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Apologies. In this case though, both lines were said in a slightly humorous, rather than provocative tone. It is a trope that any article on Singapore must auto
by crdb 11y ago
Apologies. In this case though, both lines were said in a slightly humorous, rather than provocative tone. It is a trope that any article on Singapore must automatically include both the chewing gum ban and some discussion about the death penalty for importing drugs, usually in the first paragraph, despite them usually not being relevant to the conversation...
- dang 11y ago> both lines were said in a slightly humorous, rather than provocative tone I don't doubt you, but readers can't know that, and there have been flamewars in the past about this. Typically the "slightly humorous" gets lost and the provocation (e.g. "sharks") remains. > It is a trope that any article on Singapore must automatically include I assume most everyone knows this. But it doesn't seem fair to criticize others for "tropes" when you were the one bringing them up.