Daily SG: 4 Dec 2009
Road to Election: An Extra Cooling Off Day for the Fixing
- la nausée: 3 Perspectives on the Proposed Pre-Election ‘Cooling-Off’ Period
- Mediated Society: Cooling Off?
- Singapore Alternatives: Does PAP really care about Rational and Informed Voters’ Choices?
- TOC: ‘Cooling off’ does not mean ‘no talking’
- ErniesUrn on Xanga: My thoughts on ‘Cooling Off’ day
- The Temasek Review: How will the “cooling off” law be enforced in cyberspace?
- Musings From the Lion City: Much Ado About Nothing [Thanks Ernies]
- Molitics: 24 Hours to Remember [Thanks chorusy & Ernies]
- TOC: Blogger says he will not observe “cooling-off” period
- the mrbrown show: National Cooling Off Day
- 1001 Rules for the Singaporean: Only the state-controlled media is allowed on cooling-off day. [Thanks Ernies]
- The Reform Party: The Reform Party Opposes PM’s Proposed ‘Cooling-Off’ Period
- TOC: Will PAP send a Minister to contest Potong Pasir & Hougang?
- Kelvin Teo Writes: Two potentially different battles during the next elections
Strangers in a Strange Land
- nofearSingapore: English proficiency for foreign frontline service workers
- My Little Corner: Complusory for Foreigners to take English course for service staff. How about Lecturers?
Singaporeans are fed up with progress!
- TOC: Household Expenditure Survey 2007/08: How many poor people in Singapore?
ERPains, Trains & Automobiles
- Ravi Philemon: Transport Ministry and PTC washes their hands-off public transport subsidy for people with disability issue
Little Green Dot
- AsiaIsGreen: True or False: Singapore to Reduce Carbon Emissions Growth by 16% from 2020 BAU Levels
- Readings From A Political Duo-ble: Debunking Singapore’s government claims on climate change action – is a target of 16 percent reduction good enough?
- The Gigamole Diaries: Climategate – the unravelling academic scandal that threatens the credibility of the anthropogenic climate warming position
We are against capital punishment
- Irreligious: When bad things happen to bad people
- Rachel Zeng’s blog: Attorney-General is challenging the stay
- Sg Pirate Game: Thou shall not kill – a logical argument
Daily Discourse
- Sam’s thoughts: Unite for Diversity of Values
- Singapore Aspirations: On restricting employees from competing or soliciting
- The Temasek Review: Gopalan Nair reveals circumstances surrounding JB Jeyaretnam’s conviction in 1985
Life, the universe and everything
- Bernard Leong: The Audacity to Win by David Plouffe
- Otterman speaks: National Geographic’s International Photography Contest 2009
- Boleh! Boleh!: Live Fireworks Display Across ViVoCity
- UniqueFrequency.com: Social Media Trends and Predictions for 2010
- The Journey of a Decade: STB’s VisitSingapore.com now has new blogger page [Thanks DK & Benjamin]
- My Singapore: Mr. Lee, the barber in the alley [Thanks DK]
Infoblogaramous
- TOC: Reform Party: Discussion session on Singapore’s economy
December 4th, 2009 | Category: Daily Sg
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Say NO to internet regulation in Singapore.
December 4th, 2009 at 12:51 pm
THOU SHALL NOT KILL
both sides probably have their valid arguments.
instead of taking the extreme route, why not consider a “middle road” approach that may have a chance to solve this impasse?
whatever ills that motivated a person to crime, it will have to take a lot of patience and care to lead the person back to salvation. as a fallible being ourselves, we want people who have fallen from grace or come from unfortunate circumstances be given another life line to repent or correct their mistakes and foolishness.
prematurely terminating someone’s life before their time, especially at a young age, seems too cruel and hypocritical.
but letting the offender be confined indefinitely in modern dungeon may not be that brilliant either.
so…..
maybe we should consider removing or incapacitating one or more, depending the relevancy of the crime, the offender’s human faculties such as the five sense?
we all need sight to do things and no less when committing crime.
i never know of anyone with impaired vision or blind trafficking drugs – though it maybe possible but not without much difficulties.
who knows, removing the person’s sight, permanently or temporarily, may help to even rehabilitate the person better and faster?
i think losing of one’s sight not only prevent the person from returning to his previous crime(definitely reduces the offender’s effectiveness) but may strike as much fear, maybe more, as the whip – no need to resort to death penalty.
the point is, if you are blinded to responsibility and the value of someone’s live other than yours because of greed, misguided passion and loyalty etc, maybe you don’t deserve to keep your sight?
at least, they get to keep their lives and make something out of what remains, hopefully, also satisfies justice(more humane than death?) or sins repaid?
if the blind can make a decent living and be useful citizens, hopefully, the middle road solution will help to REGAIN THE OFFENDER’S SIGHT and lead to their reinstatement in society? – the irony.
worth a study perhaps?
December 4th, 2009 at 3:00 pm
Fabulous idea, old chap. Ranks up there with cutting off the offending arm of a person caught for stealing, castration for rapists and disfiguration by acid for adultery. Brilliant!
December 4th, 2009 at 10:17 pm
Dinesh Bhatia.
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