U.S. Politics

[Andrew Ryan]

http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/30/16/duterte-cites-hitler-id-be-happy-to-slaughter-3-million

I'm sure Hitler is currently saving space for him in hell.

[dcm1602]

http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/30/16/duterte-cites-hitler-id-be-happy-to-slaughter-3-million

I'm sure Hitler is currently saving space for him in hell.

I know I'll get criticized for this, but be sounds more like a moron than evil.

Of course that's mostly semantics, so I'll stop there

[Miamipuck]

I know I'll get criticized for this, but be sounds more like a moron than evil.

Of course that's mostly semantics, so I'll stop there

He's an evil moron.

[Tommy]

I don't know much about the Philippine government and how it works, but I can't imagine he has the power to do any of that.

[Andrew Ryan]

I don't know much about the Philippine government and how it works, but I can't imagine he has the power to do any of that.

Over 2,000 people have died in the Philippines as a result of Duterte's war on drugs. He took office in May.

[Andrew Ryan]

Perhaps he won't be able to kill 3 million but it won't be for a lack of trying.

[Tommy]

Over 2,000 people have died in the Philippines as a result of Duterte's war on drugs. He took office in May.

Just looked it up. Not even counting the thousands he supposedly killed while fuckn mayor. Christ.

[dcm1602]

How would you guys feel about his ideas (basically kill all the drug users/dealers) IF it drastically reduced crime in the Philippine, and led to them having one of the lowest crime rates in the world ?

Would the ends justify the means ?

Obviously its a fucked up situation. But you have to imagine that a lot of crime revolves around either people on drugs, people trying to get money for drugs, or somehow related to criminal organizations that make a large part of their money through drugs.


 

[Tommy]

How would you guys feel about his ideas (basically kill all the drug users/dealers) IF it drastically reduced crime in the Philippine, and led to them having one of the lowest crime rates in the world ?

Would the ends justify the means ?

Obviously its a fucked up situation. But you have to imagine that a lot of crime revolves around either people on drugs, people trying to get money for drugs, or somehow related to criminal organizations that make a large part of their money through drugs.

You're probably looking at a bloody overthrow of the government at some point then.

[Andrew Ryan]

Just looked it up. Not even counting the thousands he supposedly killed while fuckn mayor. Christ.

Though never proven, it's widely accepted that he commissioned death squads while mayor of Davao for over 20 years in order to "keep the peace."


Here's a wikipedia page on it if you're at all interested in reading about it (it's not long): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davao_Death_Squad

It's pretty disgusting.

[Andrew Ryan]

This man won the presidency in a (relative) landslide on a promise to crackdown on crime. Now people are getting killed indiscriminately in the streets by police and vigilantes. Due process has effectively been thrown out the window and dissidents (public officials, legislators, judges, etc.) are being accused of criminal involvement of their own so that they become targets.

[Tommy]

It's stuff like this that makes me want to call my parents and thank them for coming to this country in the late 70s.

[NDMick]

It's stuff like this that makes me want to call my parents and thank them for coming to this country in the late 70s.

You're first generation what?

[Badger]

You're first generation what?

Kenyan

[Miamipuck]

Kenyan

Only from the ankle down though.