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First of all, my child is only 8 months old, so I don't think he will be getting caned. Secondly, the reason I am interested in Singapore is that it is a very

by fragola 10y ago

First of all, my child is only 8 months old, so I don't think he will be getting caned. Secondly, the reason I am interested in Singapore is that it is a very diverse country, with a lot of different ethnicities and religions living tolerantly side by side. It also has wonderful social programs, friendly people. It's incredibly safe. Let me put it this way: where I live now in the US, people are protesting because of police brutality, especially against black people. The parks are full of discarded hypodermic needles so I will be scared to let me baby play in them. The streets are full of homeless people, included mentally ill war veterans, who are just left outside to die. Sure, Singapore canes people. And I love America, but it is not exactly Disneyland. I would like for myself and my family to experience a different place, warts and all.

benologist 10y ago
The whole world is diverse and almost everyone on the planet is friendly, happy etc, humanity is collectively trending towards harmony and happiness by abandoning institutional violence and employing more appropriate solutions for social issues. The reason you won't see those needles, addicts, mentally ill homeless etc is they get executed. If you anticipate your son going to school there he will probably be caned. https://www.reddit.com/r/singapore https://www.reddit.com/r/singapore might be a good resource to explore. Note the hilarious post about the impact on eg, Pokemon Go.
- fragola 10y ago
  >"He will probably be caned" [citation needed] because it looks like they only cane about 2500 people a year, and can't cane people under 16 unless they get tried as adults. I feel like you are exaggerating -- like saying that because the US has capital punishment, and sometimes people get convicted wrongly, moving here will mean that you will get executed.
  - benologist 10y ago
    That's the prison system. Caning is also a heavily supported and pervasive component of their education system. http://www.corpun.com/counsgs.htm http://www.corpun.com/counsgs.htm I get the disbelief - I can't imagine anyone caning my daughter either. Here in Costa Rica nobody is legally allowed to hit her. As a child in Australia lots of teachers and principals were legally enabled to hurt me. Some parts of the world lag way behind in basic human decency and rights and cling to violent solutions even when today we know they're ineffective - my state ditched such punishment before I was a teenager. If you moved to parts of the Middle East you could take your boy to public beheadings ... by governments, not just ISIS.

by fragola 10y ago

benologist 10y ago

The whole world is diverse and almost everyone on the planet is friendly, happy etc, humanity is collectively trending towards harmony and happiness by abandoning institutional violence and employing more appropriate solutions for social issues. The reason you won't see those needles, addicts, mentally ill homeless etc is they get executed. If you anticipate your son going to school there he will probably be caned. https://www.reddit.com/r/singapore https://www.reddit.com/r/singapore might be a good resource to explore. Note the hilarious post about the impact on eg, Pokemon Go.

fragola 10y ago
>"He will probably be caned" [citation needed] because it looks like they only cane about 2500 people a year, and can't cane people under 16 unless they get tried as adults. I feel like you are exaggerating -- like saying that because the US has capital punishment, and sometimes people get convicted wrongly, moving here will mean that you will get executed.
- benologist 10y ago
  That's the prison system. Caning is also a heavily supported and pervasive component of their education system. http://www.corpun.com/counsgs.htm http://www.corpun.com/counsgs.htm I get the disbelief - I can't imagine anyone caning my daughter either. Here in Costa Rica nobody is legally allowed to hit her. As a child in Australia lots of teachers and principals were legally enabled to hurt me. Some parts of the world lag way behind in basic human decency and rights and cling to violent solutions even when today we know they're ineffective - my state ditched such punishment before I was a teenager. If you moved to parts of the Middle East you could take your boy to public beheadings ... by governments, not just ISIS.