Posted on 12/01/2005 7:23:01 AM PST by 1066AD
Amnesty barrel? Does it get used much? If I were carrying, I'd be as afraid to use it as not to, wondering if they were on the level.
"Possession of illegal drugs or weapons is punishable by Death."
I've flown in and out of Chagi around 40 times but I don't recall seeing that sign of the amnesty bins. But I DO remember seeing that published in bold red letters on the customs cards.
Interestingly, Changi has the quickest and easiest customs I've ever been through and I was never searched. I'm sure they profile very heavily and being a middle-aged businessman, I probably didn't fit the profile.
Suggests he's not a citizen.
Not a citizen of Australia, that is.
Make sure the gravity bill is paid.
Singapore's drug penalties are no secret. He took a chance and will swing.
'legal bills of A$30,000 (£13,000). incurred by his twin brother, a one-time heroin addict"
so make more people heroin addicts?
With this kind of logic this guy should be a judge on the 9th circus!
He's just gonna get suspended.
A statist's paradise!!"
Second Amendment has no impact on what other countries do or don't do. Apparently, Singapore law says carrying weapons means death. That is their law.
Its a nice place to visit but not live for I am a gun owner as well and I love to spray lead as well!
I know, that's why I said there was "no pesky Second Amendment, either".
I have a moral objection to places that forcibly disarm their subjects. I avoid them.
"I might be wrong.."
And I might be too - I just don't recall those bins at Changi which doesn't necessarily mean they're not there. What I do remember is that they don't eff around in Singapore and one takes what they say very seriously.
Nguyen is an Australian citizen, just for the record. That's why the Australian government has made representations on his behalf. Australia has a general policy of attempting to assist its citizens who are accused of serious crimes overseas.
Even in cases where there's no sympathy for them.
Australian opinion is pretty evenly split on whether or not Nguyen should hang, according to most polls.
Actually the term 'divided' is pretty accurate in this case. Last poll figures I saw said 47% of Australians favoured Nguyen's execution, 46% opposed, 7% undecided.
By all reports he has - he is ready to die. His only concerns are for his mother and his brother.
How about, if you get caught with it, you have to consume it right away, all of it. 1 dose - no problem - maybe a slap on the wrist for public intoxication. Otherwise, it's overdose - death by your drug of choice.
It works for me! I either want to start killing drug dealers or ignoring them. Our current approach is a waste of time and a waste of money and just serves to make the drug dealers rich.
OK. I was wondering if the Aussies had decided to take up the banner for mere residents. Thanks for the clarification.
It is possible that the government might make representations for a permanent resident - but it wouldn't be automatic, and would be dependent on the precise circumstances. In the case of a citizen, it is considered a right - Australia even asked for (and received) a commitment from the United States that Australian citizens imprisoned on Guantanamo Bay would be spared the death penalty, whatever crimes they had committed - and there's absolutely no sympathy for them within the Australian government. It's just that a right is a right. This commitment is made - and it will be honoured by the Australian government. Representations will always be made - in the case of David Hick's in Gunantanamo, he got the absolute minimum of what convention says he should get - but he got that minimum.
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