It feels a bit strange that you're thanking me when I should thank you for posting that, for being willing to put that out there, being willing to take the time and the emotional effort to do it.

If you're grateful to me for listening? I'm twice as grateful that you have spoken. What you said was necessary and right and true.

And on a totally selfish note, there were things I wasn't familiar with in that post, and so now I'm going back and doing a little research on the history of the Philippines for my own edification. Thank you for putting in the time to put those links in. They've been eye opening to say the least.