Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has described a public threat by the vice president to have him killed by an assassin as a criminal plot and vowed to fight it, in a looming showdown between the country’s top two leaders
Whatever’s going on in your country, it’s probably not as bad as this.
I am not from the Philippines and am not taking sides here, but if someone taked about killing me (even hypothetically) iI would find it a bit threatening too.
Especially if that someone was very specific about it. Like, not shouting angrily “I’ll kill you!” but describing a plan to send a hitman after me.
Again though it wasn’t just a threat - it was a very specific if/then statement - “I’ve arranged it so that if he has me killed, he will be killed.”
Granted that it’s a bit unsettling, my immediate response, and IMO the likely immediate response of virtually anyone and everyone, would be “But I don’t intend to have you killed.”
Yes, I get your point and I agree that Marcos lost the chance to try and de-escalate things.
The thing is that these are not two random people fighting in a bar. They both have large, very powerful clans and millions of supporters each. If they start talking about who is going to kill whom first, that’s playing a very dangerous game and they both should feel the responsibility to keep things civil. Not for them but for the People who elected them
Huh.
She didn’t simply threaten to have him killed - she said that she had arranged to have him killed if he had her killed.
So it’s only really a “threat” if he intends to have her killed.
So essentially, Bongbong is admitting that he intends to have her killed.
I am not from the Philippines and am not taking sides here, but if someone taked about killing me (even hypothetically) iI would find it a bit threatening too.
Especially if that someone was very specific about it. Like, not shouting angrily “I’ll kill you!” but describing a plan to send a hitman after me.
…if you tried to murder them. I feel like you’re omitting the most important part.
Again though it wasn’t just a threat - it was a very specific if/then statement - “I’ve arranged it so that if he has me killed, he will be killed.”
Granted that it’s a bit unsettling, my immediate response, and IMO the likely immediate response of virtually anyone and everyone, would be “But I don’t intend to have you killed.”
Yes, I get your point and I agree that Marcos lost the chance to try and de-escalate things.
The thing is that these are not two random people fighting in a bar. They both have large, very powerful clans and millions of supporters each. If they start talking about who is going to kill whom first, that’s playing a very dangerous game and they both should feel the responsibility to keep things civil. Not for them but for the People who elected them