[BenLurkin]

Why?

Because beating people with canes for spraying graffiti — is going to piss off the population sooner or later.

[Fai Mao]

“Because beating people with canes for spraying graffiti — is going to piss off the population sooner or later.”

Or stop them from acting like low life slime balls

[entropy12]

Every person I met and talked to in Singapore, and I am a very talkative person, is very happy with how the country is run. I struck up conversations in restaurants, my hotel, and on buses.

Of course they are happy...there are 40% more jobs available in Singapore than there are citizens. And every 6th citizen is a millionaire. That is one of the highest concentration of wealth, if not the highest.

[Vigilanteman]

That's where your wrong. In a previous life, I worked with Singaporeans and, briefly, on assignment in Singapore itself. It is a delightful little country which prides itself on order, cleanliness and good ethics.

Vandalize somebody's car or home and you get your backside vandalized by the law. It seems like pretty fair justice to me.

It was very nice to work in a place where taxes are low, you get to keep most of what you earn and it is basically safe to go anywhere at anytime. Every able-bodied Singaporean of military age also serves in the reserve, much like the Swiss.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

IIRC....can one be arrested for spitting?

[Jack Hydrazine]

“Weird Al” Yankovic - Headline News
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dU95v23MQ4c

[lavaroise]

You got it wrong. Singapore rewards responsible people and does not empower bandits with the ability to punish responsible people.

Sadly out west, irresponsibility is praised and it is the adult who is scrutinized

[Cronos]

The singaporeans are one of the few people who really like their government - and not just for show. You can freely leave if you don’t like it, but not many do.