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Singapore

SavantIdiot 5y ago
You mean the place where you get thrown in prison then caned for tagging? Wow, I'd never want to visit that police state. Sounds like a lovely place. https://www.foxnews.com/world/singapore-sentences-swiss-man-to-caning-for-spraying-graffiti-on-subway-car https://www.foxnews.com/world/singapore-sentences-swiss-man-... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_P._Fay https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_P._Fay EDIT: time spent in prison was off by 7 months
- josephcsible 5y ago
  To be clear, "tagging" is vandalism. Also, your source says 5 months, not the 1 year that you claimed.
  - adjkant 5y ago
    > To be clear, "tagging" is vandalism. In NYC we call that art. I just went to a museum exhibit in Boston about graffiti art on public transit in the 80's. Point being, something so benign being that strongly and violently punished does indeed sound crazy to me.
    - HKH2 5y ago
      When I was last in Singapore, I was impressed by how clean it was. It's not crazy at all.
    - Redoubts 5y ago
      > In NYC we call that art. Sometimes. And sometimes it's shitty. And even more so, if you tag over someone else art you'll get more than a caning in NYC.
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- whoknowswhat11 5y ago
  This is not that scary for folks not vandalizing stuff
- tedunangst 5y ago
  Your links are also off by a decade or two.
- PakistaniDenzel 5y ago
  There is a law, it was broken and the person was sentenced. I'd rather live in a place that enforces laws rather than one where people run loose, but to each their own I suppose. Yes I do not live there currently (as you have noticed by my previous comments) but that is where I consider myself "from".
kunagi7 5y ago
Run before he knows about Yishun. Still, a difficult feat to match.
Ymous 5y ago
While I think SF (and most of the West) has us beat in terms of clickbait headlines, it still exists. I found these two today while scrolling through our main tabloid site. https://mothership.sg/2021/07/lgbtq-instagram-live-knife-violence/ https://mothership.sg/2021/07/lgbtq-instagram-live-knife-vio... https://mothership.sg/2021/07/return-tray-fine-commentary/ https://mothership.sg/2021/07/return-tray-fine-commentary/
- josephcsible 5y ago
  Your first link is about someone just making a threatening video. Your second link is about a new fine for not returning plates, silverware, etc. to restaurants. Neither one of those are even remotely similar to someone intentionally lighting another person on fire.
- GaryTang 5y ago
  I don't understand how you can compare someone being lit on fire to someone being fined for not returning a tray or someone carrying a knife in public.

Singapore

You mean the place where you get thrown in prison then caned for tagging? Wow, I'd never want to visit that police state. Sounds like a lovely place. https://www.foxnews.com/world/singapore-sentences-swiss-man-to-caning-for-spraying-graffiti-on-subway-car https://www.foxnews.com/world/singapore-sentences-swiss-man-... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_P._Fay https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_P._Fay EDIT: time spent in prison was off by 7 months

josephcsible 5y ago
To be clear, "tagging" is vandalism. Also, your source says 5 months, not the 1 year that you claimed.
- adjkant 5y ago
  > To be clear, "tagging" is vandalism. In NYC we call that art. I just went to a museum exhibit in Boston about graffiti art on public transit in the 80's. Point being, something so benign being that strongly and violently punished does indeed sound crazy to me.
  - HKH2 5y ago
    When I was last in Singapore, I was impressed by how clean it was. It's not crazy at all.
  - Redoubts 5y ago
    > In NYC we call that art. Sometimes. And sometimes it's shitty. And even more so, if you tag over someone else art you'll get more than a caning in NYC.
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whoknowswhat11 5y ago
This is not that scary for folks not vandalizing stuff
tedunangst 5y ago
Your links are also off by a decade or two.
PakistaniDenzel 5y ago
There is a law, it was broken and the person was sentenced. I'd rather live in a place that enforces laws rather than one where people run loose, but to each their own I suppose. Yes I do not live there currently (as you have noticed by my previous comments) but that is where I consider myself "from".

kunagi7 5y ago

Run before he knows about Yishun. Still, a difficult feat to match.

Ymous 5y ago

While I think SF (and most of the West) has us beat in terms of clickbait headlines, it still exists. I found these two today while scrolling through our main tabloid site. https://mothership.sg/2021/07/lgbtq-instagram-live-knife-violence/ https://mothership.sg/2021/07/lgbtq-instagram-live-knife-vio... https://mothership.sg/2021/07/return-tray-fine-commentary/ https://mothership.sg/2021/07/return-tray-fine-commentary/

josephcsible 5y ago
Your first link is about someone just making a threatening video. Your second link is about a new fine for not returning plates, silverware, etc. to restaurants. Neither one of those are even remotely similar to someone intentionally lighting another person on fire.
GaryTang 5y ago
I don't understand how you can compare someone being lit on fire to someone being fined for not returning a tray or someone carrying a knife in public.