absurd

Executed for weed??!! JFC Singapore sure likes to overreact.

William Gibson (author of Neuromancer among other things, not all of them good) published an article about Singapore 30 years ago. It’s titled Disneyland with the Death Penalty: https://librarianedge.pbworks.com/f/William+Gibson+article+on+Singapore+1993+--+Disneyland+with+the+Death+Penalty.pdf

33 years later and much of this is still very relevant. It has dated somewhat, but accurately reflects what I experienced in Singapore during work travel over the past few years.

At the least, if you’re interested in what dystopian science fiction writers think about Singapore it certainly dropped some puzzles pieces into place for me.

Singapore likes to keep a very tight leash on people’s liberties. It’s amazing what freedoms people would give up in return for stable living conditions and clean streets.

Executed for not causing mass health problems or even deaths, but for just creating a possibility of that some people will do some shit while being high. WTF?

Fun fact: German customs doesn’t report the recipients of packages containing drugs if they reside within a country with such barbaric practices.

Fuck Singapore.