Comments by "annoyed aussie" (@annoyedaussie3942) on "ICC seeks to investigate the Philippine's 'War on Drugs' for crimes against humanity | DW News" video.

@itchynscratchynutz3699 kinder gentler law enforcement does work, Australia my country and many others are far safer even a lot of poor countries that don't use heavy handed extra judicial tactics are safer. While the penalties are harsh in Indonesia which is certainly a comparable country they don't run around do extra judicial killings and the country is much safer than the Philippines.
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It's only low by Philippines standards, by world standards the crime rate is still very high but less than the worst countries in the world.
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Have you ever heard of rule of law, extrajudicial killings are just that and involve killing innocent as well as guilty people. Is it ok to gun down someone selling an ounce of cannabis, many countries that drug is actually legal?
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Here's a question for all in the thread (even those that don't agree) why do you think killing is ok when it's completely unnecessary? Why does the Philippines still look to failed US policy and now taking a look towards colonial China who wants your sea territory. Become independent look for the best systems of government not just who is powerful and clinging to the old colonialist the US who destroyed your country economically previously. The US has changed however so having good relationship on the international scene is fine or I would argue good actually, just stop copying their failures. I am Australian and visited the Philippines maybe 15 years ago, at that time I still saw dairy products for example from the US despite New Zealand or Australia being cheaper and other trade items it was similar, I know you have kicked that off at least as trade figures show, keep going forward as an independent country that makes good decisions and doesn't either reject or accept things on a whim based on historical issues.
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@frostbyte6251 Everything always comes from history, the way a person thinks is almost entirely environmental and has nothing to do with genetics in a general sense ( as in nothing to do with race however individuals are prone to be violent or non violent for example under the same environment) . I am Australian so naturally I will portray and suggest in a general sense to follow our way because it's successful, I am not naive however that getting from high levels of corruption to low levels and having the confidence to deal with outsiders without unreasonable suspicion is difficult in a country like yours. China loves this situation especially in the context of the Philippines due to it's bad transition from a colony to independence. It would be extremely hard , probably impossible for me and you to view things the same way due to our different environment and country's history. Ex British colonies have done better on average because the English learnt how to treat people better in a relative sense than other colonial powers and in most but not all there was a peaceful transition to independence and leaving reasonable government systems in place and a degree of ongoing support and diplomatic engagement. Not all commonwealth countries have succeeded of course but on average they are doing far better than other ex European colonies. The Philippines would be better off getting closer to Singapore, Australia and New Zealand especially on trade issues. Philippines hasn't joined the CPTPP despite there being no threatening country (US or China in the Philippines context) involved, so why not?
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@omnisciencexx790 I am a foreigner, I don't misunderstand and looked up the statistical information. People are willing to accept some killings by the government which even you acknowledge by saying "mostly" for the greater good as in less innocent people killed by the government than the crime gangs are killing. Many comments on the YouTube video state this including yours. The numbers of people being killed in the war on drugs in the Philippines is consistent with the US actually, the homicide rate has also decreased, you are approaching the level of violence in the US. As far as the rehabilitation program it seems anecdotally that's going ok. The thing is innocent people are being killed by your government and if you noticed even in the US people don't like this hence all those BLM protests caused in part by this issue but also other issues. I tend to agree it is probably better than nothing but it is far from the best way, I am not indicating whether I believe the best way is even possible in the Philippines because I don't know, another risk is the police often involved in gang activity themselves are just wiping out the competition, this has happened quite frequently around the world including instances of it (not really the killing part but the removal of competing criminal networks) in Australia. So please don't bunch all foreigners into one group, we are not all the same.
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The first extra judicial killing system that never hurt an innocent soul. Well done on your Utopia , might as well do away with the entire legal system now because the perfect God like creatures called police can now be judge , jury and executioner due to their superior humanoid status.
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