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Lived in Singapore, Caning is absolutely barbaric and an atrocious way of punishment. They have special people who are trained in caning and the culprit will g

Lived in Singapore, Caning is absolutely barbaric and an atrocious way of punishment. They have special people who are trained in caning and the culprit will get their 30 lashes or whatever regardless of whether they pass out at lash 19 say. They'll heal you up and back you go for the next 11 lashes. This is what they did in medieval times, not today. Singapore is barbaric in this aspect and this is enforced in middle schools as well. It turns kids into obedient robots. Whatever solution is proposed, caning is not one of them.

avs733 6y ago
the conversation on this thread is bizarre and concerning. It's stuff...it's literally stuff! The lead example is a blazer... That commenters are willing to permanently disfigure people because their blazer, or table leg is taken speaks to a lack of seeing others as human. I somehow think their would be an entirely different conversation about appropriate punishment if the article was about fraud or misconduct by the landlords, or centered the article on the landlords not providing reasonable service. my last apartment complex had universal package delivery lockers as a service. This is a totally solvable problem, the landlords are just cheap and as a result lets beat people. The other comment thread of 'you may well have your statistics but I have an opinion and anecdotes' is just exemplary of why this country has the justice system it does.
- pjc50 6y ago
  Apparently violence is the only language they have ever known. The commentators, that is.
- totalZero 6y ago
  Theft isn't a crime against stuff, it's a crime against the person whose stuff was taken. Stuff represents plans (supplies), freedom (means of transport), abilities (tools), and connections (devices). Your mentality legitimizes crime.
- smilekzs 6y ago
  Your quote is not literal. Here is the more relevant literal quotes: """ You may very well have statistics, but these statistics may very well be false, especially when it comes to including figures that represent quality of life (i.e. how anxious you are on a constant basis with respect to your property or being assaulted). ... But, as it says in this very New York Times article, package theft goes completely unreported and is therefore not part of your statistics. Likewise, sexual assaults in subways are only very recently being tracked in New York. """
weeznerps 6y ago
if prison is the other option, cane me silly

avs733 6y ago

the conversation on this thread is bizarre and concerning. It's stuff...it's literally stuff! The lead example is a blazer... That commenters are willing to permanently disfigure people because their blazer, or table leg is taken speaks to a lack of seeing others as human. I somehow think their would be an entirely different conversation about appropriate punishment if the article was about fraud or misconduct by the landlords, or centered the article on the landlords not providing reasonable service. my last apartment complex had universal package delivery lockers as a service. This is a totally solvable problem, the landlords are just cheap and as a result lets beat people. The other comment thread of 'you may well have your statistics but I have an opinion and anecdotes' is just exemplary of why this country has the justice system it does.

pjc50 6y ago
Apparently violence is the only language they have ever known. The commentators, that is.
totalZero 6y ago
Theft isn't a crime against stuff, it's a crime against the person whose stuff was taken. Stuff represents plans (supplies), freedom (means of transport), abilities (tools), and connections (devices). Your mentality legitimizes crime.
smilekzs 6y ago
Your quote is not literal. Here is the more relevant literal quotes: """ You may very well have statistics, but these statistics may very well be false, especially when it comes to including figures that represent quality of life (i.e. how anxious you are on a constant basis with respect to your property or being assaulted). ... But, as it says in this very New York Times article, package theft goes completely unreported and is therefore not part of your statistics. Likewise, sexual assaults in subways are only very recently being tracked in New York. """

weeznerps 6y ago

if prison is the other option, cane me silly