Re:Singapore to execute human by hanging for phone number li...
by ashwagary on Saturday April 22, 2023 @02:40PM
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>As another poster pointed out, it’s extremely suspicious that the penalized under drug policies seems to have a racial used tinge to it.
I haven't seen a blatant double standard in Singapore, smugglers from every part of the world get similar treatment.
>Did America’s strict drug laws create a better society than countries that tried more empathetic approaches with legalization
US drug laws had a racial targeting component that most other countries do not. An attempt at a direct comparison probably wouldnt work since incarcerating specific outgroups was a goal of US law.
I haven't seen a blatant double standard in Singapore, smugglers from every part of the world get similar treatment.
>Did America’s strict drug laws create a better society than countries that tried more empathetic approaches with legalization
US drug laws had a racial targeting component that most other countries do not. An attempt at a direct comparison probably wouldnt work since incarcerating specific outgroups was a goal of US law.