Drug Deaths

There are times when I wonder if people get overexcited about some things. The Aussies were quite upset about the model in Bali, and even more so as yesterday the convicted Aussie drug smuggler was executed here in Singapore. Apparently they thought (amongst other things) that as a first conviction the sentence was too harsh and the thought of him slowly strangling was anathema to many. Actually the idea of hanging is to break the neck swiftly, the weight tables being used to ensure that the drop is sufficient for that but not to rip the head off. Strangling does not occur.

In fact, I used "sixties" drugs back in the sixties, but as I started work I realised that taking things that led to criminal records was not really so sensible, and when a "legal high" (don't you think Peter Tosh was the best Wailer, without in any way intending to denigrate either Bob or Bunny?) is so easily available then stick with it. Mind you, it's probably not done my liver so much good, but at least I'm still on my first unlike the other recently deceased that has hit the news this week. What is so nice about Bestie is apparently all recollections of him showed a pleasant guy, although I have heard that when he had drink taken there were some (very) few occasions when he was not quite such a nice guy.

However getting back to what set me writing, I really think that if Singapore has laws then outsiders should not interfere. I like living here, it's a great place and by far safer than anywhere else that I have been. Mind you, that does include Nigeria and London. Even Saudi had its difficulties, talking about which I suspect that a visit to Chop-chop Square would let the Aussies know that there are worse ways to go if you are a law-breaker.