no, they, do, not... each one to be felt, not just numbness
Posted on 06/26/2010 9:55:42 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A Singaporean court sentenced a Swiss man to five months' jail and three strokes of a cane Friday for breaking into a metro depot and spray-painting a train, a punishment that could scar him for life.
Oliver Fricker, a 32-year-old expatriate winding up a posting in Singapore as a software consultant, had pleaded guilty to trespass and vandalism, which are considered serious offences in the city-state.
Fricker was sent immediately to jail but his lawyer Derek Kang said he intended to appeal the sentence, which comprises consecutive terms of three months for vandalism and two months for trespass.
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Wish we could do that here.
Don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time (or handle the caning).
This assclown gets no sympathy from me whatsoever.
A 32 year old and a 29 year old...Gee, they should give him some extra whacks just for being a total moron.
I’m generally opposed to outsourcing to foreign countries, but I could totally get on board with a plan to outsource our pathetic excuse for a correctional system to the Singaporeans. They do corrections quickly, cheaply, and effectively.
“...a punishment that could scar him for life”
Please God let it be so..
You can’t take the licks, don’t go to Singapore to get your kicks.
I take it this dude never heard of Michael Fay. Singapore is one of the most successful nations on the planet. Nipping stupidity in the bud probably plays a large part in that.
Boy, they don’t exactly speed through that either do they?
A friend of mine works for Microsoft Singapore, and he tells me it’s not an accident that Singapore is probably the world’s cleanest city and that Singaporeans are among the most ‘well behaved’ people in the world.
no, they, do, not... each one to be felt, not just numbness
I seem to remember quite a few years ago an uproar about this. They caned an American.
The MSM made a big deal about it but most everyone I knew thought it a good idea.
I believe in Singapore, it’s illegal to be seen naked in your own home. Chewing gum is a no-no, too.. Maybe he should vacation in Los Angeles next time. That city welcomes graffiti. It’s everywhere.
Show me a city in this country where it is not welcome.
I freakin' hate graffiti.
Singapore is a great place to live if you don’t mind giving up your freedom.
What, freedom to pollute everything in sight with your "art"?
That was the shocker to me, 32? Grow up already.
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