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Philippines "Hardline" President - 5/16/2016 11:21:54 PM   
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Status: offline 		I like that Philippines recently voted for a hard ball as President!

His gonna bring back the death penalty. Shoot criminals on sight. I mean, alot of tough talk. It would be interesting to see if he can clean up crime in Philippines.

Elect me and I will hunt down and kill criminals en masse. Courts be damned. Screw human rights.

“I’ll dump all of you into Manila Bay,” he said, “and fatten all the fish there.”

This is Duterte’s promised purge by the numbers: 100,000 unspecified “criminals” killed. Corruption and crime — two of the biggest blights on Philippine society — somehow eradicated in just six months.

Those slogans include promises to make criminals “eat bullets” and impose the death penalty on officials guilty of “plunder.” This is crowd-pleasing rhetoric in the Philippines, where crime is up and the country ranks poorly on global corruption surveys.



http://www.pri.org/stories/2016-05-11/philippines-new-president-vows-butcher-criminals-heres-his-plan

"Those who destroy the lives of our children will be destroyed," Duterte said in wide-ranging comments to reporters in Davao on Monday afternoon as he outlined on his war on crime once he is sworn into office on June 30.

"Those who kill my country will be killed. Simple as that. No middle ground. No apologies. No excuses."

Duterte also vowed to roll out Davao law-and-order measures on a nationwide basis, including a 2:00 am curfew on drinking in public places and a ban on children walking on the streets alone late at night. Smoking in restaurants and hotels will also be banned.

Duterte said a central part of his war on crime would be to bring back the death penalty, which was abolished in 2006 under then-president Gloria Arroyo.

Duterte said he would ask Congress to reintroduce capital punishment for a wide range of crimes, including drug trafficking, rape, murder, robbery and kidnapping-for-ransom.

He said he preferred death by hanging to a firing squad because he did not want to waste bullets, and because he believed snapping the spine with a noose was more humane.

For people convicted of two major crimes, Duterte said he wanted them hanged twice.

"After you are hanged first, there will be another ceremony for the second time until the head is completely severed from the body. I like that because I am mad," he said.

- Shoot to kill -

The centrepiece of Duterte's stunningly successful election campaign was a pledge to end crime within three to six months of being elected.

Duterte vowed during the campaign to kill tens of thousands criminals, outraging his critics but hypnotising tens of millions of Filipinos fed up with rampant crime and graft.

He said on one occasion that 100,000 people would die, and so many bodies would be dumped in Manila Bay that the fish would grow fat from feeding on them.

In an initial press conference late Sunday, Duterte said his "shoot-to-kill" orders would be given for those involved in organised criminals or who resisted arrest.

"If you resist, show violent resistance, my order to police (will be) to shoot to kill. Shoot to kill for organised crime," he said.

Duterte said the military as well as the police would be used in his war on crime.

"I need military officers who are sharp-shooters and snipers. It's true. If you (criminals) fight, I will have a sniper shoot you," he said.

On his ban on children walking alone late at night, Duterte warned the parents of repeat offenders would be arrested and thrown into jail for "abandonment".


Duterte has been accused of running vigilante death squads during his more than two decades as mayor of Davao, a city of about two million people that he says he has turned into one of the nations safest.

Rights groups say the squads -- made up of police, hired assassins and ex-communist rebels -- have killed more than 1,000 people.



https://www.yahoo.com/news/philippines-duterte-vows-hangings-war-crime-030859147.html?ref=gs


Democracy works in interesting ways. This the man Philippines voted for with a landslide victory! I think this President will actually do Philippines good. He can clean up the criminals for the next 6 years. Suffer a little of lack of freedom. 6 years later, vote someone else new!
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RE: Philippines "Hardline" President - 5/16/2016 11:41:12 PM   
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Suffer a little of lack of freedom. 6 years later, vote someone else new!

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RE: Philippines "Hardline" President - 5/17/2016 12:17:50 AM   
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Status: offline 		Why do they always mention drug dealers ? You give them the money and get your stuff, they are not stealing. Governments drive them to do things for self defense.

But the rest of it, great. Robbers and rapers. Shoot them. Give the law abiding ones guns to help, and just pick up the bodies.

