Apple Pulls App Store Games That Glorify Philippine President Duterte's Violent Drugs War

[mijail]

I'm surprised that no one has reacted to the point that the letter was sent by the Asian Network of People who Use Drugs (ANPUD).

First, isn't it a little bizarre that there is a group set up as an advocacy group for drug users? Is there an AAOA group (American Association of Opioid Abusers)?

Second, isn't their complaint a little self-serving?

I would imagine that they are not happy that their dealers are being gunned down, but that wouldn't make me particularly sympathetic toward them.

So maybe just go to the ANPUD website and check what they say about themselves (they link to the Vancouver Declaration). It might make you think a bit, particularly if you remember that legality of drugs and the politics that go with it are far from universal and clear cut.

What would you think of a vigilante movement against alcohol users? Against tobacco, marijuana? Why some are still socially accepted even if they are a public health problem while others are totally forbidden?

And maybe if there was an AAOA they could fight more effectively against the American opioid crisis, instead of letting politicians and lobbyists of all shades manipulate it all?

 

[2010mini]

Even if they did, sounds like nothing is happening for the people, thus Filipinos voted for Duterte. The Philippines is a democratic country, the people voted for Duterte for a reason. It is very offensive when an external body from privileged country suddenly talking about human rights of the criminals.
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Is whining against the policy of a sovereign country going to solve the actual problem? If Duterte was not elected, what do these Human rights activist could offer to the people to solve the problem? Filipinos can see for themselves, and they can vote accordingly. No need for an agenda-ridden body with biased news making noises in the name of human rights.

History is full of leaders who were democratically elected then turned out to be brutal murderous despots. And the “privileged countries” are often asked along the lines of:“how did you allow this to happen?”
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Well, Duarte has pretty high approval ratings......

Yeah... Hitler had high approval ratings also.

 

[jerwin]

Human rights are basic and fundamental. It is morally repugnant to declare someone as undeserving of such rights.

ANPUD freely admits that its members use drugs. That does not make them less than human.

 

[ActionableMango]

I wonder where were these human rights activists when the drug mafia kidnapped and murdered the citizens.

A big problem with extra-judicial killings is the lack of due process. You are hopelessly naive if you think extra-judicial killings only results in the deaths of super evil drug cartel soldiers.

Many people killed in Philippine extra-judicial killings are outspoken opposition figures such as politicians, activists, journalists, human rights advocates, and clergy. Killing opponents is not controversial vigilantism, it is straight-up murder and political purging.

Duterte doesn't even hide this fact. He publicly threatens to kill human rights activists if they stand in his way.

 

[fpsBeaTt]

God, I hate puritans; infantilisation of self-determining adults. Disgusting.