[thoughtomator]

Sounds like you'd be perfectly comfortable in such a police state. I hope the IRS applies the same standard to you.

[Bonaparte]

"I hope the IRS applies the same standard to you."

They do. And they should.

Don't get me wrong, TM. I'm no fan of the IRS but they don't cost me nearly as much as the dope pushers and users who spread misery wherever they go -- families who have to eat on the kitchen floor so the drive-by bullets don't blow junior out of his chair -- drug-impaired lunatics burgling your home, stealing your car and killing you on the freeways -- a generation of kids with no future, selling their bodies on the street to support their addiction. That kind of society may be ok with you but it's not ok with me.

I support drug testing on the job. I support the war on drugs and want to see it stepped up considerably. And I salute Singapore for its commitment to a safe, clean, drug-free society.

[Bonaparte]

If the compiled stats can be believed, crime in all categories, violent and property, is way lower than crime in all our major cities. Also, most crime in Singapore is committed by foreigners, according to this and other studies. I've searched online for any evidence of an "underground drug culture" in Singapore and have found none. The only people who need to fear the government in Singapore are druggies and other law breakers. IMO, that's because Singapore does not play games with them like we do.