Commiserate with Chinese friends over Tianjin tragedy

WITHOUT publicizing their words, some Filipinos have been saying in private about the tragically lethal August 12 chemical explosion in the port city of Tianjin “Buti nga! (Serves them right!)” These Filipinos are among those whose sense of patriotism has been deeply wounded by the Chinese government’s determination to create man-made islands--and building fortifications on them--by reclaiming the reefs and islets in our sovereign territory in the West Philippine Sea.

But that is a wrong attitude born out of a wrong mentality and unchristian heart.