[Joe Wicked]

It was Singapore and he spray painted parked cars. He was caught and got a bunch of lashes with a bamboo cane. It left welts and drew a little blood. The media was reporting all kinds of outrage, but I do not know 1 single person who was outraged. Everyone that I have ever talked to on this felt that he got what was deserved. I was fortunate enough to be in Singapore just a few years after that incident and I thought that their laws were excessive (chewing gum is illegal, spitting in public is illegal), but they are the LAW. Obey it or be punished. There is not any trash on the street. I saw the owner of a new Ferrari pull up to the curb, leave the door open, engine running and went into the store. Several people looked at the car and admired it, but not 1 person made a move to steal it. Just the fact that he felt safe enough to let it run with the door wide open for the quick couple of min he went in the store spoke volumes about the crime rate there. You can't get away with doing that with a 15 year old Honda here. While I was there they had a public display of punishment. A man was found guilty of rape and murder and was publicly executed at the town square. I saw the news report on it on the train from the docks to downtown. Only a few people showed up to watch, but it was televised live on the local TV stations. His trial was just 1 month before his execution. They allowed 1 month for the lawyers to find evidence of his innocence. They figured if he was innocent, the evidence should have been presented at the trial.