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RE: Crystal meth or SHABU as it's known in the Philippines...in "pursuit of happiness".
Shabu is harmful to one's health, but the drug war is more problematic than that which it purportedly sets out to fix. So is prohibition in general. I talk about it in Shabu Should Be Decriminalized in the Philippines.
Saw your post yes,and am sorry i couĺdnt agree to that.how long have you been living in the Philippines?the crimes committed under its influence are so heinous if you want to find out..Users victimising their own families.Kids even babies and elderly women being raped.they cant protect themselves and who will?I will agree to decriminalisation if they can control their use and they are not a threat to the society.If its just themselves being harmed, thats their choice but more often they victimised other people bec of their psychosis and hallucinations.they cant control their actions.
As for the extrajudicial killings, statistics do say the 3,000 attributed to the number arent all EJKs but from vigilantes.Some are under investigations too.If youre a druglord,anyone who knew you can report you,what will you do?
As @barrycooper has more than ably pointed out in a number of his posts and comments, the majority of methamphetamine users are not violent. Meth doesn't "cause" good people to be violent, but ironically, drug prohibition does open the door to violence. Furthermore, a type of "shabu" can be bought at Mercury Drug; it's called Desoxyn. It's not street meth, but it is similar. With that said, it remains that as harmful as it may be to one's health over a period of time, street meth doesn't inherently cause violence. Other factors are at play, and criminalizing a substance (and the people who use it) isn't going to solve much of anything. It only creates other problems.
What other factors are those?If its mentality then that wont change.Do people know of that meth in mercury drug?
I would say that the factors vary from person to person and ultimately boil down to the fallen human condition (as per a biblical worldview). A useful comparison can be made with alcohol, which doesn't cause violence in itself. (If it did, you would become violent while drinking.) A lot of people do become violent while drunk, but it doesn't mean that alcohol possession or consumption should be criminalized; it only means that those acts of violence should be criminalized.
Anyway, just as there are many consumers of alcohol who are non-violent (like you and I), there are also many users of other drugs who are non-violent. Drug criminalization entails coercion against non-violent people, and that is immoral. Don't you think government should leave you alone for drinking if you aren't hurting anyone else or anyone else's property? I would assume that your answer is "yes," so I'm asking you to afford the same thing to users of other substances.
Fallen human condition wont change anytime soon..so still it will create the same problem.
As for drug users who are harmless, maybe in the US it is possible, but in the Philippines,it is not for there is a huge difference in status between users.Majority of Filipino users dont have the money to buy shabu that once addicted they resort to crimes.Also I dont have much faith in them being able to control themselves under its influence.
I know of more than one non-violent Filipino shabu user, and the fact remains that shabu doesn't automatically make people into violent criminals. If they are addicted, though, it can be harmful to their health, and they can become panget if they lose their teeth from smoking it too much. (Ha!)
Anyway, it's wrong to arrest, imprison, or penalize anyone for the simple fact of shabu use or possession. Also, price hikes in shabu are a direct result of prohibition. If lambanog was illegal, it would cost a lot more than it does now.
The fallen nature of humanity is precisely why we shouldn't trust concentrated power in civil government. Statism is itself a product of the fallen human condition and it boils down to idolatry. The idolatrous nature of it is evident in the fact that so many people can support a guy who says he can "teach God about justice."
will keep an open mind.Am interested to know what other factors can induce my fellow citizens to commit heinous crimes when under shabu
I ask myself the same thing about those who commit heinous crimes of aggression while on alcohol. In any case, such acts are worthy of indignation and they should be dealt with accordingly.
Interestingly, I think justice could be meted out quite well in an anarchistic, free-market society, without government as we know it and without taxation. As is today the case, civil government is itself an unjustified aggressor, and it's especially true in the war on drugs.
The Philippines isnt as bad to resort to anarchism as yet.Nor have the resources to replace taxation,and maturity or mentality to progress without the government.
By "anarchism," I simply refer to the organization of society on a voluntary basis. More precisely, I advocate for what has been called anarcho-capitalism over and against any form of statism. It would do away with the BIR, the BI (which extorts money from me every two months for being here), and other governmental organizations which can legitimately be regarded as gangs in their own right. It would also do away with marriage licensing, business licensing, and all types of licensing.
Self-government is practiced daily in households all around my barangay, so I have trouble believing that people aren't mature enough to live without what can collectively be called the state. If you're interested, some good, libertarian resources can be found in the works of Murray Rothbard and, if you listen to podcasts, The Tom Woods Show.
in response to your last reply as i cant do it in my previous post..unwarranted aggression is precisely what the govt is aiming for with President Duterte's war on drugsJust maybe in the future people will realise how their actions under its' influence can make them act stupid and can victimised other people.check the daily news ,all we can hear are rape&murders,even lil kids are raped.Did you see the news of a 2nd grader that was raped by 4 addicts,murdered and thrown in the river? This is today I think.
Maybe in the future there wont be no need of guns by private individual because it is safe in the neighbourhood, just maybe
Unwarranted aggression is what the government is guilty of in the war on drugs and other matters. If I am caught with an illegal psychoactive substance or with a gun in the Philippines, I am kidnapped (i.e., arrested) and caged by this gang called government, even if I haven't done anything wrong. That is unwarrated aggression against me.
And it's not only non-violent drug users/dealers who are aggressed against by government; it's also people who aren't involved with drugs, but are framed. Case in point, Damien Berg: http://themaharlikan.info/world/australian-man-ill-never-go-back-to-the-philippines/
Anyway, as I've said before, murder and rape need to be dealt with on their own accord. The fact that some users of illegal drugs murder and rape people doesn't justify drug prohibition or the criminalization of all drug users. Since some alcoholics murder, rape, and assault people, should you be criminalized for possessing or consuming alcohol, even if you haven't done anything wrong?