Thread: WTF is wrong with people?

Originally Posted by 30.06king

Possessing illegal firearms in Singapore was, ( at one time / possibly still is ? ) punishable by death if the courts considered that warranted. Many years when I stayed there a few months a headline in the daily paper reported police had apprehended a person found with a concealed, illicit firearm. No mucking around there with the justice system. I read one week later the culprits court case had found him guilty and he was sentenced to hanging, which duly occured.
Justice in that part of Asia seems harsh to some and it doesn't totally prevent crimes but crime isn't exactly out of control either.

I'm in Singapore now, and can say that there is litter, but hardly any. People jaywalk, but not as a rule. Shops have stuff displayed where you could just take something, but it hardly happens. Food on trains? Nope. Smoking where you shouldn't? S$1000 fine. The murder rate here is 0.2 per 100,000 people or 7 per year. They must be doing something right...