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Originally Posted by Tachion
Singapore feels like your in prison when you are walking around.
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Really? I never thought that once when I was living there for almost 1 year, and visiting my family who lived there for 5.
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I remember a sign saving that they will serve men with long hair last.
Blatant prejudice, but 'officially' sanctioned.
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Plenty of people there have long hair, mainly Indians. They normally keep it tucked in their turbans.
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I saw very little 'free' press and any thinking outside the official 'lines' was frowned upon.
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Yes, free press isn't as free as here, but thinking outside the official lines is frowned upon here as well just in a smaller circle of people than the millions that live here in America.
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I believe Singapore is a good example of what happens when punishment becomes extreme because it becomes the method of control by the government.
Like all prisons -they treat you well if you follow the rules but a society has to allow rules to be broken as it will never grow without it.
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Really? Lee Kwan Yew helped that country change from a banana republic port to the busiest port in the world. Nothing ships from Asia that does not stop first in Singapore.
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Tricky balance but Singapore has suppressed the individual unique spirit of the population in an effort to control a few.
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Possibly, but they are the best economy in all the SE Asian countries with India coming up fast.
Again, it's a safe and clean city with low crime rates, friendly intelligent people, and a good economy.
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