Posted on 06/15/2022 6:47:14 AM PDT by grundle
Shop assistants pose with various handgu
Shop assistants pose with various handguns at the Defense and Sporting Arms show at a shopping mall in Manila on July 16, 2009. Credit - TED ALJIBE/AFP via Getty Images
Mass shootings are a result of a confluence of factors, but at the heart of the problem are guns—of which the Philippines has plenty. Firearms are sold openly in malls, and almost anyone can carry them, even priests and accountants.
For now, though, powerful social factors continue to have a restraining effect on indiscriminate violence. Philippine academic Raymund Narag, a criminology associate professor at Southern Illinois University and a former prisoner himself, says mass shootings in his native country are in part deterred by hiyâ, a Tagalog word meaning shame or embarrassment. Avoidance of hiyâ, and sparing one’s family and community from it, is often described as a core Philippine value.
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Mostly CATHOLIC.
shame is a powerful behavior moderator.
And they are not diverse. Remember. Diversity is our strength. Spit.
I suspect they actually prosecute criminals there, that’s a major difference.
“Mass shootings are a result of a confluence of factors, but at the heart of the problem are guns”
YahooNews runs the correct narrative.
There are very mass shootings because of one word: homogenity. They are homogenous in culture, religion and race.
Prove me wrong.
One has her finger on the trigger
They may not have mass shootings, but shootings, kidnapping and robberies are still rampant, especially in the big city of Metro Manila.
I should know, I was there just before the pandemic and my friends still give me reports of rise in crime.
violence didn’t start with the invention of guns. Liberals are just retarded.
Any strong family based culture would fare the same.
Summed up in one word for the month of June:
“Pride”
Wrong. At the heart of the problem is mindset.
deterred by hiyâ, a Tagalog word meaning shame or embarrassment.
Certain demographic groups in America have no concept of shame ...
And a very serious look in her eye.
I don’t know philippines, but my guess is that if some punk shot up an elementary school, He would not be hidden away in some government fortress prison with a year-long, made-for-TV political trial as we do hear.
He would be promptly and publicly be torn limb-from-limb and suffer a slow death.
That kind of public humiliation and shame is also a deterrent.
Let me know if I am wrong.
Pakisama?
Horseshiite.
Most folks can’t buy, own or carry a gun legally. Big trouble if you do.
How many Gun Crimes have been prosecuted in Chicago?
Fwiw - a Bolo will do just fine.
Basilan explosions a few days ago.
There are other ways.
You mean it’s NOT the guns.......
It’s the change of Religion in the US that’s responsible!
From God Almighty to Federal Government Almighty hasn’t worked out.
The article makes some sense. But given that it’s from Time/Yahoo, I must view it with some suspicion. Those guys usually do things backwards.
They start with a position. Then they look for evidence to support their position. Any evidence that does quite fit is ignored.
Diversity is not a strength.
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