TOC TV takes to the streets to ask young Singaporeans and working adults their views on the mandatory death penalty for drug trafficking in Singapore – filmed at Bugis Junction & Raffles Place (video below).
Filmed at Raffles Place.
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Isn’t it interesting the mixture of reactions the interviewers got? It certainly isn’t surprising though given what the schools and the education system in general have done to educate students on the detrimental effects of drugs and their respective penalties. The exception of course are those who are completely unaware(its in the secondary 2 science textbook towards the end if i’m not wrong).
I’m not advocating they change their policy and start accepting the use of drugs. Drugs after all do cause harm to society. However it is interesting to note that many people are either apathetic or helplessly coerced into sounding politically correct. They believe solely in the fact that the sentence serves as a deterrent. Often many of their responses lack the knowledge of a life being at stake and the simple fact that something like death is irreversible. No doubt that their reasons are justifiable as well but the concern i have is slanted towards the fact that those on this side of the fence show little evidence of any ethical reasoning.
It is heart warming however to hear the reverse view being given by students and working adults, people that make up the majority of the public-at-large. A simple consideration of facts would lead most, if not all, people to the conclusion that a unconditional mandatory death sentence simply makes no sense. Pity is not the trait they are expressing here. It is logical reasoning and a strong sense of value on the one absolute right that every person is granted, his or her life.
If Singapore is to call itself an advanced nation with world-class citizens, it definitely needs to be helmed by a humanistic world-class government. One that practise what it preaches, one that displays a good sense of ethics. So much emphasis on the yellow ribbon project is given yet they are not ready themselves to review their treatment of a convict. Hopefully the next generation of leaders will display the same tolerance for mistakes as well as sound ethical judgement.
the “i don’t really care” answers or ‘textbook’ answers are really depressing. we need thinking brains and good hearts if we’re ever gonna advance to first world citizens
At the 3 minute mark, that rather plum looking man near Change Alley replied this when asked do you support the mandatory death sentence, ” i don’t really care”
That is a wonderful example or proof of Apathy.
At around the 2 minute 50 second mark, the lady at Change Alley replied that she supports the death penalty but could not answer why she supports this serious sentence. She said she does not think she will be affected by this law. So, she just say she support it without knowing why.
This is a serious question but she can easily say she supports terminating the life of a human without knowing why.
I suspect many are like that.
I like to hear what these 2 have to say IF one of their loved ones happen to be sentenced.
I wonder would they say the same.
Do not be mistaken. I do not support drugs trade. I do not support taking of drugs. But as Deterrence , a penalty of Life Sentence is more than enough a deterrent.
Who can proof its not?
Its disgusting to find out that theonlinecitizen have removed all the comments initially for the top video. Now its starting from scratch to get new comments.
i wish they explain.
BULLSH*T!! lah ……. when people answer “YES, I support it” …then the interviewer pursued with “WHY??” ….. BUT when people answer “No” …then the bugger leave it at that ! … screw u , TOC !! …angmoh sucker!!
The Interviews was a total disaster, they ask the wrong people and people which bad command of English!
The fat bloke has no ideal what to say, being a big fella his really shy ( may be part time gay).
Drug trafficker should be prosecuted in a humane way and the amount and content of Drugs, 35g to get someone Hang.
The person who order the execution better sleep and prays to God his or his love are normal.
If 35g of Drugs buy you death in Singapore that way to serious and stupid!
Farmers who spray wee killers on vegetable are no different to people who traffic Drugs, to me they are the same SOB.
Now the people here are no longer like those frogs in the pond looking upwards!
People here are getting more infos how 1 nation should be run, and how to move towards the goodness ways of life.
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Some like the fun at the 4 floors of whorl, some like the smell in th back lain of Geylang!
Be good and humble, a lot can write and post but chicken out when the real time come, what a same!
Drug trafficker should executed by Gas!
Ask the fat guy do you have a manhood below ye six?
G” what an answer you give to the interviewer, band choke!
Especially those from the next door I call (BO KA SI), they are employ as loan shark dept collector they can collect they will traffic control drugs.
Depending how deep a pocket one have, I guess one would skip being hang!
Now a day over here money talk bullshit walks, and if you are EU citizen or yanks you might walk away!
But if one is local and caught with ex-amount of Drugs, then band over and kiss your bud good bye!
There are worse people on earth that need to be sentenced to death like , in no particular order of merit:
1. Dictators.
2. Their Cronies
3. Their Kangaroos and Koncumbines
4. Their Self-Interest Figgoots.
5. Their Mercenarial Mini Star Brucks.
6. Their GreenRoots orginizations
7. Their Liars
8. Their Upturn the Downturnians.
9. Their Smell like Zeroes euphoria perverted cronies
A. Their mistress who any how gamble away hardearned monies.
B. Their doggies.
Why are these not the focus instead? sighhh…… Life…..Humans.
Correction!! i made a typo.
Should be :
8. Their UpSize the DownSizers.
instead of
8. Their Upturn the Downturnians.
Got confused by a similarly sounding slogan.
so i stand corrected.
appologies for the typographic error.
injoy more good years.
You know what is worse than the mandatory death penalty for drug trafficking in Singapore? It’s the people who were interviewed. Poor command of English and absolutely no critical thinking. All of them could not justify their answers if they supported the death penalty sentence or not.
Is this our Singapore youth today? Doesn’t question anything and accept things as they are and simply not be bothered because it does not affect them? They make excellent robots. Just live, work and die, nine to five, for all your life. That rhymed….
And most of them do not know the meaning of the word “mandatory”. This is simply worrying.
I think many people have not really put in that much thought into what “mandatory” really means, even after it has been explained to them, because they are (and have been) caught up in the belief that if we didn’t have this mandatory death penalty Singapore would be utterly overrun with drugs and evil drug traffickers hell-bent on destroying the lives of all Singaporeans. This is the line that has been fed to us for a very long time, and the concept that has been consistently worked into the Singaporean psyche.
However, if one really thought about it, it would become obvious that the mandatory death penalty is not as effective a deterrent as people would believe, especially judging by the number of lives it has taken, and will probably take. It just doesn’t weigh up.
Is TOC aware that a 44 year old Singaporean was recently sentenced to death in Johor for trafficking methamphetamine ?
http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_491951.html