Clemency
Dear TomHa,
Check this out It is funny how the foreign media is labelling Singapore in response to the impending death sentence dished out on Nguyen Tuong Van, a Melbourne International who trafficked drugs while on transit in Singapore. Or is it that he wanted to traffick the drugs in Australia and was found to be in possession of the drugs while in transit in Singapore. Hmm.. it seemed the same to me. All I am wondering is what the big fuss is about? That pro-freedom countries is condemning the rights of countries from executing people with heinous crimes? Afterall, the amount of heroin that he is carrying is enough for 26000 doses. Imagine the number of lives that it can ruin! Afterall, I believe that that when the when the buying stops, the selling stops and vice versa. Since it is difficult to approach it bottom up, ie from the buyers part, a top-down approach in cutting out the supply is more effective for a drug free society. Afterall, drugs are bad...

Anyway, this reminds me of the GP discussion I had while in HC. Apparently the topic is about whether death sentence or a life sentence is more preferable for committers of heinous and unforgivable crime. Being a pragmatic and stingy or however you want to call it, I joined the group that is in favor of the death sentence. Life sentence means that more tax payers' money is being used to pay for that person's black bean rice! Why should we do that? I mean, why should we, the supposedly upright people who had been following the law closely, pay for these commiters of heinous crimes? I mean, I don't care what the circumstances were that made them commit these crimes. Drama and movies don't really work in real life. Death sentence on the other hand is much more pragmatic. Just get a rope with a strong enough elasticity factor and a chair and a high enough ceiling and that's it.

Haha, think I sound so evil...