IT is virtually criminal of possibly a few Filipinos to not join the jingoistic celebration of Manny Pacquiao’s victory this week over the American boxer Chris Algieri.

For them to do so risks lynching by the madding crowd of hangers-on, opportunists, politicians and other ill-meaning characters who just want to bask in the glory of yet another triumph by the PacMan and still take pride in not knowing the difference between a knockout and a knockdown.

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