Man to Be Hanged for Bringing Bundles of Pot Into Singapore
- Thread starter Robert59
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Well, I did remember, on further inspection, that it wasn't 200/100, I exaggerated; it was 180/50. I shocked myself actually. You see, I'm in a no-holds barred Life Review, where I am being brutally honest with myself about my life and all the people in it, starting from early childhood to the present. It's the reaction I'm getting from myself that's most important. Beyond amazement, not totally sure what my reaction is. Mine is what counts. Yours? Well, you people here are the closest things I have to confidantes and I felt like being honest and open with you all, my friends.Did you get the reaction you were hoping for or expecting?
While on another visit to Singapore, we watched a public caning of a man about 25 or so years of age get caned. He was guilty of his 4th offense of shoplifting. I think he was given 8 thrashes. We couldn’t see his butt, so I wasn’t aware if he bled or not, but he didn’t yell until the 7th thrashing. I felt everyone of those strikes. (Not literally.)
rgp
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No crimminal 'means' to get caught.
Are you suggesting that breaking the law is fine, if the law breaker doesn't get caught ?
It's their law, he broke it, now he meets his punishment .
Verisure
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That is an extremely tough mission you're on. I guess I'm doing pretty much the same thing. Yes, I am. It's true. I find that it is possible to forgive myself my past sins because (after all) I was young and inexperienced so I was unable to deal with those situations better than I would have today (even as late as yesterday). So far, my biggest failure is to make amends with those who cannot be found, won't forgive even when I have found them, and those who have passed on to the next level of .... well, you know what I mean. My real father passed away this year (I am told) but I didn't have any confessions or forgiveness I felt I owed him. It is he who ought to have asked me for forgiveness but he never offered it. Never mind. However, my step-father (bless his soul) also passed away this year and although I tried to tell him how much I loved and appreciated him I don't think he understood. I'm sure he didn't. That bothers me.
I have had small memories of this and that and I try to follow them up but it isn't always easy because some of them were from a very young age, from about 7 years old to teens. I can recall a cinema or a zoo or a school and then try to find them on Google maps, even zooming in to get a street-view gander, but my life spans across 5 continents so it doesn't work very well although sometimes I get lucky.
I'm starting to get long-winded on the subject AND I'M WAY OFF-TOPIC so I'll leave it be for now. You can PM me if you think it will be helpful to share and banter.
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Verisure
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Ain't that the way!
Packerjohn
Packerjohn
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- Canada
I think border towns are pretty sad places to visit. For my money, they are places to pass through ASAP. This is true for Mexico but it is also true for many other countries. At the border is where you find money changers, bad taxi drivers and other "rif-raff" types who are out there to rip off the new tourists who just crossed the border and is pretty tired of the hassle and the whole border deal. Remember also, border towns are where the drugs bound for the US pass through so do you really want to hang around? If you want to see the "real" Mexico, try Lake Chapala or the town of Progresso in The Yucatan. I have spent a whole winter in each place and I can say that both places are nice and safe and the locals love your business.
CarolfromTX
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- Central Texas
When Dave and I were in Singapore, about 25 years ago, some teenage kid, an American, decided to vandalize some cars with spray paint. They caught him, and caned him. Caning is a brutal punishment. Here’s what Wikipedia has to say about it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_P._Fay
It seems like he was a trouble maker from the start and didnt change much along the way.
I’ve been to Singapore and it’s as safe and clean as anywhere I’ve ever been. They are deadly serious about drugs. Dave went on business a few times. On our trip, they caught a couple guys and a 16 year old girl cutting a few kilos of cocaine. A few months later, all those involved, including the girl, were executed.
Singapore doesn’t allow chewing gum to be sold because people were discarding it deliberately on the tracks of the doors of transit cars and slowing up the system. You can bring it in as a tourist but you better not spit it in the street!
One more story. Singapore imports day labor from Malaysia. The same laborers started using elevators as a convenient urinal. Singapore stopped that by installing moisture detectors. When moisture is detected, the doors of the elevator lock and must be opened by security. So be careful with your soda in Singaporean elevators!
It seems like he was a trouble maker from the start and didnt change much along the way.
I’ve been to Singapore and it’s as safe and clean as anywhere I’ve ever been. They are deadly serious about drugs. Dave went on business a few times. On our trip, they caught a couple guys and a 16 year old girl cutting a few kilos of cocaine. A few months later, all those involved, including the girl, were executed.
Singapore doesn’t allow chewing gum to be sold because people were discarding it deliberately on the tracks of the doors of transit cars and slowing up the system. You can bring it in as a tourist but you better not spit it in the street!
One more story. Singapore imports day labor from Malaysia. The same laborers started using elevators as a convenient urinal. Singapore stopped that by installing moisture detectors. When moisture is detected, the doors of the elevator lock and must be opened by security. So be careful with your soda in Singaporean elevators!
mellowyellow
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We lost the drug war years ago and it's now affecting us. We have a tv cop show called RBT (random breath test) where we see drivers being caught with drugs in their system. They are out there everywhere on the roads - with us.
mellowyellow
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Don’t know what price is paid for drugs in the US but ours is said to be the highest in the world. New shipments are being discovered every day and you can see why at these prices.
This article was written in 2020 so have no idea what they are today.
…………Cocaine, long priced in Sydney at $300 to $350 per gram, now fetches up to $450 a gram according to law enforcement intelligence reports and multiple sources contacted by The Sun-Herald. In the holiday town of Byron Bay, cocaine is being sold for up to $450 a gram, ice is fetching up to $250 a gram, marijuana is being sold for $400 an ounce and MDMA is being sold at $170 a gram in its powdered form…………
https://www.smh.com.au/national/pro...ike-prices-amid-pandemic-20200710-p55atw.html
This article was written in 2020 so have no idea what they are today.
…………Cocaine, long priced in Sydney at $300 to $350 per gram, now fetches up to $450 a gram according to law enforcement intelligence reports and multiple sources contacted by The Sun-Herald. In the holiday town of Byron Bay, cocaine is being sold for up to $450 a gram, ice is fetching up to $250 a gram, marijuana is being sold for $400 an ounce and MDMA is being sold at $170 a gram in its powdered form…………
https://www.smh.com.au/national/pro...ike-prices-amid-pandemic-20200710-p55atw.html
Verisure
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On a scale between enforced laws and lackadaisical ones, in which do we prefer to live and raise our children? Ok, let's be honest. Do want to live under strict Islam law as in Saudi Arabia? Probably not. But would we appreciate a country that provides plenty of rubbish bins & public toilettes, yet bans litter, chewing gum on the pavement, spitting or urinating in public, drugs, pornography, and violent films/video games? Hmmmmm ......
Verisure
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Verisure
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Aww yeah, I reckon it's time to stock up before the prices soar even higher.
StarSong
Awkward is my Superpower
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- Los Angeles Suburbs
I often wondered why Singapore had such a stick up their butts over chewing gum, of all things. Thanks for the explanation. Makes sense now.
Speaking of spitting, I've been watching the baseball playoffs and am so grossed out by all the spitting players. I thought Covid would have stopped that.
So gross. I have to wonder if they spit every thirty seconds when in their own homes or at a friend's backyard BBQ...
Verisure
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If you find spitting and clearing of the nose (snot flying straight onto the pavement) then don't go to Nepal!
StarSong
Awkward is my Superpower
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- Los Angeles Suburbs
Yikes! Thanks for the warning!
WheatenLover
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- Georgia
Criminals are optimists - they don't think they will be caught. I only had one client who said, I did it, and I deserve to do the time. The rest of them watched too much TV and thought the purpose of defense lawyers was to get acquitted.