side comments in a show

In one of Desperate Housewives episode, Teri Hatcher comments on the Filipino nursing schools:

"Can i just check on their diplomas? I just want to make sure that they're not from some med schools in the Philippines "

Is this not the feudalist culture? That such people within an important institution in the society feel powerful and superior enough to comment on cases where societies of lesser economic power can be degraded especially when these societies rely on human power to make their economy stable. And to make such comment, a joke or a criticism, may in effect destroy what may be a source of living for thousands of Filipinos, and the very credibility Filipino nurses and doctors are most famous for, hospitable and caring as part of their cultural upbringing.

Freedom of expression is never absolute. a sense of responsibility must come into place, that one does not step on the rights and dignity of another. The power of the media must be directed towards an informed public, to which the people will be equipped with enough information to make their own stands and act accordingly. an insensitive comment only drives people towards a wrong direction.

it's called ethics my friend.