strict laws in order to gain social perfection worth the sacrifice of freedom?
... probably much less, but none the less it is punishment for simply forgetting to use common curtesy. It’s hard to say whether the Singapore government is right or wrong on this issue. Look at the outcome, a perfect society. This is obviously completely different from America. Take New York for example. Give drivers the right of way and they stop looking for pedestrians because if they hit them chances are it will be deemed not their fault. Freedom of speech comes at a high cost too. Of course people cannot be oppressed and have freedom to speak their minds, but some of the things on peoples minds are not society friendly. Speaking your mind has consequences that Singapore may never have to deal with. In fact in Singapore the consequences lie solely on those careless individuals that challenge the law, and if they are pol...