One year's pay he has a overly stocked medicine cabinet himself, all prescription of course.
Body count rises as Philippines president calls for drug addicts to be killed
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Re: Body count rises as Philippines president calls for drug addicts to be killed
#22What an idiot. The highest government official calling for extra-judicial killing of citizens should lead to a single indictment. What's really disturbing is that this guy got voted in. 30 people in 4 days.
well you're right, but as a side note multiple US presidents have authorized target killings in an undeclared war in countrys that are not part of this "war" with civil casualties .... and both got reelected ....
I'm from germany, we're helping because our government does nothing in stopping the use of Rammstein Airbase as drone satellite uplink. So we are also partly responsible. :(
food for thought
Re: Body count rises as Philippines president calls for drug addicts to be killed
#23Is this a joke? Surely something so utterly stupid can't be real. This man just gave the public free rein to murder and get away with it. Jesus this planet is insane.
Nope, it's not a joke.
This guy just got elected. He was mayor before this, and that's how he ran his city.
He had secret death squads that cleaned the streets and "transformed" his city to the 5th safest city in the world. [0]
[0]http://globalnation.inquirer.net/125132/davao-city-improves-...
Re: Body count rises as Philippines president calls for drug addicts to be killed
#24What an idiot. The highest government official calling for extra-judicial killing of citizens should lead to a single indictment. What's really disturbing is that this guy got voted in. 30 people in 4 days.
well you're right, but as a side note multiple US presidents have authorized target killings in an undeclared war in countrys that are not part of this "war" with civil casualties .... and both got reelected .... I'm from germany, we're helping because our government does nothing in stopping the use of Rammstein Airbase as drone satellite uplink. So we are also partly responsible. :( food for thought
That's true but besides the point. Imagine Obama, Bush or Clinton calling on national TV for the killing of all drug addicts and pushers.
> I'm from germany, we're helping because our government does nothing in stopping the use of Rammstein Airbase as drone satellite uplink. So we are also partly responsible. :(
> food for thought
Definitely, but totally OT.
Re: Body count rises as Philippines president calls for drug addicts to be killed
#25Is this a joke? Surely something so utterly stupid can't be real. This man just gave the public free rein to murder and get away with it. Jesus this planet is insane.
Seems crazy but people of the Philippines knew what they were voting for. This is exactly what he did when he was mayor of Davao: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodrigo_Duterte#Davao_City_may...
To play devil's advocate: Drugs and the criminal networks supported by drugs are a massive problem in the Philippines. Police are too weak and too corrupt to deal with it, but this is a solution that works, even if it does offend our first world sensibilities.
Re: Body count rises as Philippines president calls for drug addicts to be killed
#26Not directly related to Phillipines, but an actual Bay Area addict case question...And honestly, I'm not sure of individuals current state (no arrest records)... Young female from out of area (some state) comes (homeless) to a town known for downward spirals. Arrested 20+ times over 2 years, mainly around meth addiction, but seriously mental. Local people reach out to family/friends of said individual via social medi…
Maybe you accept the person needs 20 mg (just a number) of meth to get through a day and put them up in a simple room and board situation. Toss in routine mental help. Something where the society provides the person with a means to live without becoming desperate for a fix.
Re: Body count rises as Philippines president calls for drug addicts to be killed
#27Is this a joke? Surely something so utterly stupid can't be real. This man just gave the public free rein to murder and get away with it. Jesus this planet is insane.
Nope, it's not a joke. This guy just got elected. He was mayor before this, and that's how he ran his city. He had secret death squads that cleaned the streets and "transformed" his city to the 5th safest city in the world. [0] [0] http://globalnation.inquirer.net/125132/davao-city-improves-...
Sounds like Mexico then. https://vimeo.com/18768132
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#28Addicts in Asia are not the same as in west. They are worst. They will do anything to get drug. They will get into your house, put knife on your throat and take your money and jewelry. Police can't do anything because they are lazy and corrupt, unless there's a body.
So the solution is to allow people to kill random strangers and then claim that they killed an addict?
Or even better, they will kill competitors/people they don't like and then claim that they killed an addict.
Re: Body count rises as Philippines president calls for drug addicts to be killed
#29Not directly related to Phillipines, but an actual Bay Area addict case question...And honestly, I'm not sure of individuals current state (no arrest records)... Young female from out of area (some state) comes (homeless) to a town known for downward spirals. Arrested 20+ times over 2 years, mainly around meth addiction, but seriously mental. Local people reach out to family/friends of said individual via social medi…
Society. Society is responsible.
The fact that people in the richest country in the world are still having this debate is appalling to Canadians and Western Europeans.
Americans will be the last on this ship, but part of living in a prosperous 21st century society means giving up some liberty (in the form of taxes, limited access to guns, suffering additional government bureaucracy) for the knowledge that getting sick should never be a death sentence regardless of your income level. Neither should poverty. Universal Basic Income WILL happen. After that, anyone who is still unable to provide for themselves and stays homeless needs medical support beyond financial support, because the incidence of mental health issues amongst the homeless is huge. Finally, addiction should be treated like a health issue also.
Now you can say that "it's not fair" that some people will end up pulling more from the collective pot of funds than others. But that's society. It's not about fairness. It's about every life being worth something, and having the potential to put something back into society after their recovery.
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#30How long until Trump says something like, "He's a bad guy -- really bad guy. But you know what he did well? He killed drug dealers. He did that so good. They didn't read them the rights. They didn't talk. They were pushers. Over."