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I don’t think this has been posted here, if so Mods or Para just delete this.

Just saw where the Phillines President Duerte has ordered the military and police to “shoot them Dead” of those who defy the Covid Lockdown. Remember him? He’sthe one who ordered his forces to shoot and kill drug dealers a few years ago, then took a verbal potshot at us over it.


Shoot Them Dead': Philippine President Orders Police, Military To Kill Citizens Who Defy Coronavirus Lockdown

In the Philippines, the 57 million residents of the country's main island, Luzon, are under strict lockdown orders to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Despite that, many in a Manila slum took to the streets Wednesday to protest a lack of supplies, arguing they had not received any food packs since the lockdown started two weeks ago.

The local government refutes those claims and clashed with protestors, ultimately arresting 20 people who refused to return home.

Later that night, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte took to the airwaves with a chilling warning for his citizens: Defy the lockdown orders again and the police will shoot you dead.

"I will not hesitate. My orders are to the police and military, as well as village officials, if there is any trouble, or occasions where there's violence and your lives are in danger, shoot them dead," he said in a mix of Filipino and English in the televised address. "Do not intimidate the government. Do not challenge the government. You will lose."

This sort of order is not out of character for the controversial leader, who is notoriously accused of presiding over extrajudicial killings of suspected drug dealers at the hands of police for years. Nevertheless, it marks a chilling escalation in the global fight against COVID-19.

According to Johns Hopkins, the Philippines has 2,633 confirmed cases of coronavirus and 107 deaths – significantly less than some other countries of comparable size.

So far, actions taken by authoritarian governments have proven most effective in stemming the spread of the virus – asking citizens to sacrifice privacy and some of their freedoms in exchange for public health.

Poland is making quarantined citizens use a selfie app to prove they're staying inside. Singapore is using Bluetooth signals between cellphones to keep track of who people come into contact with.

But Duterte's threat may be the boldest. "I will not hesitate my soldiers to shoot you," Duterte said in forceful tones Wednesday. "I will not hesitate to order the police to arrest and detain you. Now, if you are detained, I will leave it up to you to find food."

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You don't hear much about Dutarte's war on drugs much anymore.

I assume that means it was successful.




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I lived in the Philippines for three years.

This isn’t a surprise to me.




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You don't hear much about Duterte's war on drugs much anymore.

I assume that means it was successful.

Either that or Filipinos (I can't seem to get any version with "Ph" past the spellcheck) are essentially ungovernable when they want to be. Whether it works or not, shooting people in the street kinda reeks of desperation.
 
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Anyone who knows even a little about that man shouldn’t be surprised. I was expecting to see that headline in the news eventually.


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I lived in the Philippines for three years.

This isn’t a surprise to me.


Please tell me that this had something to do with a bar in Olongapo.

I envision you, shaved head much like Col Kurtz in “Apocalypse Now”, no real “army”... more like a “harem” of semi-naked Filipino women.


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You don't hear much about Dutarte's war on drugs much anymore.

I assume that means it was successful.


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I can't seem to get any version with "Ph" past the spellcheck

"Filipino" (or the feminine "Filipina") is correct. It comes from Spanish, and I don't believe Spanish has a "ph."
 
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So far the majority of Filipinos I have spoken to are happy with what their president had accomplished for their country.

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That murderous loon is always making up excuses to kill his own people.
 
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He has strong ties to the Marcos, who ruled that country for years. Corrupt leadership since 1965. None of this is surprising in the least. Politically, they are a case study in corrupt dictatorship. Duerte is literally crazy, a lunatic.



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That murderous loon is always making up excuses to kill his own people.

Maybe lots of people need killin'.




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I lived in the Philippines for three years.

This isn’t a surprise to me.


Please tell me that this had something to do with a bar in Olongapo.

I envision you, shaved head much like Col Kurtz in “Apocalypse Now”, no real “army”... more like a “harem” of semi-naked Filipino women.


I am convinced that the Marines would be a more efficient fighting force if each Marine did a six month stint at The Mariposa bar and grill in Olangapo.




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I can't seem to get any version with "Ph" past the spellcheck

"Filipino" (or the feminine "Filipina") is correct. It comes from Spanish, and I don't believe Spanish has a "ph."

Agreed, but the Filipinos themselves decided to call their country "the Phillipines" in English and "Republika Ng Pilipinas" in at least Tagalog (Cebueno and Visayan are almost as common there as Tagalog). Somewhere in there there ought to be room to call them "Philipinos".
 
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Duterte is no different than all the unemployed guys hanging around the coffee shop/bar, bitching about their world, meanwhile their wives are off working and making sure the house is running right.

He talks big and bold, likes to use Dirty Harry & Rambo references. Many like him, as they see the results, the flip-side is the guy is a ham-fisted idiot, who thinks he's a big fish.
 
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I lived in the Philippines for three years.

This isn’t a surprise to me.


Please tell me that this had something to do with a bar in Olongapo.

I envision you, shaved head much like Col Kurtz in “Apocalypse Now”, no real “army”... more like a “harem” of semi-naked Filipino women.


I am convinced that the Marines would be a more efficient fighting force if each Marine did a six month stint at The Mariposa bar and grill in Olangapo.


Spent some time there myself as well as the Roofadora just down the street.

Filipino cops dont mess around. I saw them in action a few times breaking up bar fights




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I am convinced that the Marines would be a more efficient fighting force if each Marine did a six month stint at The Mariposa bar and grill in Olangapo.


That is absolutely true!


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He's a murderous nutjob, and is probably the only one there who'd actually deserve it.

I fart in his general direction.
 
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... The Mariposa bar and grill in Olangapo.



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