Ala Paredes' , Rich brat or misunderstood?

Anonymous Says : January 27, 2009 10:18 PM
I really hate adding to this brouhaha as there are far too many comments over this blog entry. I can see why it touched a raw nerve. Ala came accross as insensitive and rather snooty. I mean, her big big mistake was saying she is rich. No one who is really rich will ever announce she is one. It is rather crass to say one is priviledged and is in fact rich. Wow! That's a big no no. That's why there are comments questioning her qualifications on whether she can call herself rich. I mean, if they are rich, why the need to move to Oz? Come on. And then to denigrate poor people. I admit, a lot of street urchins are terrible and scary but just keep your mouth shut. No need to rub it in. Unless you are going to do something about it, say being like Mother Theresa. Bri, go easy on her though since she has a few valid points and I'm sure she's a good girl. She just let her loose lips fly.

This was my comment on this thread reacting to Ala Paredes' blog entry. Brian Gorrel posted her blog soliciting comments. I was the 110th comment. I was ok to put my name but I couldn't get in using my blogger account. Anyway, I haven't heard of Ala Paredes until this time. She turned out to be Jim's daughter and they have immigrated to Australia. She blogged about her rich girl guilt on helping the poor of the Philippines and how she shouldn't do it that way since it's not the way to go about it. She also recounted her encounter with a 4 year old street urchin who was rude and was being an ass. Anyway, you can check it out yourself.