but that's it

Drug dealing shouldn't be a capital offense...

No?

You don’t have to be racist

You can certainly make the case it should be

Just be duterte

If you cripple an entire section of a city with drugs, that would be forgivable?

But yeah, Duterte encouraged some soldiers under his command to commit war crimes

To be brutal, rather than to show empathy

Empathy towards your enemies will get you killed.

@SilverLining Could it not be considered an act of selflessness if you take away one person's life to save the lives of others?

Should an individual pay with their life for a non-lethal crime? No.

Also, do keep in mind

this is *extra-judicially*

Drugs can be lethal....

As in, they're not going through the court system

Heroin is deadly

for example

Drugs are worse than lethal in many cases.

Yes, in higher doses. It's not directly damaging

Many drugs are, though not all

They are capable of debilitating many.

You should get killed for dealing drugs like heroin, but if you're addicted, you should get help

If you're just selling weed, then no, you shouldn't get killed

And said drug dealers aren't forcing others to do drugs... Besides, iirc, he's punishing the users as well

He's killing people selling weed... And again, this is all *outside of the legal system* which is a pretty damn bad thing

I'm not defending duterte, I just said I know little about him other than that he kills drugs people and hates God or something

his own words

I've read up on him a fair bit...

I get that you're not defending him, but things are a lot worse than they might seem on the surface

Maybe people should... Stop?

I think if they know what will happen, and are willing to risk their life on it, then it's perfectly fine.

As they made an active decision.

Are we talking about the people doing drugs?

as in, buying them?

If so, I agree.

They know there's a risk - they're willing to risk it - that's perfectly fine.

They're not being forced to.

Nope, and they do it with the full knowledge that they could very well be killed for it.

Oh, the drug dealers?

Okay, so, question.

Should the Philippines outlaw cigarettes?