Anyway, if the People down there like it that way, let them have it that way. Even if they want to shoot drug dealers, if you like drugs don''t go there. The people who live there get to say what goes on, not us foreigners.

Can people have guns there ? So many countries do not allow citizens to have guns these days, and I mean even in their house. That is wrong. I can see prohibiting them in public, once you actually have an orderly society you can do that. (not in the US, I think at least 50 % of the people walking up down the streets should be packing and put the risk back into crime, but other places are different) But i your house you should be able to have one, where your children, Women and possibly elderly relatives sleep. Assholes really do have the balls to break in to dwellings that are inhabited, in the "night season" is how Ohio law puts it. Gets you I think an extra 8 years, and if you have gun there is another 8 years, ad NOT concurrent. You got the original breaking and entering charge, and then theft, usually grand theft, and even if they give you zero time for that, more likely at least 5 - 7 years, you got that 16 piled on.

Most of them just learn how to run. They told me. I have had friends in lower places, and if you have to ask the answer is yes, some of them were lacking in social graces.

I have always been cool with tough on crime, but real crime. Not selling a fucking nickel bag. Not your second DUI in Indiana. Not building code violations. Not failing to pay child support. Or taxes.

Well, the Filiipinos have what, six years to hash this out. It might work out well for them.

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RE: Philippines "Hardline" President - 5/17/2016 12:34:41 AM   
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Suffer a little of lack of freedom. 6 years later, vote someone else new!

Oh dear.

I know it sounds draconian. But sometimes, freedom means being able to walk on the streets without fearing your children gets kidnapped and used unscrupulously, HUGE problem in Philippines. That's why he had the curfew for kids. Interesting, growing up in Singapore, there was a 10pm curfew for all kids below 18 yrs old too. Police would patrol would round us up and call our parents to come pick us or if feasible, they escorted us home. As a kid, I was unhappy. I am always out after 10pm and I got round up a few times. As a parent, I would imagine that's kinda great, knowing the police are watching out for the kids. But this was a period where kids were getting kidnapped and disappearing and never found, probably already smuggled and sold to our neighbouring countries. So they implemented that measure.

Philippines is like a cesspool of corruption and so ridiculous crime ridden, they tried humane Presidents for years, and it did nothing to improve the situation.

I don't understand his no karaoke after 9pm rule, that's a bit weird. But I guess we gave up chewing gum. They aren't gonna die not being able to sing karaoke after 9pm for the next 6 years.

Then next President can change things again. And anyway, they can always vote for someone nicer again IF they didn't like this dude later.





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RE: Philippines "Hardline" President - 5/17/2016 12:48:50 AM   
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Status: offline 		HAHA, I fix karaoke machines at work. If one is used to sing after 9 PM, are they going to send a squad to come and get me and put me in one of their jails ?

I mean, the US committed an act of war to try to get Assange who never ever set foot in this country.

I might just have to quit that job and go on welfare.

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RE: Philippines "Hardline" President - 5/17/2016 12:49:55 AM   
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Why do they always mention drug dealers ? You give them the money and get your stuff, they are not stealing. Governments drive them to do things for self defense.


There are 3 social problems that can disintegrate society.

1) Drug addiction
2) Alcohol Addiction
3) Gambling Addiction

I don't know if you ever had to deal with anybody you love and care about with any of those 3 addiction. But when they are addicted, the self-destruction to themselves, as well as the craziness they inflict on their own family, is just seriously, it destroys families, destroys people. And it's a genetic thing too, which makes it even worst. What I mean is, some people are more susceptible to addictions than others. Those people need protection and less temptation.

So people who sell drugs gets put to death in my country. And I think it's kinda good. We still gotta deal with alcoholism and gambling addiction. But at least drugs addiction is minimized.

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RE: Philippines "Hardline" President - 5/17/2016 12:55:10 AM   
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HAHA, I fix karaoke machines at work. If one is used to sing after 9 PM, are they going to send a squad to come and get me and put me in one of their jails ?

I mean, the US committed an act of war to try to get Assange who never ever set foot in this country.

I might just have to quit that job and go on welfare.

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I think they can sing at home. But not go out to those karaoke clubs. But that rule is seriously a bit weird. Karaoke to me, is a healthy hobby, especially Filipino who all loves to sing.

