 13. Comic books are as instructive about life as novels are. 14. The publicity given to suicide leads to most copycat suicide attempt. 15. People who need organ transplants greatly outnumber donors.

24. 1. Identify possible sources that you could use to support the statement you classified as b 2. Identify possible questions that might be asked about the statements you classified as c. 3. Rewrite the statements of personal preference to statement of opinion.

25. Form a group with three members. Read the excerpted text. Underline the opinions once and the facts twice.

26. Eighteen years after the fall of Marcos, Congress is not becoming a more representative institution. In fact, today's legislators are richer now than ever before. While poverty levels since 1986 have remained at roughly between 30 and 40 percent of the population, lawmakers have become wealthier. They are also older and better educated. As the results of a two-year PCIJ study of legislatures since 1898 show, members of the post-Marcos Congress tend to stay in office longer than their predecessors. Moreover, most lawmakers come from political families, meaning that they have relatives who are currently holding or once held elective posts. In the House of Representatives, two of every three are members of political clans. The vast majority of these are second- and third-generation politicians with parents and grandparents who had been elected to public office. <http://pcij.org/stories/2004/congress.html>