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Sunday, March 21, 2010 Hi there blog. It has been sometime. Plentiful of things to talk abt lately. But i guess i'll just be less emotional and talk abt more serious stuff today. Im pretty sure everyone in Singapore are very well informed of the mandatory death penalty towards drug traffickers. Lately, i chanced upon an article who gave a recount of a particular young man who was sentenced to death when he was caught with quite an amount of heroine. He was 18yrs and 6months than. So there came uproars of objection from the public. The government should revisit this outdated law and we simply cannot hang teenagers like that. So how just is this justification exactly? If you guys have been catching up on the manga, Full Metal Alchemist, the protagonists usually go like, "Humankind cannot gain anything without first giving something in return. To obtain, something of equal value must be lost." If you dare to do commit a crime, you should be prepared to face the kammaric results of your actions. Very true indeed. However are you sure death is a price to pay for drug trafficking? It doesn't seem to be an equivalent exchange at all. Just to quote some statistics. In Singapore, the number of drug offenders are quoted to be 46.8 per 100,000 people. Compared to Germany, that does not enforce capital punishment towards drug trafficking, the stats are quoted to be 250,969 per 100,000 people! That's a great disparity indeed. Well the extreme ends of the stats have been deliberately chosen, but the general trend is that countries without such enforcement are seen to have a greater number of drug offenders. You guys can see how effective capital punishment can be as a deterrence to this offence. Drug trafficking is closely related to drug abuse and both of which deals a significant amount of social impact in a society. The presence of illegal drug dealing and usage can lead to family problems, health problems, employment problems, a larger crime rate etc.. the list just goes on and on. In my opinion, the government has never wanted to this young man to atone for his actions with such a punishment. He doesn't deserve to die, the government whispers as they sent the young man to his death. But his death, together with those of the other offenders, is the price the country is willing to pay, to gain it's equivilant exchange; low crime rates, deterence to crime and all the other problems that came with it. The public should understand the country's stand eva since it's founding. It is our security and leads to our growth, and we simply cannot compromise on this at all in every aspect. The young man will be put to death; but a good death. A death tat serves as a warning about the country's determination to preserve its prosperity and stability. i'm so sure of what i feel inside 9:49 PM |