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Old 2010-06-07, 15:03   Link #7717
justsomeguy
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I see nothing wrong with Singapore's response to assholes who dirty public places or spray graffiti everywhere. Here's a comparison:

A couple of years ago in NYC, the 13yo son of an Israeli immigrant broke into an MTA Long Island Railroad yard in Long Island City (it's in Queens, right across the East River from Manhattan, right where the tunnels open) to spray graffiti. The little douche got exactly what he deserved, but thousands of commuters including myself got delayed for hours while the workers scraped up his remains. A few weeks later, his mother sued the MTA, claiming that his death was their fault for not making sure that the perimeter fence did not have holes in it. Of course, the MTA is run by suckers, who settled the suit and as usual, commuters have to end up paying with higher fares.

The worst part was the idiots who claimed that the kid did not deserve to die for spraying graffiti, missing the point that he was stupid enough to do it on a busy, well-used section of railway. If only the courts were allowed to punish that money-grubbing b---- for raising a punk.

In Singapore: Graffiti --> jail, fine, and whipping
In USA: Graffiti --> profit (for punk's mom).
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