That's the problem with Singapore you see, we want to all live
in a place that is as clean and as safe as possible, and that
sometimes means making extreme compromises. All this is fine and
such, but then again, it's mainly up to the people to be
responsible for their own actions, not the govt. In Switzerland, a
large proportion of the civilian population carry firearms around,
yet their crime rate is one of the lowest in the world. Of course,
the same can't be said for America (partially because overly-siong
gun laws keep guns away from innocent people who need them for
self-defence but hardly stop the bad guys from obtaining them
illegaly anyway.).
It's all down to a matter of mentality. As long as we dun want to
be responsible for our own actions, that is, we assume somebody
must always be looking out for us, things like airsoft will never
make it here because these things require a great deal of personal
responsibility for them to harmonize with soceity. Sadly, the
reason the PAP treats us like little children is the very reason
that's our mentailty, we lack the ability to take responsibility
for ourselves, we just keep complaining, complaining and
complaining.
Of course, one gripe though. Now the authorities want us to "think
out of the box", but then again, they are the ones who put us into
that box in the first place! Again a result of us pushing all the
heavy duties of life and responsiblities into their hands.
