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Southeast Asia
Photoblog of life in Philippine prisons
2007-08-23
A friend mentioned today that the prisoners on the "Thriller" video were actually forced to perform by the dude that runs the prison. I went to look for some links, and found this great photo essay comparing life in two different Pinoy prisons.

Be sure to read all the way through the comments; if I read them correctly, the prison director himself was trolling:

Subject: a WRITER must deliver a CORRECT informa
Date: Jul 31 2007 04:38:56 AM
Author: Adam Jasper

Awesome. I pissed off Byron Garcia so much he put ten angry comments on this page in one day. This is like school, but better.

One caveat, this site has lots of ads for adult-themed enterprises, some of which display minor nudidity. Prolly (possibly?) SFW, but I thought I'd warn you. And Rantburg, its directors, employees, and affiliates are not liable for the contents of any of the links on the other guy's site.
Posted by:Seafarious

#1  I like the Phillipines, but I find it a weird hybrid of SE Asia and America. I love both places, but somehow the combination in the Phillipines jars. It's like at any moment you are never sure if you are going to get an Asian response or an American response. I never get this feeling in other parts of SE Asia. Well, except for the Muslims bits where I expect a, you are an infidel so I don't give a shit, response.

Thanks to Sea and RB for bringing us perspectives that the MSM doesn't.
Posted by: phil_b   2007-08-23 02:48  

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