Tag: UN

Why Filipinos don’t need the UN to save them from Duterte’s war on drugs

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Why Filipinos don’t need the UN to save them from Duterte’s war on drugs

What’s tricky about the war on drugs that Pres. Rody Duterte has delivered as promised to the Filipino people is that each death can be either due to the usual nanlaban narrative or some other totally unrelated reason ranging from political vendetta to love-triangle marital infidelity, or from silencing of critics to failure to settle…

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Crime, Society

Biases and prejudices rule our lives

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Biases and prejudices rule our lives

“A major danger in using highly abstractive methods in political philosophy is that one will succeed merely in generalizing one’s own local prejudices and repackaging them as demands of reason. The study of history can help to counteract this natural human bias.“— Raymond Geuss We all have our own fair share of biases and prejudices…

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Government, Politics

Fatherhood, Duterte, and the Majapahit Empire

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Fatherhood, Duterte, and the Majapahit Empire

“Real fatherhood means love and commitment and sacrifice and a willingness to share responsibility and not walking away from one’s children.” — William Bennett On Fatherhood In the last 100 days, my perception of the presidency has changed, from being a formal leader to a loving father who is at the same time tough, strict,…

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Crime, Government, Politics, Society