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RE: Philippines "Hardline" President - 5/17/2016 7:15:16 AM   
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RE: Philippines "Hardline" President - 5/17/2016 7:32:31 AM   
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Prohibition doesn't protect addicts. It only adds another layer of problems because they can't ask for help without incriminating themselves. And if I lived in a country that bans chewing gum, I sure wouldn't take it for granted that I'd be allowed to vote every six years.

Well, we don't have a big drug problem in our country, so it's clearly working. What we do have is a gambling problem thanks to the opening of 2 casinos, although they tried to manage it by making it unaffordable for locals to enter, so imagine all foreigners get free entry but local people has to pay $100 per entry ha, not that, that would stop gambling addicts. We don't really have alcoholism problems either.


It would be pretty difficult for a leader to change a democracy into a dictatorship forever. He'd have to change the 6 years rule which will not be easy! I think nobody on earth would choose dictatorship over democracy. So he'd have zero support on that. I'd not worry about it.

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RE: Philippines "Hardline" President - 5/17/2016 8:24:02 AM   
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RE: Philippines "Hardline" President - 5/17/2016 8:38:08 AM   
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"If you resist, show violent resistance, my order to police (will be) to shoot to kill. Shoot to kill for organised crime," he said.

Duterte said the military as well as the police would be used in his war on crime.

"I need military officers who are sharp-shooters and snipers. It's true. If you (criminals) fight, I will have a sniper shoot you," he said.

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Duterte has been accused of running vigilante death squads during his more than two decades as mayor of Davao, a city of about two million people that he says he has turned into one of the nations safest.

Rights groups say the squads -- made up of police, hired assassins and ex-communist rebels -- have killed more than 1,000 people.



You do realise that one of the most corrupt groups in the Philippines is the police, the people Duterte is going to ask to 'lead the fight' against corruption ...

Thailand tried something like some years ago. It was abandoned after over 2,000 people had been killed - mainly low level drug dealers killed by the police. It was abandoned because there was a general realisation that the police had been using the 'war on drugs' as cover to eliminate competition to their virtual monopoly on drug dealing. As far as I am aware, the effect of this 'war' on crime and corruption was somewhere between negligible and non-existent.

If the Philippines repeats this failed approach, is there any reason to believe the outcome will be any different?

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RE: Philippines "Hardline" President - 5/17/2016 8:41:26 AM   
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Status: offline 		He plans to increase the salary of the police from something like 300bux a month to 2000bux a month from what I have read, to make the police more loyal to him and stop accepting bribes. He also plans to crack down heavily on any police men who accept bribes.

He does have a challenging task ahead of him.

That's why it would be interesting to see how everything goes.

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RE: Philippines "Hardline" President - 5/17/2016 8:46:33 AM   
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Well, I don't think we're going to agree on much, but I would love to understand your point-of-view a little bit better. What do you think about the notion of an individual having ownership of their own body?

To me, as I explained. I truly believe certain genetics are more prone to addictions. So the problem with addicts is lack of self-control. They seriously can't help themselves. They have less control than regular people. I believed it's a certain gene.

Let me explain why? I grew up all my life, both my brothers take drugs, ALL my friends take drugs. All of them smoke too. You would think with all the peer pressure of hanging out with my peers that do all this things, I would be pressured to do it too. And of course every friend would try to get you into it. But I just felt no desire for it at all. It's like, no matter how they peer pressured me, I never felt the urge. My Achilles heels is more on fried food or desserts than drugs or cigarettes. But I believe my brother's Achilles heels are drugs and cigarettes. And for them, they tell me straight, if they don't join in, they don't fit in. I believe all these are genetic. I can't even say it was brilliant self-control on my end, because it was super easy, I had no desire or interest. So it was super easy, zero effort on my part. But it was extremely difficult for my brothers and then they got addicted. For them to not take it up, it would take both of them severely much tougher and higher and way more difficult effort to resist than it is for me, which for me is effortless always. As they got the gene that would easily get drawn to such things.

We all know drugs are bad for people. I am on the fence about marijuana. But let's say Heroin. We ALL know that is evil to people. Extremely addictive. People get peer pressured into it, especially youth! Why shouldn't we ban it?

