tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7980499113043218220.post8612955232979753636..comments2024-03-23T14:59:36.255+08:00Comments on The Death Penalty in Singapore: FIDH calls for presidential pardon for Vui KongThe Death Penalty in Singaporehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16070693195783547770noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7980499113043218220.post-63527678621888405942010-08-25T16:26:00.738+08:002010-08-25T16:26:00.738+08:00First of all, I'm not a cruel person. But I th...First of all, I'm not a cruel person. But I think that a law is a law.<br /><br />If anyone with disadvantaged and vulnerable family situation, repentant for his crime and has openly recognised his wrong-doing, embraced Buddhism while incarcerated and has been educating his fellow inmates as well as the wider public on the destructive nature of drugs can be pardon, there might as well be another law stating that anyone with the above condition met will be treated as a 17 years old where death penalty should not be a punishment.<br /><br />The abuse of drug took many lives. The killing of the person who bring drugs into Singapore will save a lot of others. This act as a deterrence to other drug trafficker which result in more lives saved.<br /><br />Punishment should always be heavier than the benefit from the crime committed. People can choose to learn thing the hard way (education, reading, etc) or learn through the painful way. <br /><br />It should be the responsibility of the person himself to learn the law of the country they want to go to. Ignorance is not an excuse to escape punishment. If anyone is ignorant, they can only blame themselves for their laziness.victornoreply@blogger.com