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Nov 21, 2005 | 6:55 am

#16

Felixberlin

Join Date: Jul 2004

Location: SZG

Programs: LH *G, KL Gold, BA Blue, Bonvoy Plat

Posts: 253

Quote:

Originally Posted by JPB

Although I to am against the death penalty I don't see that the Singapore government is acting in an improper way. The law is very clear and if you travel you have to accept the law of the land you travel to. Therefore I don't see any reason to single out Singapore. Of course if you want to boycott all countries which have the death penalty that is your choice. Here is a list of countries which maintain the death penalty and actively carry it out.

AFGHANISTAN, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA, BAHAMAS, BAHRAIN, BANGLADESH, BARBADOS, BELARUS, BELIZE, BOTSWANA, BURUNDI, CAMEROON, CHAD, CHINA, COMOROS, CONGO (Democratic Republic), CUBA, DOMINICA, EGYPT, EQUATORIAL GUINEA, ERITREA, ETHIOPIA, GABON, GHANA, GUATEMALA, GUINEA, GUYANA, INDIA, INDONESIA, IRAN, IRAQ, JAMAICA, JAPAN, JORDAN, KAZAKSTAN, KOREA (North), KOREA (South), KUWAIT, KYRGYZSTAN, LAOS, LEBANON, LESOTHO, LIBYA, MALAWI, MALAYSIA, MONGOLIA, NIGERIA, OMAN, PAKISTAN, PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY, PHILIPPINES, QATAR, RWANDA, SAINT CHRISTOPHER & NEVIS, SAINT LUCIA, SAINT VINCENT & GRENADINES, SAUDI ARABIA, SIERRA LEONE, SINGAPORE, SOMALIA, SUDAN, SWAZILAND, SYRIA, TAIWAN, TAJIKISTAN, TANZANIA, THAILAND, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, UGANDA, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, UZBEKISTAN, VIET NAM, YEMEN, ZAMBIA, ZIMBABWE

Although I am the last one trying to defend a general boycott of SQ, I do think your comparison does not really make sense.

Death penalty sure is foreseen in the countries you cited, at least in some cases restricted to severe crimes as murder. There is, at last IMHO, a severe difference to applying to drug smuggling. So, your statement seems appears somewhat polemic.

Apart from that, I pretty much agree with inhiyu66 on the topic: If you would take such a minor point as a reason for a boycott, finding the necessary means of air transport would really become a major challenge

Cheers, Felix

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