so... if the death penalty is removed, the drug supply will
remain the same?
you are right in the sense that getting to the root of the
problem is to get the mastermind. but that is kind of hard. the
other way is to make sure that everybody is damn scared to work for
the mastermind, ain't it?
keeping scums in prison and waste taxpayer's money... just let
them die.
maybe you will prefer a first world country like america
who is more humane. like their invasion of another country,
torturing of prisoner of war...
or like britain, who have too many convicts in jail, and have to
release them early to make more room repeatedly...
x2. In the most ideal case, we grab the big fish and make an
example out of him.
However, since it's so damn difficult to do that, we grab the
small fish and scare all the other small fish away from working for
the big fish.
As much as I feel that the death penalty for smugglers is harsh,
I have to say that it has, for the most part, worked as a deterrent
for smart people. Most people smart enough to think for themselves
would be able to figure out that bringing drugs into Singapore
=> death penalty => not worth the risk.
Unfortunately, there are still stupid idiots out there who
cannot see the logic, and are willing to risk their life for $$$.
Lots of people have been in desperate situations as well, but not
all of them turned to drug smuggling.
If you don't like Singapore's laws with regards to drugs, then
don't bring drugs here. Simple as that.
If there is any tragedy in this story, then it is that the
smuggler was just too stupid to understand something so
logical.
