Could be a drug offence..Originally posted by oldbreadstinks:just wondering, why is he on death row?![]()
It's not gonna work.. Seems to me that most Singaporeans believe that the capital punishment is necessary for heinous crimes.Originally posted by iveco:Will he politicise it at the next GE?
Not 100 per cent of them, though. Every GRC is bound to have some people who oppose capital punishment. They could swing the vote aaway from MIW.Originally posted by cornyfish2000:It's not gonna work.. Seems to me that most Singaporeans believe that the capital punishment is necessary for heinous crimes.
He can't. He's bankrupted.Originally posted by iveco:Our dear CSJ is going to speak on the capital punishment issue? Will he politicise it at the next GE?
He may not be able to stand for polls, but his lieutenants will lead the battle for him.Originally posted by timothytsgsg:He can't. He's bankrupted.
I oppose capital punishment.Originally posted by iveco:Not 100 per cent of them, though. Every GRC is bound to have some people who oppose capital punishment. They could swing the vote aaway from MIW.
how abt caning ?Originally posted by LazerLordz:I oppose capital punishment.
i support too.Originally posted by crazy monkey:how abt caning ?![]()
Caning is a lesser evil.If it breaks down a hard-core criminal so that he can be reahbilitated, so be it.But no one can take away a life he or she did not give.Originally posted by crazy monkey:how abt caning ?![]()
Exactly.Fear of open discussion usually comes about when some people are very insecure.But don't let your insecurity disable the nation's progress.Originally posted by oxford mushroom:Why is the government so afraid of a public debate on human rights issues?
I do agree that we don't want foreigners to make us reform our criminal justice system to suit their taste but what's the harm in hearing what Amnesty has to say? Let Singaporeans hear an alternative point of view and let us decide if we want to change our criminal justice system. You cannot prevent it anyway. Singaporeans have access to the internet and we are well aware of Amnesty's views.
Cabinet ministers aren't the only ones educated in Singapore. Let ordinary Singaporeans decide how we want to run our country. Then when Amnesty criticizes Singapore for the death sentence, we can truly say that having considered all the arguments, Singaporeans want to run our country in this way.
I don't want a foreigner to tell me how my nation is to be run, but I don't want an elitist oligarchy to tell me that either.
Me-too.Originally posted by LazerLordz:I oppose capital punishment.
Originally posted by pkchukiss:Such is the reality of equivocation here.I couldn't help laughing when we try to tell Burma to clean up her act.What a laugh.
Bad excuse.
If this country's politicians have such a good time commenting and telling other country's leaders what to do, then it should be of little consequence to let the reverse happen.
In fact, there should be freedom of speech in Singapore, and this "foreign devil" should be allowed to speak his mind. Who knows, he might raise a valid point?
However, this pales in comparison to the [b]real reason the PAP administration has told the Amnesty International representative to "shut it". It does not intend to abolish the death penalty, not even if the entire world presses for it, and this saga has already proven that.
Any locals speaking up about this can be easily dismissed, and perhaps gagged in the local media, but with a foreign representative from a large human rights organisation attracts such a huge media attention, it isn't easy to ignore.[/b]