Singapore hangs third person for drug offences in little over a week
Singapore hangs third person for drug offences in little over a week
City-state hangs 39-year-old driver over 54 grams of heroin despite international pressure to halt executions.
What a fucking grotesque conservatopia.
Yeah another reason why my next vacation in Asia won't be there.
Seriously, I haven't smoked in years and don't use any other drugs but I'd be worried about being caught with a cannabis seed on my shoe or something stupid like that. Forgot to flush the urinal at the dive bar? Ten lashes! Fuck that shit
This is the best response - vote with your dollars. And let any friends / fam in Singapore know they're losing your travel, perhaps, eventually they'll join the modern world in terms of prohibitions.
Just curious, Japan, China and Indonesia aren't pot friendly, where would you go instead around the pacific side of asia?
It isn't about cannabis for me in terms of travel. It is about all the other insane legal stuff there. Yes, I prefer to get high before I get on a plane these days but I can manage fine without doing that.
In any case my next vacation to Asia is probably going to be a two day stopover in South Korea followed by a week or two in Thailand.
Singapore's success is partly due to the absence of minimum wages and also the use of migrant workers like Qatar. Take that away....
...But mostly due to their extremely privileged position at the strait. That's probably even more valuable than having oil.
Yes... partly due, or minutely due. It's not like they're building their success overnight. Their main sector is service, and partly manufacturing which used to be their main sector. And have been building strong reputation that's good enough to attract expats. Take the expats away, they can still thrive. They've got very competent locals breeded from their hight quality school system and many top 50 universities, which is a lot considering their size.
For the low skills needs they import the migrant workers. Take that away... no worry, many other will come. They threat their workers well - not like the middle eastern counterpart.
They are like night and day compared to Qatar/UAE.
So, to get back to your last sentence: Take that away... no big deal.
p/s: this is my rational view as their overlooking neighbour.
It's also literally a tax haven.
Something tells me the rich people in singapore have no problem getting drugs.
You don't have to be rich lol I lived there for a few years and it was pretty easy to get Molly/k/weed.
This incredibly inhumane. What horrible and despicable people leading this crusade. I really don't understand how a bunch of them can proceed with this barbarity and continue lifting their heads proudly.
History will forever condemn them for this.
I imagine they'd cite their society's success with stringent laws.
I don't agree with them, mind, I'm a pot smoker, I don't travel for pleasure to countries that criminalize people like me. But I have been to Singapore for work. It's an amazing multicultural society with fantastic food. In order to get these groups to co-exist politely, you can't say things about religions, they prohibit Charlie Hebdo, for example.
Considering the tiny land area and enormous population density, strict and often, what people in the west would consider anti-free-speech policies are probably the only way to make things work.
I don't begrudge them their policies but won't support their economy with my business. I feel for anyone living there, but can't control where people are born. Being born in a rich, educated, and vibrantly multi-cultural country like Sinagpore is probably an enormous leg-up compared to many other countries, in terms of QOL.
Not trying to change any opinions, just offering some nuance.
America is just as bad
I'd assert in some ways, the US is worse:
Singapore is a melting pot of dozens of ethnicities and cultures; I doubt they have a preponderance of laws that are applied to minorities like the US. I might be wrong, but while visiting there saw so many different kinds of people, systematic racism like you see in the US wouldn't work.
What a disgrace Singapore is.
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I agree. It is very good at propaganda though, so it turned into the internets favourite dictatorship. But hey, what are some human rights violations when it is clean and has a cool train station, right?
It ain't right
Takes "hang em high" to a new meaning
it's their country. It's not like these laws are secret, these people are hoping to make a large reward from a large risk.
I see this like I see people buying cheap homes next to the airport and complaining about the noise. Or buying a really nice house in a HOA and then complaining about the fees.
If you don't like it, leave. But that's how those people are choosing to live.
A bit harsh but hey, respect their laws.
Yes good law. Piss someone off, they can plant heroin on your belongings and then turn you in. Next thing you know you lose your life.
That's why anyone defending this law is an idiot
Honestly. it's a country where you can kill anyone if you can plant drugs on them.
Do you actually hold this position in all situations? It was illegal to harbor Jewish fugitives in Nazi Germany, should those laws be respected?
When you say "no, of course not", maybe actually consider what your position is before posting. Because nobody's position is to just "respect laws" in all circumstances.
Yeah. Same goes for north korea and iran and all the bullshit laws that have existed throughout history just to oppress vulnerable people.
Singapore has been ranked as the happiest countries in Asia and in the top 25 happiest in the entire world.
I find it rather hypocritical of people who have never been there, denounce the country but the residence who live there apparently are very happy.
Also, I'd be willing to bet that many of the people speaking ill of Singapore are also the type who would say you shouldn't judge other cultures. Well that's exactly what you are doing now.
I've never been there and I have little interest in going, but the people there have chosen those draconian laws and with them, they have incredibly low crime and drug use. So you might not agree with their laws, but you can't disagree with the results, and the people there feel it is a tradeoff they are willing to live with.
So who the fuck are you to tell those people how they should rule their own country?
