Re:The Fantasy and the Cyberpunk Futurism of Singapore
by ValentineC on Saturday August 01, 2020 @08:18PM
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> Having weed?
The death penalty would only apply if one had more than 500g of weed on them — that's enough for anywhere between 500 to 1,500 joints [1].
[1] https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/15/science/how-much-weed-is-...
Re:The Fantasy and the Cyberpunk Futurism of Singapore
by arugulum on Saturday August 01, 2020 @07:21PM
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>The result proves quite conclusively that this is a non-crime.
You've just invented a new definition of "non-crime", which appears to be "did not have any apparent impact when decriminalized in a different legal jurisdiction". Most people would take the definition non-crime to simply be "not a crime", which bringing marijuana into Singapore is.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_Singapor...
I live in a place that recently legalized marijuana. Nothing bad happened. The result proves quite conclusively that this is a non-crime.
While I'm not convinced on blanket drug legalization, especially of certain very dangerous drugs, I can't justify the death penalty for any drug crime. Of course I have a tough time with the death penalty in general, and can only ethically justify it for the crime of deliberate murder.
Singapore seems to believe quite emphatically that the ends justify the means. This is just a large scale political version of naked psychopathy: "if I get the outcome I want, it's okay." Any student of the 20th century knows where this goes. The fact that Singapore seems to exercise some restraint, refusing to follow this principle to its logical end, doesn't justify it.