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Are you confusing a dictatorship with a strong government? A government having the power to decide and enforce public policy doesn't make it a dictatorship, it
by archontes 5y ago
Are you confusing a dictatorship with a strong government?
A government having the power to decide and enforce public policy doesn't make it a dictatorship, it makes it powerful.
- zibzab 5y agoI think you can go to jail for jaywalking and flogged for speeding. How's that for "strong government "?
- midasuni 5y agoIt’s funny how corporate America brought in a crime of walking on public highways.
- throwaway0a5e 5y agoIs that supposed to make it less unreasonable to jail people for it?
- audiometry 5y agoAll your comments in this thread state absurd falsehoods. You are not “flogged for speeding.” My guess is your experience in Singapore is whatever other hysteric comments you’ve read in other threads.
- zibzab 5y agoAccording to a lawyer I found online minor traffic violations only result in fines, so I take it back. But, when you enter the country they specifically tell you that you can be jailed and/or beaten for some offences, including overstaying your visa. Read also this https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caning_in_Singapore https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caning_in_Singapore
- archontes 5y agoI'd say that's quite strong. If that policy were delivered and administered by a democratic government, it'd also not be an example of 'dictatorship'. The US has a democracy and executes people for murder. The government can kill you? What a dictatorship.