UN rights chief alarmed by number of drugs-related executions in Singapore

Does Singapore even have a second large party that it could be considered "bipartisan"? Last time I check there is only one party that wins supermajority since the inception of the country. Bipartisan means something like when two big political parties cooperate with each other.

The real problem with the death penalty is that the justice system makes mistakes, and you can't amend a mistake with a dead person.

This is actually true. You only get a lease that generally lasts 99 years, after which the land returns to the state. This is going to be relevant soon, because our oldest flats are already over 60 years old.

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We don’t know how bad it would get if it wasn’t punishable by death.

its not just a deterrent, its a cruel extermination. but also an effective one. The issue is drugs are often used as covert warfare, and some places can be highly susceptible when they show tolerance. Heres some examples, most of the drugs from the afghan war were moving to the baltics / eastern europe and russia. Which is why the US didnt really care about the poppy fields because it was harming their enemies and making them money Opium wars in china werent an isolated incident way back when, philipines, myanmar, vietnam are still impacted by it today. And it was primarily the UK and France. so this coming from the UN is suspicious at best The fentanyl crisis in america is again about money but also destroying the population, its chinas drug war against the US In countries like pakistan and india the crack down on drugs is more about controlling "players" and supply and who is profiting of them. And most of the time at the end of the day its used to fund some form of politics and political extremism the same way the CIA has used it in america against certain communities. Is it extremely cruel at an individual level as opposed to having rehabilitation, therapy, social support etc definitely. people who start drugs do it to escape something else boredum, depression, loss, whatever. The issue is its also huge national security risk that allows local and foreign entities to damage your economy/country and create ways to influence politics and policy through bribery and corruption. Its an extremely fucked up rule on paper but it prevents any kind of widespread infiltration and circulation when its uncompromising. Nothing is perfect but its one of those "greater goods" for the collective population. And also helps maintain stability and power.

If anything it only make them more reckless since no matter ow many crime their commit, they only have to die once. 

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And they shouldn't. The UN is a limp d***, they can't and won't actually do anything about it.

That's a lot of f****** meth!

Ah the classic foreigner counter. Let me guess. I have to live and breath Singapore before I make a decision on the validity of executing people. Is that what you're about to say?

Why should anyone care about drug traffickers well being ? Just don’t do it. Ez avoidance of death penalty

Guess how many has been executed from 2020-2026. It’s literally less than 50. Is the spike in the room with us?

That's called the fallacy of relative privation, or in more layman terms, appealing to worse problems existing in the world. Institutions such as the United Nations are able to address multiple issues simultaneously, and they do. If you take a look at the list of UN press releases, you'll find that they comment on major conflicts such as the war in Ukraine and the civil war in Sudan, issues of racism and human rights around the world, the status of women's and children's rights, etc. A condemnation of ongoing executions in Singapore is completely in-line with the UN's general position on capital punishment.

Gonna be real here Singapore is doing its level best to abolish alcohol and cigarettes without losing an election so its not exactly a winning argument. If the govt could get away with it they absolutely would ban both.