ang world famous sign sa interstate 5 papuntang san diego. kinuhanan ni jet ang picture na ito nung nagpunta kami sa carlsbad. ang ibig sabihin ata nito ay “WARNING: illegal mexicans crossing“. marami kasing mga tumatawid dito sa freeway na mga galing sa kabilang bakod kaya nilagay ang sign na ito.
kakagaling ko lang ng san diego a few weeks ago at wala na ang sign na ito. marami sigurong nagreklamo dahil may pagka racist nga naman ang dating. matagal ko na ngang pinag-iisipan na gawan ng sarili kong interpretation ang caution sign na ito.
ano ba ang mga possibleng meaning ng sign bukod sa illegal immigrants crossing? gumawa si carlos mencia ng skit about the sign where he asked people about what it really means and it was both funny and bothering at the same time.
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pwedeng sabihin may malaking bargain sa isang flea market kaya nararapat sumugod ang buong pamilya to join the jam. yung sign na caution? hmm, how about as acronym for california auction?
bwehehehe… california auction. ayos.
caution – pwede ring malambot na unan. aray, ang corny ko.
i’m having mixed feelings about this sign, funny and sad at the same time.
that’s exactly what you feel when you see it for the first time. disbelief (WTF?), amusement (OMG!) and then sadness (sigh).
no kidding? that’s a real sign? oh, well.
yes, i shit you not, it is. kaya lang tinanggal na nga nila. when they took it down, i felt suprise, sadness and then joy. the exact opposite of what i felt when i first saw it.
Let’s ignore the politics behind the sign for a moment. The sign was posted on a freeway where crossing is illegal. Thus, another way I would interpret the sign is to watch for people (regardless of their immigration status) who may attempt to unsafely (word ba iyon?) cross the highway. I, for one, saw that sign 2 years ago when I drove on 5 from San Diego to L.A. And if I remember right, the sign was on a lonely stretch of the highway where it is possible that people may attempt to cross it at any given time of day or night.
everybody knows it’s illegal to cross the freeway, unless you’re eddie murphy in bowfinger. hehehe. it’s impossible to ignore the political and racial implications of the sign because you can’t find it anywhere else.
gumawa si carlos mencia ng skit about this sign and it was really funny and bothering at the same time.
may ganyan pala sa calif. dapat may ganyan din sa mga riles ng tren dito sa pinas.
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link ko po kayo. 🙂
oo nga, para huminto ang mga train pag may tumawid na tao.
Haaay nakahabol din ako sa pagbabasa ng blog mo fafa, sa sobrang busy pati ako nababacklog sa pagbasa… hehe.
Para sa akin maliwanag naman talaga ang ibig sabihin ng sign na yan, marami lang ang nagdedeny. E kaya maraming hindi nagkakaintindihan sa mundo e. Kasimple-simpleng mga bagay binibigyan ng 10 kahulugan. I mean, it’s not like it was randomly put up there by some menacing John Doe, right? I bet pinagusapan yang sign na yan, pinagplanuhan, pinagbotohan at pinagdesisyunan kaya nailagay siya dyan. So why not just come out clean at umamin na lang kung ano talaga ang ibig nilang sabihin? Kung mali sila sa pagkakalagay nung sign, e di itama… gaya ng ginawa nilang pagtanggal. Again… it is soooo simple.
pinagplanuhan ata nila na gawing vague ang sign, mylab, para maging open sa interpretation ang mga magbababasa nito.
speaking of racism, mr BJ kindly check these links out. another racial discrimination issue in the US regarding Philippine Med Schools.
I am sure nung panahon ni Hitler may ganyan din sign sa mga boundary.Kaya lang iba ang dating…SHOOT TO KILL!!!
I heared a joke sa radio pinoy in internet.it goes like this…
Probinsiyano punta ng Maynila para bisitahin ang kamag-anak na nakaratay sa hospital.
Probinsyano:Mamang pulis,saan ho ba ang hospital ng Maynila?
Pulistrapiko:Huwag kang umalis sa kinatatayuan mo,at siguradong malalaman mo kung saan yung hospital!!
Well I don’t think that is necessarily better. If you put up a sign for pedestrians and motorists to follow, you better be clear what you want to say. What would happen if signs such as ‘no U-turn’, ‘no right turn’, ‘no left turn’ or heaven forbid, ‘STOP’ were made to be open for interpretation?
ayaw atang sabihin directly nung mga gumawa ng sign na ito ay warning para sa mga driver sa freeway to watch out for illegal aliens crossing.
the ambiguity of the sign made it even more controversial.
A-huh. And their intentions up for ridicule.
of course, mylabopmayn.
Kung may “sombrero” yung lalake tas may “poncho” yung babae malamang nga rasistaman gumawa nun. . . . .
hmm, i still don’t see anything wrong with the sign. from where i sit it simply says, “o, may mga tumatawid dito. please drive carefully. be prepared to stop (sa freeway!)…”
jet, those signs you mentioned (no U-turn, no right turn, no left turn, STOP) are already very clear and specific with what they want to say but i’ve seen not a few who cannot see them clearly. or refuse to. basta wala silang nakita. baka cannot read lol…
lol @ bj’s caution and unan. reminds me someone. sabi niya, knees daw ay tuhod sa tagalog and knee is one-hod. cotton is bulak and bulaklak is cottonton. aray ko indeed lol…
nobody stops in the i-5, unless you’re travelling to LA during rush hour.
rasistaman?
gaya din ng the bordertown..he hehe.
Wataymintusey is ah . . . “hehehe. it’s impossible to ignore the political and racial implications of the sign because you can’t find it anywhere else.” racial pa rin sir kasi kilala naman natin kung sino ang mga nagcocross dun. Racist or rasista pa rin.
Wow the sign lasted for more than a day without anyone’s head rolling? That’s one big difference between the UK & the US. Here “human rights” and “political correctness” rule supreme in ridiculous (spelling??) proportions ha.
You actually get criminals caught in the act, shouting “I know my human rights” to the cops (PC for brits). Then they sue the Met because of a broken finger, aggravation, stress, trauma etc etc
i’m actually amused and bothered at the same time at the guy’s “off-camera” candidness. he could’ve said “illegal immigrants” but he just had to say “wetbacks”.
yup, its even worse than the terry hatcher bruhaha
weird yung pagkakalagay ng sign board sa highway. teka, may tumatawid pa ba doon?
wala na ngayon at tinanggal na nila ang sign
racism will never stop, kahit nakasulat equal opportunity employer, meron isang copying chain na pinipili ay mga ka relihiyon ni John Travolta, minsan sa mga department store, kailangan meron kang presentation ng katawan mo like mas acceptable ka kung meron kang mga visible na tattoo or several body piercings, eh kung lola ka na, siempre conservative ka, di ka nila iha hire, lol
May bagong revision ang sign na yan ah ” CAUTION: Idiot Pedestrians”