Singapore has been ranked as the happiest countries in Asia and in the top 25 happiest in the entire world.

I find it rather hypocritical of people who have never been there, denounce the country but the residence who live there apparently are very happy.

Also, I’d be willing to bet that many of the people speaking ill of Singapore are also the type who would say you shouldn’t judge other cultures. Well that’s exactly what you are doing now.

I’ve never been there and I have little interest in going, but the people there have chosen those draconian laws and with them, they have incredibly low crime and drug use. So you might not agree with their laws, but you can’t disagree with the results, and the people there feel it is a tradeoff they are willing to live with.

So who the fuck are you to tell those people how they should rule their own country?

I don’t really like this take. The death penalty isn’t cultural and people who oppose it are free to vocalise it. Singaporean culture is great because it is a unique melting pot of many different cultures, the death penalty is a legal matter and isn’t drawn from the composite cultures of the people that live there.

you can’t disagree with the results

It’s the third hanging this week for drugs offenses so it would seem that the policy isn’t completely effective

the people there feel it is a tradeoff they are willing to live with.

They may be willing to live with it, but i wouldn’t presume that they are in favour of the policy. Singapore is a one party state and rated a ‘flawed democracy’ in The Economist democracy index. Frankly, Singaporeans aren’t consulted on the matter.

who the fuck are you to tell those people how they should rule their own country?

On a micro level, who the fuck are the authorities of Singapore to take another person’s life.

Apparently you know better than a country of 5.4 million people and their freely elected government and the rules that they enacted.

Gotcha.