Just got back from duty. Time for my replies.
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from Dundee Slaytern
If I entered Saudi Arabia knowingly that my hands will be lopped off for stealing, and still steal anyway, then I was a damned fool for deciding to steal in the first place.
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Well, i don't think there are thieves anywhere, who wake up one morning and decide to go to Saudi Arabia to steal a bread, or whatever. But it's a little different if you're a native and are among those hundreds of thousands who live in poverty, below any human decency. First the government keeps them poor, and then when they try to steal something to feed their families, they cut off their hands, or worse. Don't you see anything wrong in this picture ?[/QUOTE]While it may seem wrong to many, I must emphasise that there should be a line between disagreeing with another country's policy, and choosing to be aggressive towards said country just because you do not agree with its' policies.
If anything, hostilities tend to make the target belligerent. Not that I am implying that our government will become so, since this is hardly the first time we have been accused of being draconic barbarians. So the general tendency when other people hue and cry is to roll our eyes and mutter, "Not again..."
The Australian government as a whole has been very gentlemanly about this whole issue, and our government appreciates that. The same cannot be said of the Australian media though... but hey, ratings mean everything right?
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Not approving of another country's law is one thing, everybody has their own opinions, but expecting said country to disregard their own laws just because they do not coincide with another country's laws is also not in good taste, in my personal opinion.
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But we can at least try to make them change their laws,
threaten with sanctions if they don't adjust. It's not that your law is waterproof or anything. How many people fell victim to your law, because someone unknown to them hid drugs in their suitcases just before getting on a plane ?[/QUOTE]This is the part I strongly disagree with. Only God, should he/she/it exist, can truly judge which country is right or wrong. Different cultures, different set of moral values and ethics. It is only those who disagree with us who will say that our laws are wrong.
I hate rap, and often fantasise about nuking rap artistes, but hey, it is just
my opinion on what is good or bad. If you do not like what you see in your country, just emigrate.
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Originally posted by Orbost:
Dundee, you make out as though he is some drug-trafficking criminal mastermind. He's not - he's just a dumb, gullible kid, who was given an opportunity to make some easy money to help out his brother. He is a mule,a donkey, an ass. The real criminal is those who source the drugs and then pay stupid kids to smuggle it for them.
And while you defend your country's stance on drugs, would you also care to defend your country's close ties with the military junta in Burma where most of S'pore's heroin trade comes from? Why is that when the rest of the world ostracises this wholly illegal regime for their dire human rights, repression of the media and democracy movements, and monster drugs trade, Singapore supports it?
Do you not see the hypocrisy in happily hanging the idiots who smuggle a few grams of heroin, while at the same time buddying up to the major producer of heroin in your region?
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I have never implied that he was a criminal mastermind. I have just simply stated that he chose his path to take, and now he must reap what he had decided to sow.
I do not know from what evidence do you derive your opinion that we are bosom buddies with Myammar, but we are not. Yes, we are neighbours in the South-East Asia(SEA) region, but I would hardly describe our relations as "close ties". I would also like to see references on how you came about your statement on the heroin trade in Singapore. Additionally, I would wholly appreciate it if you explain how Singapore supports Myammar's "dire human rights, repression of the media and democracy movements, and monster drugs trade".
I hope your sources are from actual documents and not media hysteria.
By the way, it does not matter what your role is in the drug trafficking trade is. You smuggle the drugs, you swing.
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[ 11-29-2005, 09:59 PM: Message edited by: Dundee Slaytern ]