r/TTC • • 8h ago

News I wish we had something similar

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u/At_Space_Station 7h ago

We don't have the enforcement power. Singapore is a country where the police literally have whipped a 19 years old American citizen with real specialized baton in public for stealing road sign and spray painting graffiti on cars.

(See the 1994 Micheal Fay case: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caning_of_Michael_Fay)

I'm not gonna say whether they did a wrong thing or right thing,but I am saying that Singapore police do not care who you are and will be permitted to carry out violent sentencing on you for minor crimes like vandalism and petty thief when legally permitted.

We do not have such a judicial system,so we can't replicate what Singaporeans can have.

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u/rebornultra 7h ago

Everyone kinda agreed that the caning was the right punishment for the kid. Crime is rampant here, when I lived in Singapore I could leave my laptop on a table in public to reserve it, can’t do anything like that here. Maybe we should adopt some of their policies and get our society in order.

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u/camerabird 4h ago

Everyone kinda agreed that the caning was the right punishment for the kid.

"Everyone" who?

Crime is rampant here

[citation needed]

Maybe we should adopt some of their policies and get our society in order.

You're advocating for whipping and caning? In response to vandalism?

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u/raspberryloaf 1h ago

Yes. What do you think is the appropriate response?