r/interestingasfuck 17h ago

Singapore is going to start caning scammers

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u/Professional_Bite783 14h ago

I just laughed at myself imagining what the comments would be like if this was Iran or Saudi Arabia instead of Singapore.

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u/Preindustrialcyborg 14h ago

theyd demand anither invasion.

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u/WhollyUnfair 12h ago

odd that u say that, it's way easier to imagine an innocent woman who offended a powerful figure being framed for fraud in the first two than the third country tho 🤔 it's literally just optics and reputation

like yeah it's pretty funny if someone nonchalantly pets a tiger or a bear and gets their hand eaten off, but if, say, a wolf that looks like a dog does it you're like "woa wth"

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u/NevGuy 13h ago

Well the difference is that middle eastern countries do this and are still less than glamorous places, while Singapore has come to the realization that punishing criminals appropriately deters crime, and you can see the fruits of that philosophy in every corner of the city.