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Singapore. Thriving startup community. VERY oool govt + system, liberal visa policy I just moved my startup from SF there, consolidated our employees across th

by alizaki 18y ago

Singapore. Thriving startup community. VERY oool govt + system, liberal visa policy I just moved my startup from SF there, consolidated our employees across the world and got money to do it too from the Govt.

markessien 18y ago
But Singapore is boring lah...
sho 18y ago
"VERY cool govt + system" You have got to be fucking kidding me. Yeah, oral sex is illegal, that is "VERY cool". Maybe the biz aspect works for you, and the MRT is good, but I just have this very nasty feeling about governments like that.
- falsestprophet 18y ago
  Sodomy, including heterosexual oral sex, was illegal in many places in the United States until the Lawrence vs. Texas decision in 2003.
  - sho 18y ago
    Yeah, but at least America has a free enough press and a transparent enough legal system that you can have reasonable faith that an attempt to prosecute anyone for some ridiculous outdated law would generate enough outcry and derision that it probably wouldn't go ahead. Or if it did, it would be overturned, as in the law you quote. Singapore, who knows?
    - ichverstehe 18y ago
      Like, uh, gay marriages.
- helveticaman 18y ago
  I asked my friend, who is a former Singaporean police officer, and he says that oral sex law isn't enforced. Same goes for anal sex.
  - sho 18y ago
    So why hasn't it been struck off the books? I distrust any government that keeps such laws around just in case they need something to get you with. Overcriminalisation, I think it's called. Not that I have a surfeit of trust in other governments but you get the point.
    - helveticaman 18y ago
      Yeah, good point.
critic 18y ago
Would love to hear more about all this. Relevant links, blogs, stories?
jaaron 18y ago
Hong Hong also has a growing startup community: http://www.hksua.com.hk/ http://www.hksua.com.hk/ And there's efforts in getting the communities in the two cities to better work together (such as the Web Wednesday groups).

by alizaki 18y ago

markessien 18y ago

But Singapore is boring lah...

sho 18y ago

"VERY cool govt + system" You have got to be fucking kidding me. Yeah, oral sex is illegal, that is "VERY cool". Maybe the biz aspect works for you, and the MRT is good, but I just have this very nasty feeling about governments like that.

falsestprophet 18y ago
Sodomy, including heterosexual oral sex, was illegal in many places in the United States until the Lawrence vs. Texas decision in 2003.
- sho 18y ago
  Yeah, but at least America has a free enough press and a transparent enough legal system that you can have reasonable faith that an attempt to prosecute anyone for some ridiculous outdated law would generate enough outcry and derision that it probably wouldn't go ahead. Or if it did, it would be overturned, as in the law you quote. Singapore, who knows?
  - ichverstehe 18y ago
    Like, uh, gay marriages.
helveticaman 18y ago
I asked my friend, who is a former Singaporean police officer, and he says that oral sex law isn't enforced. Same goes for anal sex.
- sho 18y ago
  So why hasn't it been struck off the books? I distrust any government that keeps such laws around just in case they need something to get you with. Overcriminalisation, I think it's called. Not that I have a surfeit of trust in other governments but you get the point.
  - helveticaman 18y ago
    Yeah, good point.

critic 18y ago

Would love to hear more about all this. Relevant links, blogs, stories?

jaaron 18y ago

Hong Hong also has a growing startup community: http://www.hksua.com.hk/ http://www.hksua.com.hk/ And there's efforts in getting the communities in the two cities to better work together (such as the Web Wednesday groups).