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Among other surgical enhancements, the following is a point I should insert somewhere in "Postcolonial trauma":

Notice that not one of our former colonizers, despite treating us as subjects, ever offered to repair the damage with some amount of citizenship benefits, the way, say, ancient Rome gave all Roman citizens the legal benefits of Roman citizenship. For example, we needed to beg on our knees to the Americans for decades just to procure the benefits due our World War II veterans. (President Obama finally gave in this year. It makes sense that it took a black man.)

Perhaps from the colonizers' imperialist view, we'd always be reminding them of their former conquest -- and eventual defeat. At present, they all seem to be in denial of the profound damage they each have wrought, Japan most especially.

Fortunately, the Filipino nation is a forgiver nation (an unconditional forgiver at that). It must be this singular reason that makes it a survivor of three-time inter-nation sex abuse.