A singaporean speaks (Score 1)

Ok I'm from Singapore myself and I don't like many of the ridiculous laws in place but still I like the harsh jail terms and death penalties. The most retarded of the laws the $ing4p0rean government has put in place has got to be making sure that all the ISPs are monitored by the government through a proxy. We can't access a lot of porn and bittorrent speeds are worse than sloshing through quicksand. However I think the death penalty should remain in place. Look at the USA, convicted murderers can be let off because of good behaviour after maybe 18 years in jail and go off and kill someone again. That being said however, freedom of speech is a bit of an issue here. Not only because of pressure from the government but also from our fellow citizens. Many of the Christians here are creationists; Muslims, i dont really know; Buddhists, Taoists just usually don't give a damn unless the individual is scientifically minded. I have entertained the thought of turning up at a church one sunday and observe if the preacher is going to talk about evolution and its evils, if he does, i thought of telling him to STFU and tell the people about evolution, but decided against it as some squealer would probably report me to the police, and i might end up like the guy above. On the other hand, the infidels(note: I'm no muslim, I like to use the word infidel for both Christians and Muslims, since they called or still call each other that, no offense meant) can lecture and preach all they want about the evils of evolution and bash other religions all the want within their own sanctums. In fact a few weeks ago, the straits times published somethingabout religious proselysation within schools. They took a somewhat neutral stance with this issue but in the end they seemed to discourage that sort of behaviour. (the straits times is state owned) Even now, i'm slightly paranoid as i post this as this might somehow be an "act of sedition". I don't exactly agree with how the government has punushed this guy but if they want to do things this way, i suggest taking it out on fundamentalists as well