"Chewing gum in line, eh?"
“The blogger, Amos Yee, 17, is due in court on Tuesday and could face more than three years in prison on charges of violating laws against offending the feelings of a religious group, harassment and sharing obscene material”
Just think if he had had some chewing gum!
Been there. A wealthy enclave, but few people seemed happy. Strange place.
Of course, 8 bucks for a beer, and 10 for a Whopper didn’t help me love Singapore, either : )
You may jest, however, LKY ‘created’ a jewel in the Far East from the chaos that was multicultural Singapore. I lived there when it was ‘wild’ enuf... YES, certain measures were taken to ‘curb’ the ‘animals’... one could not go into a housing elevator without the smell of urine because that is what they DO. Ammonia detectors/cameras were installed and culprits were pictured and arrested.
The mix of cultures there were a hot bed of calamity if not for LKY. YES, he was a dictator in a sense, but a far seeing business oriented (no pun intended) CONSERVATIVE who wanted Singapore to be a safe harbor for all. He created ORDER under the law.
NO slippery slopes (again, nothing intended!) allowed; if you broke the law, you were punished. There and then.
They'd cane his butt in ths Singapore sling!
maybe he can plea bargain them down to 100-smacks with a bamboo cane?
"Chewing gum in line, eh?"