And I frankly am frowning at my country for not having the balls to ban cigarettes. They should have done it a long time ago. My x-dom was a smoker, and even though never smokes infront of my face and always goes outside to smoke. I still always fall sick being around him. I've broken up from him for 4 years, and I've never been sick. I've also never been sick or very rarely sick before I was living with him. It was 101% secondary smoke effects. My eyes get sore, irritated. I am very sensitive to it. And I was sick all the time.

So to me, this is harmful to others as well and should be banned. I don't know why it's still legal.





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RE: Philippines "Hardline" President - 5/17/2016 8:46:58 AM   
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He does have a challenging task ahead of him.

That's why it would be interesting to see how everything goes.

He certainly does. If I was you I wouldn't be getting my hopes up too high, the results are likely to fall far short of expectations.

Why am I so cynical? Because this 'initiative' does nothing to address the reasons why people commit crimes, which are largely to do with the appalling levels of poverty and social deprivation across the Philippines. Unless the causes of crime are addressed, dealing only with the symptoms of the disease will have as much effect as giving Aspirin to cancer sufferers.

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RE: Philippines "Hardline" President - 5/17/2016 9:30:43 AM   
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Well, I don't think we're going to agree on much, but I would love to understand your point-of-view a little bit better. What do you think about the notion of an individual having ownership of their own body?

To me, as I explained. I truly believe certain genetics are more prone to addictions. So the problem with addicts is lack of self-control. They seriously can't help themselves. They have less control than regular people. I believed it's a certain gene.

Let me explain why? I grew up all my life, both my brothers take drugs, ALL my friends take drugs. All of them smoke too. You would think with all the peer pressure of hanging out with my peers that do all this things, I would be pressured to do it too. And of course every friend would try to get you into it. But I just felt no desire for it at all. It's like, no matter how they peer pressured me, I never felt the urge. My Achilles heels is more on fried food or desserts than drugs or cigarettes. But I believe my brother's Achilles heels are drugs and cigarettes. And for them, they tell me straight, if they don't join in, they don't fit in. I believe all these are genetic. I can't even say it was brilliant self-control on my end, because it was super easy, I had no desire or interest. So it was super easy, zero effort on my part. But it was extremely difficult for my brothers and then they got addicted. For them to not take it up, it would take both of them severely much tougher and higher and way more difficult effort to resist than it is for me, which for me is effortless always. As they got the gene that would easily get drawn to such things.

We all know drugs are bad for people. I am on the fence about marijuana. But let's say Heroin. We ALL know that is evil to people. Extremely addictive. People get peer pressured into it, especially youth! Why shouldn't we ban it?

And I frankly am frowning at my country for not having the balls to ban cigarettes. They should have done it a long time ago. My x-dom was a smoker, and even though never smokes infront of my face and always goes outside to smoke. I still always fall sick being around him. I've broken up from him for 4 years, and I've never been sick. I've also never been sick or very rarely sick before I was living with him. It was 101% secondary smoke effects. My eyes get sore, irritated. I am very sensitive to it. And I was sick all the time.

So to me, this is harmful to others as well and should be banned. I don't know why it's still legal.


Actually, heroin and a number of other felonious drugs are banned in the States but the war on drugs has been a disaster. We should have learned from the Nation's experience with alcohol prohibition in the 1920s. The banned drugs are always readily available.

As far a I know, there is no evidence for genetic determinism in addiction. Whether fried foods and desserts or drugs and cigarettes, you still had a user habit. Environment and childhood stress factors are thought to play a significant role. But maybe not even that. Maybe our addictions begin from simple casual repetition of an activity; brain hormones are activated and the behavior is difficult to halt. What's the difference between a compulsive gambler and a compulsive cigarette smoker? They are both in it for the dopamine rush and oxytocin/endorphin afterglow, but only one absorbs a substance into her body.

In 1970, about 20% of American troops in Vietnam were addicted to heroin. Some were treated for the addiction while they were in Vietnam and then sent home. Some were treated when they returned home. The guys who were treated in Vietnam and returned home had only a 5% relapse rate one year later. The guys who were treated at home had a 90% relapse rate. Thus, a very strong suggestion that altering the environment plays a huge role in helping addicts recover.

