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Sounds good. Like it. Especially capital punishment, big fan 
New Philippines president...
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I'm amazed that he has survived so long tbh.
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I knew there would be a section of this forum that liked his policies
Yet most of these people are speaking in the comfort of a modern democratic society and wouldn't set foot near the borders of these countries they are so vocal about.
I would love them see them embrace it all and up sticks and move there.
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I dont like it. Its very easy to support a guy tough on crime when you have no connection to the country and are just thinking 'this will make crime go down' but his policies will call for very harsh punishments for people who have committed minor crimes (which is not uncommon in a poverty stricken country) and people who in this country would not be considered real criminals like addicts. All it will do is push major crime more underground and to the people who are essentially untouchable.
Nope but it is a nice US ally considering its position. If the guy fails to play ball with the US, we will see his portrayal go from a politician dealing hard justice to an insane lunatic.
It is very easy to speak out on another countries politics from the comfort of a society which is much easier to live in, people seem to assume they know better because they have been dealt a better hand than everyone else.
Nope but it is a nice US ally considering its position. If the guy fails to play ball with the US, we will see his portrayal go from a politician dealing hard justice to an insane lunatic.
It is very easy to speak out on another countries politics from the comfort of a society which is much easier to live in, people seem to assume they know better because they have been dealt a better hand than everyone else.
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Great, another moron put into power by other morons.
Then they wonder why things aren't progressing.
Seriously some of the quotes by that dude are worrying.
Then they wonder why things aren't progressing.
Seriously some of the quotes by that dude are worrying.
The guy is mental. I will be very interested to see if he cleans up the government and organised crime like he says he will. My wife is Filipino and a lot of her friends and family voted for this guy; I think he is too extreme but maybe that's what they need to get the job done. A 6 year term really isn't long enough though, and that's all a president is allowed in office.
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Why would anyone think he is not as corrupt or more than any other politician?
He is definitely not what the Philippines need at the moment.
He is definitely not what the Philippines need at the moment.
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Absolutely and I would be the first to admit I am guilty of the same too.
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I feel quite passionately what happens in the Philippines as it is my fathers home country and i still have a lot of family there. I remember the first time i went there and hearing everyone in the street greet my grandmother and calling her mother. I wondered why everyone seemed to know her and why everyone called her mother and not just my dad. When i was a little older, i learnt it was common curtsey as we were a political family and she had received a lot of good press for treating people and doing what she could to help.
It seems politicians over there go one of two ways to gain popularity: insanely hard on criminals or acts of extreme compassion (like Manny Pacquaio).
It seems politicians over there go one of two ways to gain popularity: insanely hard on criminals or acts of extreme compassion (like Manny Pacquaio).
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lol, he sounds quite amusing. I expect this to be HIGNFY at the end of the week.
He sounds crazy but I like him
I have quite a few Filipino friends, I will see what they think when I talk to them.
Hoping to visit next year.
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Good luck to him, hopes he achieves what he's set out to achieve. Besides, anyone who rustles the jimmies of the wishy-washy liberal brigade is fine by me.
He has got to be
I started reading the article and at first thought fair enough, cracking down is good, then as you read more it is like some violent, crazy corrupt B movie with Danny Trejo playing the lead role
Who are we to say what the Philippines need or don't need? They voted him in didn't they?
So they obviously do think that this guy and his policies are what they need. Shirley.
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Well he seems to have stuck to his promise:
"It comes as the country's police revealed they were responsible for the deaths of nearly 600 drug suspects since the start of July.
Local media reports suggest the true number could be well over 1,000, when killings apparently carried out by vigilante gangs are taken into account."
http://news.sky.com/story/philippines-drug-war-rages-despite-un-warning-10542476
With vigilante justice for good measure.
"It comes as the country's police revealed they were responsible for the deaths of nearly 600 drug suspects since the start of July.
Local media reports suggest the true number could be well over 1,000, when killings apparently carried out by vigilante gangs are taken into account."
http://news.sky.com/story/philippines-drug-war-rages-despite-un-warning-10542476
With vigilante justice for good measure.