The Vapist

So we're going after the vaper crowd now are we?

It's sad how the government has gone from chasing after supposed drug pushers to chasing after hipsters with their little car cigarette lighters. When all you have is a hammer, you look for nails. And what brought this on? Some guy maybe died from vaping? We don't even have all the facts, not that that's been a problem.

I thought that this sudden embarrassing display of petty anrcho-tyranny was due to the fact that the President gave up with his drug war and let the Vice-President have a crack at it. That violent  macho energy had to be channeled somewhere. But vapers?  But El Jefe went and fired the Vice-President anyway. So what was the point? What's the point to any of this?

I was skeptical at how the whole thing was carried out too. The President gave a speech and went off on a tangent about vaping, decided he hated it, and then declared that people caught vaping in public should be arrested. You know, that's not how it works. Usually, a law is passed, there's publication, and... ah, screw it. I've long given up thinking that this place has rules. The President says something dumb and out klutz cops have to look busy and produce things for their "quotas". Nothing of note was accomplished. Congratulations everyone.

Duterte was elected because people believed we needed a strong hand to run the government. But if this is what strongman rule peters out to, well it's just sad. You can't allow this if you're going the tough guy act. Duterte should reclaim the initiative. 

Maybe he should find some big name to kill. That usually cheers people up.