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RE: Philippines "Hardline" President - 5/17/2016 9:35:24 AM   
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Thus, a very strong suggestion that altering the environment plays a huge role in helping addicts recover.

The problem with dealing with addicts is getting them to admit they have an addiction first and getting them to get help. To me, when it comes to addiction, this is the toughest part! The addicts themselves acknowledging they have a problem.
Altering environment will definitely make a huge difference for sure! But getting them to that environment is another story.

I think also US will have a harder time banning drugs than us.

Border security sucks in the US.

For us, we are an island. While drugs still get in, but interestingly, more prevalent in the expat community than local people. And the kids I was hanging out with were international school kids that were taking drugs because they got the habit from the country they came from, and their suppliers seem to be within their own community, and I hang out with international school kids because they were more fun, they knew where to get underage alcohol in clubs, how to get into clubs that accept underage, they also made me fake international student ID which actually works, helps us buy alcohol underage. My local school, the one I attended. Nobody did drugs. And my friends were studious and would not have any fun but go home and study.



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RE: Philippines "Hardline" President - 5/17/2016 11:42:18 AM   
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Why do they always mention drug dealers ? You give them the money and get your stuff, they are not stealing. Governments drive them to do things for self defense.


There are 3 social problems that can disintegrate society.

1) Drug addiction
2) Alcohol Addiction
3) Gambling Addiction

I don't know if you ever had to deal with anybody you love and care about with any of those 3 addiction. But when they are addicted, the self-destruction to themselves, as well as the craziness they inflict on their own family, is just seriously, it destroys families, destroys people. And it's a genetic thing too, which makes it even worst. What I mean is, some people are more susceptible to addictions than others. Those people need protection and less temptation.

So people who sell drugs gets put to death in my country. And I think it's kinda good. We still gotta deal with alcoholism and gambling addiction. But at least drugs addiction is minimized.



If they need protection let their family take care of it. I don't need protection. I drink, I smoke, I don't get into trouble much. I wish I could find a poker game but all they play now is holdem and I don't consider that real poker. Jacks or better, show a hundred bucks to get in. I don't bet the rent, I don't steal or borrow to do these things and happen to have a fucking problem with a government that makes gambling the way I like it, in a smoke filled room in the back of a bar or basement illegal but run a lottery which is such a sucker bet I wouldn't take a ticket for free. Actually, the lottery is such a sucker bet I guess it really is not gambling. A gambler thinks in terms of odds of wining versus the payoff. You play a three digit number and it pays 1,000:1 if you win, that is a good bet. Anything less is a house edge. Well their house edge is ridiculous. You might get paid like 100:1. That is ridiculous.

And they say the money goes for the schools, well the schools still suck, kids can't read their own diploma, balance a checkbook, many very simple things. I think the schools should be improved, with driving and gun safety included. And you get to learn to drive on a manual transmission. There would be no driver's licenses, it is assumed you know how. But that would kill that revenue stream.

All the radical shit you can come up with about governments, the bottom line is that they are in it for the money. Very few in government actually care about the country, and the exceptions are surprising. Putin, Castro, Chavez. All villified by western media but highly supported by their People. All with much more popular support than most of the last bunch of US Presidents.

I was actually taken quite aback when I learned the truth about other countries. When I started really corresponding with those abroad. From you, Greta, I see that people can get used to a rule that is near totalitarian, and actually see a good side to it. As a kid of course you see a curfew as a violation of your rights, but as a Parent when they come knocking at the door at midnight and tell you they found your daughter hanging out with a bunch of boys out i the woods, and they smelled pot but didn't find any but did see a couple of empty wine bottles, well at least you know. Some Parents would go ballistic, others would do nothing. But at least you know.

Some might like laws regulating life very closely, and I cannot say that there are no advantages to it. But that is not the way we like it here. A different kind of people. We are arrogant, almost to a criminal level. We see regulations on adult behavior, such as laws against drugs and gambling as treating us like children and we do not like it at all. And if you know US history you know how well the ban on alcohol worked.

