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> guns are illegal Yeah that worked for Brazil and other countries. > police is not racist Sure they are. You are likely to get away without a ticket, an acc

by csomar 5y ago

> guns are illegal Yeah that worked for Brazil and other countries. > police is not racist Sure they are. You are likely to get away without a ticket, an accident or even an arrest if you correlate with the guys. It just happens that the police has a bunch from everywhere. Let's not pretend that Tunisia's police is not as corrupt as it can be.

slim 5y ago
It's corrupt, maybe sometimes regionalist (which I'm not sure I agree with) but not racist. Like someone is not treated differently because his skin is dark for example. They are generally not polite with anybody regardless of their "race".
- hutzlibu 5y ago
  Well yes, a police being unfriendly to anyone is probably better than a police being unfriendly only to certain skin colors or status. I remember travelling in Morocco (and also western sahara), where the police was very friendly with me. But I was a western tourist and the police was ordered by the king to be very friendly to tourists. From the locals I heard different stories.
  - csomar 5y ago
    Same in Tunisia, and honestly I'm quite for it. In the Philippines, the police doesn't care about the tourists. The locals sees that and as a result tourists get mugged a "lot". I had my phone stolen and the police seemed to "enjoy it". A tourist is very unlikely to be mugged in Tunisia (comparing to a Tunisian person) because the police is more reactive when it comes to tourists. As a result you have a country of 11.5 million and 9.5 million tourists in 2019 despite all the crap that the country is going through.
    - hutzlibu 5y ago
      So do you think the police treats tourists worse in Philippines, or all equally bad? (except the local powerclique) In either way, I rather have a police treating all people with respect.
King-Aaron 5y ago
> Yeah that worked for Brazil and other countries. Hello from Australia, where guns are very restricted. It works well, thank you. In fact it works well in more counties than it doesn't.
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- NoImmatureAdHom 5y ago
  You're assuming causation, but a careful look makes the situation much more muddied. In Australia, for instance, violent crime was on the downwards trend (like in the developed world generally) before strict gun laws. It continued on that trend after implementation.
- wigado 5y ago
  It works well at keeping the populace from armed resistance to an authoritarian government.

by csomar 5y ago

slim 5y ago

It's corrupt, maybe sometimes regionalist (which I'm not sure I agree with) but not racist. Like someone is not treated differently because his skin is dark for example. They are generally not polite with anybody regardless of their "race".

hutzlibu 5y ago
Well yes, a police being unfriendly to anyone is probably better than a police being unfriendly only to certain skin colors or status. I remember travelling in Morocco (and also western sahara), where the police was very friendly with me. But I was a western tourist and the police was ordered by the king to be very friendly to tourists. From the locals I heard different stories.
- csomar 5y ago
  Same in Tunisia, and honestly I'm quite for it. In the Philippines, the police doesn't care about the tourists. The locals sees that and as a result tourists get mugged a "lot". I had my phone stolen and the police seemed to "enjoy it". A tourist is very unlikely to be mugged in Tunisia (comparing to a Tunisian person) because the police is more reactive when it comes to tourists. As a result you have a country of 11.5 million and 9.5 million tourists in 2019 despite all the crap that the country is going through.
  - hutzlibu 5y ago
    So do you think the police treats tourists worse in Philippines, or all equally bad? (except the local powerclique) In either way, I rather have a police treating all people with respect.

King-Aaron 5y ago

> Yeah that worked for Brazil and other countries. Hello from Australia, where guns are very restricted. It works well, thank you. In fact it works well in more counties than it doesn't.

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NoImmatureAdHom 5y ago
You're assuming causation, but a careful look makes the situation much more muddied. In Australia, for instance, violent crime was on the downwards trend (like in the developed world generally) before strict gun laws. It continued on that trend after implementation.
wigado 5y ago
It works well at keeping the populace from armed resistance to an authoritarian government.