I don't really like this take. The death penalty isn't cultural and people who oppose it are free to vocalise it. Singaporean culture is great because it is a unique melting pot of many different cultures, the death penalty is a legal matter and isn't drawn from the composite cultures of the people that live there.
you can't disagree with the results
It's the third hanging this week for drugs offenses so it would seem that the policy isn't completely effective
the people there feel it is a tradeoff they are willing to live with.
They may be willing to live with it, but i wouldn't presume that they are in favour of the policy. Singapore is a one party state and rated a 'flawed democracy' in The Economist democracy index. Frankly, Singaporeans aren't consulted on the matter.
who the fuck are you to tell those people how they should rule their own country?
On a micro level, who the fuck are the authorities of Singapore to take another person's life.
I don't know anything about Singapore besides what a friend who grew up there said. She came here to the US as an adult. Tried very hard to stay and worked very hard to bring her parents over to the US. Very confusing given that she had nothing but great things to say about the place and got very mad if I said that the US might be better in any small way. She had a lot of complaints about the US and many I found unfair even if many were totally fair.
So then I asked her: do you think that I a black woman could do what you did here in the US in Singapore. And she skipped over my question and continued her rant about how great Singapore is. That's all I personally need to know. Singapore probably is great, but only if you're the right kind of person, the acceptable person. I get the feeling that she and her family weren't those kinds of people and that's why she left and she's pulling her family here to the US.
From my perspective, Singapore is a dystopian shithole I'm glad I wasn't born to.
With that said, it's so common for immigrants to criticise the country they migrate to. And it's usually unfounded. But not always.
The only Singaporeans I knew were heavy travellers. Strong desire to study and work out of their country. Very proud of their country, however. One of them was a friendship I had to end because I couldn't handle the eccentricity and constant showing off.
The grass is always greener for some.
Inversely, the only Singaporean I know (born and raised until adulthood, lived in the states briefly and went back) has always been proud of the good but very critical of the archaic things, and does not agree with the pedestal the US occasionally places Singapore on. He’s just one person but has been fair enough that I’m weirdly surprised to hear there are people like that.
Singapore probably is great, but only if you’re the right kind of person, the acceptable person.
And where would be the difference to the US? Too many people in the US seem not to be the "right kind of person". Especially those with non-white skin or in some states even those who happen to be born with two X chromosomes.
who the fuck are you to tell those people how they should rule their own country?
A human. Humans understand murder is wrong. This isn't debatable.
If you think murder is ok in any situation, then you best be ok with being murdered when enough people are convinced if that situation, whether or not it's true.
How could anyone seriously come up with a take this stupid?
"It's ok that the state murders peopl for fake crimes as long as the people not being murdered don't mind."
You're a fucking psychopath.
Okay? Even if people were 100% truthful about being happy in a dictatorial hellscape, that doesn't mean everyone else shouldn't actively criticize that country for...being a dictatorial hellscape.
Your post has real "but he made the trains run on time" energy.
From the article:
Mohamed Shalleh had argued that a friend he owed money to had tricked him into believing he was delivering contraband cigarettes.
You support this man being executed? Per the article it was for 54 grams of heroin which the state claims is enough for:
600 users for a week
Which is a blatant lie and evidence the state resorts to falsehoods to justify its barbarism. 1/2 a gram a day is common for an addicted user, so this man was carrying (unknown to him) just over 100 doses.
Singapore has not been voted happiest country. I have no idea where you are getting this info from.
Singapore has been constantly highlighted as most stressed, most unhappy and least satisfied.
https://mothership.sg/2023/03/singapore-happiest-country-asia/#:~:text=Singapore has been ranked as,UN)%20World%20Happiness%20Report%202023.
UN Happiness Index 2023.
You're perfectly fine to take your complaint to the UN since apparently you know better. Apparently.
Lol
Why don't you go live in Singapore and see how long you'd last?
incredibly low crime and drug use
So does Japan, on paper at least. You have no idea what is actually going on behind the scenes over there. Japan is an incredibly dangerous place to live if you live in the cities, so easy to disappear.
Here is a link to the World Happiness Report website with the list for 2023. Singapore is 25th overall, which is ten spots behind the United States. I also took the liberty of averaging out the total from the available years of the World Happiness Index on Wikipedia, and you can see that information below:
2023 - 25th
2020 - 31st
2019 - 34th
2018 - 34th
2017 - 26th
2016 - 22nd
2013 - 30thAverage from the 7 available years of available Wikipedia Data (rounded up) - 29th
Link to the World Happiness Report for 2023:
https://worldhappiness.report/ed/2023/world-happiness-trust-and-social-connections-in-times-of-crisis/#ranking-of-happiness-2020-2022So who the fuck are you to tell those people how they should rule their own country?
I'm a person who values human life.
Btw capital punishment isn't culture.
I'd say I was happy, too, if I thought they might hang me or cane me if I didn't. Happy as hell, sir!
I'm against the death penalty in all cases . I also think all drugs should be legal , it will literally saves thousands of lives people could buy the drugs from a trusted source and not accidentally overdose . Making it illegal just makes it so you have to buy untested drugs from sketchy places . It doesn't really matter how many people the police arrest there is always going to be someone there to replace them as long as someone is willing to o buy . But I guess the threat of death is a good reason not to do drugs ....
Who the fuck are you? Only brainwashed Singaporeans leap to its defense. Shitty little city honestly.
https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2022/country-chapters/singapore