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Consider these teachings from Tao Te Ching These are the teachings a lot of Chinese people live by. That's why you'll hardly see Chinese people flaunting their wealth. And why when you say something good or nice about them, they say "no, it's a fluke" or "it's just luck". They take the opposite track and appear humble. But how many people do you are are like this? Isn't it amazing that a "Way of Life" written by someone before 220 A.D. still applies today? Why is it that after centuries of development, man hasn't really changed much? How come when most of the older generation Chinese are humble and live simply, the new generation forgot these teachings and now flaunt their wealth, their new cellphones, watches, cars, etc.? Then they complain when people are envious of them or scratches their cars. Sometimes it's worse, they get kidnapped! It seems that man's development runs in cycles, one generations learns from the mistake

Seems like every blog related to the Philippines has been about the stampede that happened on Saturday, Feb, 4, 2006 at the Ultra for the TV show WOWOWEE. There are people who says that it shows the true state of the nation and and how desperately poor people are that they will risk their lives to have the chance to win some money. I have heard from others say that it's complete exploitation of the poor by the networks. I think Sanlakas president Wilson Fortaleza said it best, "It's not 51 pesos to a dollar. It's 70 lives to the peso." Whatever it is, it's just sad to see. Whether it's because of poverty or exploitation, things like this should never happen. It can be avoided. It's not a natural disaster, common sense would tell you that you can't fit 50,000 people in a stadium that can hold 17,000. Common sense would tell you that when you are organizing a large event, things happen. Common sense tells you that you are expecting more people than n