WHAT DO YOU THINK OF PRESIDENT DUTERTE and his WAR on the DRUGS in the PHILIPPINES?
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I dont think this is the best move because many people die because of this campaign about drugs. We can say that, a best decision will benefit all and maintain the equality of all the citizens. But in this campaign, some innocents die and other people are killing each other just to protect themselves from being tokhang. In this case, there are many mistakes on the decision but i think president duterte is just prioritizing the security and safeness of the majority innocent citizens.
I agree with you on the part that many innocents are being killed, and I think that is too much and is not the best way to fight drugs. So far, almost all of the victims are from the marginalized sector of society. In short, those being killed, the poor, are only the pushers, users and middlemen. Nothing ever happens to the actual drug lords.
Another country in central america tried to do the same thing, creating a war on drugs that also killed many poor people. However, they stopped after years as they found out that what they were doing was futile, and that it achieved nothing.
Students, children, and many more innocents are only considered as "collateral damage" by this campaign against drugs. It's safe to say that yeah it's part of the campaign and that there are consequences, but once it happens to you or your family, I assure you that you won't feel the same. It's extremely unfair to the innocent.
Some might say that what do we prefer, that we let rapists and murderers kill innocents or we kill the drug addicts instead? I'm sorry but that reason is quite illogical, as killing drug addicts doesnt assure that it will significantly lessen criminality, as not all criminals are drug addicts.
I can see that President Duterte is just trying to look out for his people and for the common good, but I think that it is just way too extreme. I respect all your opinions though, and I hope I did not offend anyone.