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RE: Philippines "Hardline" President - 5/17/2016 1:01:28 PM   
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Status: offline 		Well, gambling used to be banned in Singapore, then when they introduced the casinos, now they are facing an epidemic of gambling addictions. You know I talk about genes? Chinese genes are prone to gambling addiction. They put a casino in a chinese country, all hell breaks loose. When people are addicted, families are helpless.

You know, when chewing gum was banned, I think I was 12 yr old when it happened. And now it's like, even when I am overseas, I don't buy gum or crave for gum.

I don't see the need for alcohol ban in our country as alcoholism has never been any epidemic problem.

But drugs has always been banned, so it's hard to see the difference if they made drugs legal. I think making drugs legal will make things worst in this country. Currently, the drug problem is so good, and so low, it is good.

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RE: Philippines "Hardline" President - 5/17/2016 7:36:46 PM   
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Status: offline 		You all have been trained well. Gambling in the genes ? I guess it is possible for a predisposition, like why did Evel Kneivel do what he did ? He made alot of money but took alot of risks. That is a bit more than bringing a thousand bucks into a smoke filled room where you can be almost sure half the people at the table ar armed and drinking and smoking pot.

Now the ban on chewing gum, I do not understand. Chewing gum aids the natural cleaning of the teeth, promotes blood flow which is essential and works the jaw muscles. The only real problem I ca see is the sugar content. But if they haven't banned a shitload of other things containing sugar, that is not the reason. I think it was an arbitrary decision based on someone's dislike for seeing people chewing gum. Is it like karaoke that you can do it at home but not out in public or whatever, or is it completely banned ?

As far as alcohol goes, from what I have read, most Orientals have a very low physical tolerance for alcohol. I mean it makes them sick, not that they get drunk too easily. I read it many years ago and really can't attest to it, but I do realize Orientals have a certain body chemistry, as do Europeans, Nordic, whatever. these differences are swept under the rug in modern days because to mention anything other than what supports the incorrect notion that we are all the same under the skin brings the wrath of the politically correct as if you said D6MRD. People suffer because of this, maybe die. We are NOT the same. As a matter of fact I read a book by a guy who claims that people with different blood types should have different diets. Hey, we can't give each other blood, that proves our body chemistry s different. I would like to see a study about the distribution of blood type in different races. But then that would probably be considered politically incorrect.

Anyway, of the other things I have heard and read, with varied credibility of course, is that down i one of the countries producing coca for cocaine they found the part of the brain that responds to cocaine. They actually did brain surgery on a bunch of the worker, who chewed on the stalks or whatever for a buzz. They found that after a month or two they were back at it again.

I have no idea why, if I had a bunch of people working in the fields making me a ton of money I would not mind at all if they got a bit hopped up as if on speed. I would probably give it to them so they work faster.

Anyway, it appears they got you convinced a tightly controlled society is good. Fine, just don't try it here. I know we got ridiculous laws but it is so bad that nobody obeys them, the cops don't enforce them, or probably even remember them.

The world really is strange. It takes all kinds they say, to that I respond "We got them".

T^T

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RE: Philippines "Hardline" President - 5/17/2016 8:13:26 PM   
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Status: offline 		The severity of gambling addiction is when people steal their own family money or threatened their own families with their own life for money to gamble more, after they gambled away their own wealth and careers away. It's kinda similar to severe drug addiction I guess, where drug addicts also threatened to kill themselves to their family when begging for money for drugs. It's just a really difficult situation for the families to deal with.

The chewing gum that aids cleaning of teeth, you can buy as prescription from a pharmacy. For health purposes, it's legal.

The reason why gum is banned is because, people were sticking gum on public transports seats and in between train doors, which causes alot of delay and inconveniences. And we are all about efficiency. So gum has to go! We can't control naughty teenagers on where they throw their gum. And this is a country that heavily relies on public transport to function for most people. Gum is in the way!

I agree, Asians really have low tolerance to alcohol, that's why, many also simply choose not to drink as it makes them sick. Alcohol always gimme tummy upset for example before I can even get drunk. I've personally never gotten drunk precisely because, my tummy hurts before i get there! So we won't have an alcohol problem.

It's also easier to tightly control a tiny country. US is huge! I wouldn't try to implement Singapore ways into US as first of all, they like their right to guns. They want to be their own law! It's a different mentality.





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