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[–] [email protected] 167 points 9 months ago (37 children)

All you need is to completely disregard human rights and Singapore is pretty decent.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 9 months ago (19 children)

Other than the gross attitude toward people from weaker country and their treament of maid as if they're dog, what other human right issue they have?

[–] [email protected] 53 points 9 months ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Well i blame the US for influence this part of the world with their war on drug campaign, and the fear of drug is the direct result of opium war. It's not even that long ago that US started to legalise recreational use of marijuana, it's kinda condescending to it in such simple way.

At least there's been multiple talk by the government of Malaysia (where i'm from) to decriminalise drug, not sure about Singapore.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

US foreign and domestic policy certainly deserves a share of the blame. And we don't even have universal legal access here, it's a shit show.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yeah. The issue with Singapore is they have extremely strong ruling party and nepotism run strong, so the old perspective will take some time to ease out. If there's more and more evidence piling up on medical use i'm sure they will move to decriminalise.

The only country to have legal recreational marijuana in South East Asia is Thailand, though they're about to pull back the decision.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

dang, that's a shame for Thailand - new junta, new rules I guess.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Well they aren't junta, they legitimately won an election. I think you're confused Thailand with Myanmar lol

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

everyone's a junta. we've got the dem junta and conservative junta's over here vying for power. don't take it personally.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I thought it was mostly with the British and forcing Opium on the Chinese.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Yes, but the story and fear never left the community, it passed on for generations and spread across the south east asia.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

well, that *technically *doesn't violate any human rights, i guess

[–] [email protected] 14 points 9 months ago (1 children)

If you don't consider living a human right

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Not sure it's that simple, since liberty is also a human right, so punishing crimes with prison would also violate human rights if you follow that line of thinking

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Mostly it does since most "crimes" and nonsense

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

A few? Sure. Most? Definitely not.

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