SHAME on presidential candidates Rodrigo Duterte and Mar Roxas for demeaning what few shreds of dignity remain in our electoral processes with their stupid and irrelevant “word war” over Roxas’ academic credentials, and shame on the supporters of Duterte for encouraging him to continue. Even more nauseating is that the two exchanged threats to slap the other!
The issue arose from Duterte’s accusation that Roxas’ claim to have graduated from the Wharton School (formally, its proper name is ‘The Wharton School of the University of Pennylvania) was false, and has since escalated into the two men trading childish barbs including challenges to a slap fight, a brawl, and finally, as just another indication that Duterte doesn’t know when to quit, a challenge to a duel with guns — publicly challenging someone to a duel is a crime under Article 261 of the Revised Penal Code, punishable by up to two years in prison, not that running afoul of the law is something that evidently troubles Duterte in any way.
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