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Just to be clear, “heavy-handed policies” include the death penalty for trafficking in (at the very least) Singapore and the UAE. It would be intellectually dis
by gregsadetsky 4y ago
Just to be clear, “heavy-handed policies” include the death penalty for trafficking in (at the very least) Singapore and the UAE. It would be intellectually dishonest to not name these things by name.
This argument veers a little bit into “sure it’s harsh but their trains do run on time” territory, at least for me.
What authoritarian countries are able to achieve at the cost of human rights would preferably not serve as inspiration, or even as a point of comparison.
- throwaway0a5e 4y agoAnd "trafficking" is defined to include things like "possessing the amount of weed HN types by for themselves to get the bulk discount" not just "getting on a plane with bags of coke strapped to you.
- zx8080 4y agoIs it only me reading it as that trafficking is one of the human rights which needs to be protected?