- 29 Feb 2012 12:12
#13907902
I mentioned this system on another thread and now wish to communicate to a larger audience.
Say if you lived in a country with a high crime rate and normal methods of justice failed, would you consider using a harsh but effective system to combat crime? Do you support or oppose this justice system on principle or practicality?
Say if you lived in a country with a high crime rate and normal methods of justice failed, would you consider using a harsh but effective system to combat crime? Do you support or oppose this justice system on principle or practicality?
TIME wrote:In 1993, Davao's San Pedro Cathedral was hit with three grenades during an evening Mass. Six parishioners were killed. The attackers were Muslim militants, the sort easily found in Davao, a time-honored haven for kidnappers, bandits, communist rebels and roaming private armies. Four of the attackers were quickly arrested. Just as quickly, Duterte relates, "They went missing." Disappeared. Dead. "Then," the mayor says flatly, "it got ugly." Further killings? "More like assassinations," he says. The targets — other militants — didn't receive the courtesy of arrest, much less a trial. Were they dispatched on his orders? "Oh no," he responds. "I don't believe in state-sponsored killing." A pause. "I can't say any more, but I taught them a lesson."
TIME wrote:On his watch, Davao's per capita crime rate has sunk to the nation's lowest. The local tourism board calls it "the most peaceful city in Southeast Asia." People once fled the place in fear; now they flee other trouble spots in the Philippines — for Davao.
"This world ain't nothing much than a big brothel anyway. Prostitutism is the dominant ideology." - Noelnada