Tempers up in law-and-order city

last SG · 2007-06-13T20:20:27+00:00

It was on the news earlier, a man was badly hurt in a fight at Tampines Blk 162. The show clips of the scene, it was bloody. SINGAPORE: A man has been badly...

red_amoeba SG

its a natural byproduct of the highly stressed & charged society today. As our country gets more populated, we have less private space, everywhere you go, you turn, you bump into fellow human beings.

heck, even you go cemetery at night, you are not alone with night tours catered to tourists who want to check out the ghosts. In this type of society, there's really no space or hole where you can "get away" for a while to retain your sanity.

its the same, even in Japan, where we all think the Japanese are all polite and cultured but the most peverted sex acts & crimes are from Japan - recall the small boy who gave his mother's head to the police as present?

<Precious> SG

Not surprising for people squeezed and milked by our employers and then by the government like cows and fed peanuts like monkeys.........

It's a jungle out there. Don't talk about morals and values when the enivonment created is a dog-eat-dog world where the law of the jungle prevails....... Sad

Coquitlam SG

Yup....Sillypore getting more claustrophobic and the rise in violence and tempers flaring will only continue...of course the MIW will step in and try to calm things down but this is as natural as breathing air...history has shown that as a city matures and grows...the population will increase and there will be more problems....

Worse still is that Sillypore does not hava a hinterland or some lake or mountain to retreat to....so good luck Sillyporeans....the problems will be here to stay....consider that you will have the F1 to contend with (imagine driving home from your office in Shenton Way during race days)...or when the 2 IRs start ops (more people and tourists in town)...or when more condos are built (foreigners investing in property and getting richer while majority of Sillyporeans get poorer) or when the new downtown Shenton Way gets built up...Oh holy Cow..... Smile

Do like what many of use ex-Sillyporeans have done...Migrate! Life is not perfect elsewhere but we have many benefits that can't be found here....mountains, lakes, cleaner air....moentary assistance....

ShutterBug SG

It is true... have you all noted how much more crowded coastal areas like East Coast is on weekends?? It's like Refugee Camps along the whole stretch up to Changi Beach! People have nowhere to go and unwind on weekends and holidays! I know some have gone overseas for holidays and vacations, but there is a large majority who can't afford that luxury.

And yet, our stubborn and thoughtless government can insist on increasing poplulation size to 6 million???

I tell you, at 6 million, if SARS ever re-visit our shores, it will surely be VERY HARD to contain!

The larger you are, the harder you will fall!

Stupid gov!

Boy Stratus SG

I cannot even imagine how bad temper we all gonna get when our population hits 6 million.

The road jam during morning work/schling time, the roads jam after work/sch time, the crowded bus/MRTs, the crime rises, less job avaliable.

More buildings up, less relaxing quiet place to hang out, shopping centres crowded, queues gonna get longer/slower etc.

>.<

soul_rage SG

I think besides overcrowding, the weather is also a factor

Hot and overcrowded = irritated and frustrated people

Coquitlam SG

Best solution I can think of to overcome overcrowding.....disperse yourselves by Migrating.......

If the PRCs and Indians wanna come here to add to the numbers, let em...

I therefore urge all those who can and are willing....leave Sillypore....its your best option

will4 SG

What u said has a point cause they want to increase the poulation due to greying population.

soul_rage SG

The last time I went to China, was during their CNY holiday

I remembered turning into a street, and saw a WHOLE BODY of bodies, such that I can't see the streets at all.

Then I went to KFC and could not see any queue, coz it was again a WHOLE BODY of bodies

I think when we reach 6m, we will see that happening

Of coz, the ministers won't experience all these, they will say, where got? Ok mah, the places we go are not crowded what.

Yeah... they go to 6 star hotels and fine dining restaurants, of coz not crowded lah.

will4 SG

They want here to be like HK.

ShutterBug SG

Increase Population?

Take away that Smoke Screen, and you will see they are desperately trying to increase the number of people who will vote for them to stay in power...

Local People are leaving incrementally, those who could not do so, remain in bitterness. You think they will vote for them? I think not....

will4 SG

Greying population is so visible at HDB area especially at night. Some of the old folks so bored they tried to talk to u. I wonder the idea to create a Sore

day in the big apple is successful?

mistyblue SG

Have you seen stressed out farm animals, living in small cages with no future but certain death so as to benefit the farmer?

Similarity???

ShutterBug SG

Is the Greying Population a problem because they are:

>> A sight for sore eyes?
>> unable to find employment to support themselves?
>> unable to benefit from CPF?

sg mata SG

people are responsible for their own temper…..we should not blame external factors ( eg:weather/overcrowded ) for the way we behave…..of course such factors do play a significant part, but ultimately….whether we lose our temper or not is a choice thata person can make…..

Fatum SG

I agree ....

when we judge each incident individually, ultimately, each person is responsible for his or her behavior .....

but when we look at a society as a collective ... we're talking about trends here ....

and the trend is that people are less and less tolerant, tempers are getting shorter and shorter, people are more and more prone to brawls and quarrels .... I believe we're talking about some cracks in our society here .....

maurizio13 SG

Environmental Psychology deals with behavior in relation to the environment. Concepts regarding the environment and aesthetic preferences are studied and represented in behavioral maps. Environment influences behavior at different levels. Immediate behavior is a function of the setting in which it occurs. The personality make-up of people of a country is shaped by the nature and type of environment in which they live. In unnatural or caged conditions animals show `behavior starvation' and their behavior breaks down. Population stress and the artificial character of urban conditions are supposed to be the reasons for the increased rates of crime and incidence of mental disorders of people living in urban areas. Applied Environmental Psychology attempts to provide norms for better management of the environment for better life and personality development. It studies effective ways of promoting conservation of the natural environment and better ways of designing buildings, towns and cities, taking into consideration the behavioral needs and responses of people.

ShutterBug SG

To certain extent I agree with you also, but, ANGER is something of a primitive emotion...

As much as we want to control ourselves, up to certain extent ones will lose control of it.

Very much like vomitting due to an upset stomach or food poisoning; you can only control or avoid vomitting for so long.. afterwhich, your body takes over your will not to throw up.. and out comes everything harmful to you if kept within...

Next time you feel nausea, try CHOOSING not to throw up and see how long that lasts...

In so long as circumstances REMAIN to cause puking, the puke will come...

soul_rage SG

you are talking about people who understand themselves well and know how to identify signs of an upcoming loss of temper.

How many of us truly know ourselves?

Many people lose it, and only realized they lose it after they lost it.

pearlie27 SG

Don't you understand the following:

It is generally low-level, nothing compared to the violence of Western gun cities, but highly unusual for a stable city where the cane is liberally used.

It is too early to describe it as a trend or that it will make Singapore violent-prone.

But this underlying streak of violence and ill behaviour among better-educated Singaporeans who had grown up in an affluent environment is surprising.>?

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