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I'm assuming a war on drugs is a good one to pick, because it will never end and he can continue to reference for whatever he wants or needs. But if for some reason it is successful, what do you all think his next political boogeyman would be?
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Yep - totally the same thing: undeniable wrongs from 100 years ago that were implemented and perpetrated by people long dead and that would require a time-machine to fix, versus a policy implemented by you yourself, within the last year, that is still in effect, and which could be rescinded by you if you simply gave the word. Here's what's actually the same thing: Filipinos are the victims in both cases.
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Sep 8, 2016 21:58
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Well, at least the
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ihatepants posted:I know this is one of those "my uncle works at Nintendo" type stories, but I have heard from others in the know (that also hate Duterte) that De Lima really does have connections to the drug trade and has her right hand man handles pretty much everything with that. She is also very willing to be bribed, even compared to her other peers. She's dirty as gently caress and probably deserves everything that's coming to her. I was talking a bit about the stuff going with a couple of co-workers - none of us is Filipino by the way. One of them was saying something along the lines of the above, like "yeah, it wouldn't be surprising if the people at the top were all big players in the drug trade because that's how it works where I came from. She's probably dirty as hell." He's from Honduras.
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Xelkelvos posted:At first I assumed you meant Duerte was probably dirty until I saw "She" and felt disappointed. It doesn't matter to me what she is involved in: due process is paramount, and extra-judicial killings are abominations. I like to believe in the rule of law. Is it a luxury? American privilege? It's amazing (and frightening) to me how people are willing to throw away freedom and sign over everything to a dictator once they fee their personal security is at stake.
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Sep 21, 2016 03:40
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Would it help if some world leader said, "No, gently caress YOU, buddy" and flipped him off with both hands? Maybe follow that up with , "Now that we've got that out of the way, let's get back to the issues we've raised?"
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Sep 22, 2016 03:35
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Which mass-murdering dictator will he compare himself to next? Pol Pot? Stalin? Should we start laying odds?
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Oct 5, 2016 21:36
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Pener Kropoopkin posted:Is it too late to dub him Pinoychet? 
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Oct 6, 2016 02:11
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Someone needs to let Teddy Locsin Jr. know about this, and prepare for some cognitive dissonance: Adolf HItler was the 'Fuhrer' of drugs
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Oct 9, 2016 01:03
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Ytlaya posted:I went to a high ranked undergraduate business school and The World is Flat was assigned reading for one of my junior year classes (I think international business?). I remember being genuinely confused as to how our professor, who is presumably a smart person, what with being a tenured professor at a high ranked university, could think that this book is worthwhile. At the time I assumed I was just missing something, but later I realized that a large portion of people Streamlined that for you.
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Oct 16, 2016 06:18
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Depending on the context, I think people can look at a car vs mob thing as self-defense, because a big angry mob surrounding your car is a scary thing, and lord knows there's stories out there where people are pulled from their cars and beaten to death if you look. People celebrating cars running over people are simply assholes though.
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Oct 19, 2016 18:02
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Whoever applied the Dunning-Kruger effect to this guy nailed it. And I'm thankful to SA for introducing me to this term. In my best Bugs Bunny voice, "What a maroon."
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Oct 28, 2016 07:29
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Well, divine mandate is an oldie-but-a-goody in the authoritarian playbook - I just didn't imagine anyone was going to dust it off in a 21st-century republic.
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Oct 28, 2016 19:37
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Argue posted:Oh, are we doing Pinoy Prideposting now? Here, check out how Filipinos factored into the creation of Harry Potter: That's some sad six-degrees of separation poo poo.
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