Does anyone else remember a story about an American in (I’m pretty sure) Singapore who was arrested and caned for chewing gum or something? The kind of thing that’d be on Dateline or 20/20
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the conservative science fiction writer Robert Silverberg wrote a defense of the canning in (I think) Asimov's SF magazine. Worth looking up, if you want to get a taste of the disourse
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No thank you
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Yes but it was vandalism of a car, not chewing gum. Whether you agree with the punishment or not, it wasn't a trivial crime.
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There was a funny Simpsons episode about it, but Singapore was replaced by Australia.
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