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> During the campaign, Duterte said 100,000 people would die in his crackdown, with so many dead bodies dumped in Manila Bay that fish there would grow fat from
by electic 10y ago
> During the campaign, Duterte said 100,000 people would die in his crackdown, with so many dead bodies dumped in Manila Bay that fish there would grow fat from feeding on them.
This isn't a joke. This is real. What a sick bastard.
- cocotino 10y agoTell that to those who are tired of not being safe in their own homes because of the drug lords. Of course it's easy to say he's sick when you live in a civilised place with police protection.
- simonh 10y agoI'm sure if the entire country was heavily armed and bullets were handed out like sweets the situation would calm right down very quickly. The US arms industry would be happy to provide them with a nice bulk discount.
- schlumpf 10y agoWe are talking about the Philippines. The guns do come from the US. The entire country is heavily armed -- compared to most countries -- especially Mindanao. Bullets are widely available. Some people would say this is exactly why the situation is not going to calm down and certainly not quickly.
- LyndsySimon 10y agoI have several firearms (here in the US) that were made in the Philippines. I'm not so sure they're not a net arms exporter.
- ehnto 10y agoYou seem very sure and I can't think of why you imagine this would work. Give everyone a license to kill, give everyone a gun, and after that you think everything would just sort itself out? Do you believe that only the right people will survive and then everything will be fine? Absolutely no risk of a violent degradation into chaos, looting, riots?
- 7Z7 10y agoFeels like you are missing the sarcasm.. ..I hope.
- ehnto 10y agoYep, it looks like I did! But I have heard this sentiment before, especially in regards to gun control and gun saftey.
- simonh 10y agoI've never liked using /sarcasm tags, but I have to concede they are sometimes necessary. Unbelievable as I find it, some people really do think that way.
- ehnto 10y agoAh bummer, you are right, I missed the sarcasm. It's definitely a sentiment I have come across before though, and it always strikes me as an odd world view.
- electic 10y agoSolving crime with crime won't solve crime.
- jacquesm 10y agoAnd killing a large number of people is going to turn the country into a civilized place with police protection? If you're not safe in your own homes because of the drug lords you don't have a drug lord problem, you have a law enforcement problem and a corruption issue. Civilization does not magically arrive by killing a large number of people (and probably plenty of them innocent).
- cocotino 10y agoHistory has proven that doing away with all the uncivilised people makes a society better. When the uncivilised people control a large amount of money, they control the power, and there's simply no hope of just fixing corruption as you propose. I think what this guy is proposing will prove to be a good idea with time, and you have his time as a mayor as an example. Even if a few innocents die. To make an omelette you have to break some eggs.
- jacquesm 10y ago> History has proven that doing away with all the uncivilised people makes a society better. Citation fairly urgently needed. Does that mean we will have to get rid of the killers as well? They're uncivilized people as well, after all. > Even if a few innocents die. Ah, that's too bad. > To make an omelette you have to break some eggs. You've got to be kidding.
- cocotino 10y ago>Citation fairly urgently needed. Think of African or American colonisation for example. Local opposition had to be removed. Think of the war on drugs in the USA, which was a covert operation to kill blacks. Etc >Does that mean we will have to get rid of the killers as well? They're uncivilized people as well, after all. No they are not. They earned the right to kill drug lords and junkies through democracy. With all due respect did you read the article? This isn't some kind of evil tyrant, that guy earned his position through the electorate because he's been using that plan to do away with scum in his own city and it worked well. Citizens are looking forward to cleanse their country and that's what they'll do, I hope. Sorry for the brevity as I am typing this from my mobile.
- xg15 10y agoHow exactly are they safe now?
- kimmshibal 10y agoWell it less than Obama.
- philliphaydon 10y agoI live in Singapore. There are 1000s of Filipino's in Singapore, during the election 1000s of Filipino's flew back just to vote for him. They really want their country cleaned up. Have you ever been there. His city before he cleaned it up, you could not safely walk down the streets, you would be stabbed in broad daylight. Now you can safely walk down the streets at night without being mugged. Call him sick all you want, guy is bloody awesome from where I'm standing.
- scarmig 10y agoDisneyland with the death penalty.
- disgruntled_ 10y agoSo, just Disneyland?