hanging of drug trafficker - what is my stand?

it all depends on what hat i am wearing. if i am the law enforcer - hang him if i am a moralist - save him if i am a victim of drugs - hang him if i am his lawyer - save him if i am a populist - save him if i am his family member - save him if i am a drug trafficker - save him if i am a busybody - save/hang him, depends on which way the wind blows if i am a reporter - sensationalise it to increase readership if i am a politician - make a lot of noise to gain political capital

changi prisioners are saved

it may be providence. joachim kang is reported to be very jovial and kind of happy in changi. his holy presence may be an act of god, to bring salvation to the prisoners and sinners in the gloom of changi prison. light has shine on changi.

singapore has resurrected an australian hero

drug trafficker nguyen tuong van is the latest australian hero, with compliments from singapore. probably his photo will grace the cover of the times magazine or all the popular magazines in australia. the australians may even build a monument in his honour, dying for australia. australian drug traffickers are now world famous. the australian people are all behind them, in the courts of singapore and jakarta. soon the world will get used to australian faces as synonymous to the new breed of drug traffickers. the world may see a new version of opium war between australia and indonesia. hail to the great australian empire!

illegal immigrants

the rounding up of more than a hundred illegal workers is only the tip of the problem. there could be thousands of them around. and the problem will be more severe with the days gone by. when they become hungry, crime is a certainty. the sickening thing about this problem is that it is so easy to solve. these are workers who need work and need an employer. without an employer they are dead duck. they are different from the freelancers who solicit for business in the streets. that is a more difficult problem. how to deal with illegal workers who need to be employed? go for the accomplice, the employers. jail them or fine them heavily. the social problems that these employers are creating can be very serious in the long run. the law must come down hard and swift on these irresponsible employers. when there is no employer, the illegal workers will have no work and must return home. it is so tardy and so unbelieveable that the problem is allowed to fester and grow in a city reputed for efficiency in solving problems.

i am the light of the world

in the darkest hours of human civilisation singapore stands out like a shining light. when humankind is running out of ideas to save itself, when terrorism and inter racial strife find no solution except to kill and destroy, singapore is offering to the world an ingenuine solution. a racist blogger, one who showed hate and contempt to another race, was found guilty. and the solution to remove his hatred is to make him do more community time with the community he hates. the immersion with the other community will help him understand better and make him hate lesser. it is time the world listen to this shining light. we have the answer to the problems of the world. all the arabs/muslims who hate americans must be sent to the usa to live with the americans to understand the americans better. all the americans who hate the arabs and wanted to kill them shall be made to live with the arabs to understand the arabs better, and they will change their mind. and husbands and wives in a bitter struggle to divorce, lock them up in a hotel room together for two weeks and they will reconcile. more time together, more familiarity will lead to more understanding and acceptance. the americans did a grave mistake by locking up those iraqi prisoners in guantanamo prison. they should put them on parole and attached each one of them to live with an american family. after a few months they will love the americans and their way of life. we are the light of the world.