Nguyen Tuong Van
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- ********0
respect the rules of the land
Saudi Arabia, you get your hands chopped for stealing
if you can not respect the rules of the places you visit
this is not about being harsh, its about respect. and stop westernizing any ideals
- spongebob0
Singapore maintained its peace throughout all these years because of laws like these. I'd prefer the fair (if harsh) legal system rather than the American law system where you can break into someone's house and sue them for not locking their door when you get injured.
Peddling drugs destroy more lives than just those of the users.
- dijitaq0
why cant he get a regular job to pay-off his brother's debt??
it would've been hard but it beats the alternative...
now what?? he's dead... his brother is still in debt...
- dijitaq0
respect the rules of the land
Saudi Arabia, you get your hands chopped for stealing
if you can not respect the rules of the places you visit
this is not about being harsh, its about respect. and stop westernizing any ideals
MrDinky
(Dec 1 05, 18:20)agree
- nRIK0
espect the rules of the land
Saudi Arabia, you get your hands chopped for stealing
if you can not respect the rules of the places you visit
this is not about being harsh, its about respect. and stop westernizing any ideals
MrDinky
(Dec 1 05, 18:20)
- blaw0
Peddling drugs destroy more lives than just those of the users.
spongebob
(Dec 1 05, 18:21)----
yes, sir. agreed.
and heroin alone kills more folks annually than the death penalty.
- toe_knee0
Dealing heroin is a selfish way to make a living and to pay off debt. He was looking for an easy way out.
Apparently he was uncooperative when caught also.
He's dead, move on. This happens every few months in Singapore, why doesnt everyone get on their high horses about the rest of them?
I really feel for his family. Especially his mother. Let them grieve in peace
- ********0
" When it comes to drugs, I think the drug runners and addicts are equal victims. Both getting involved with the drug scene through desperation, either to escape financial or emotional hardships.
Yes drug runners/mules know what they are getting themselves into by trafficking drugs — a possible death sentence, but so do the users. When a user takes a drug for the first time they are aware that they too could face the death penalty: overdose.
Family members of those who have overdosed often want to blame someone else rather than looking into their own backyards. Do we blame Holden if our loved one gets in the car drunk knowing that they could crash or do we blame the alcohol? No! We blame the individual as it comes down to personal choice.
It was one reader's opinion who had lost a loved one to drugs that Van Nguyen was filth, how did you feel when someone thought of your drug afflicted family member in the same manner.
I too have had people close to me with drug problems and a friend who died in relation to a drug dependency so I do know how it feels to lose someone to drugs and I do sympathise with those who have lost.
But... those that would have ended up using Van's drugs if he was not caught would have taken them of their own free will.
Van Nguyen made a very stupid mistake that he paid for with his life, he too is a victim of drugs. Why was he not allowed to be given a second chance at life when paedophiles and serial rapists are allowed back onto our streets."
Letter written by Britt and publisehd on ninemsn.com.au
- toe_knee0
“Why was he not allowed to be given a second chance at life when paedophiles and serial rapists are allowed back onto our streets.”
Its not our streets. Its Singapore’s streets.
- ********0
whether it happens in your backyard, around the block or neighbouring suburb. the fact is that it happens!
Capital punishment is wrong!
- toe_knee0
Wrong for you and most Australians. Not wrong for Singapore by the looks of it.
- prodigalslacker0
running drugs is bad.
drugs hurt people, this is obvious.
throw him in jail for life. it keeps him off the streets, not dealing drugs.
i dunno, seems like a crappy thing to die for.
- n0rty10
i'm totally against the death penalty also. in indonesia it was voted for in govt in 1997!!! that's only 8 years ago. crazy.
the rest of you guys probably don't get the feed we get here in australia, but we've got a bundle of people not respecting the laws over in indonesia and singapore and paying the price. today that nguyen dude hanged. last week michelle leslie got off accidentally having drugs/pills on her. she got off doing time in indo because she got bought out for $600,000. her's is not a crime when you compare the 2, but the fact that her freedom was paid for is an absolute disgrace.
money talks is the moral of the story
- ********0
or being a drug mules ruins lives
- ********0
You said it toe_knee, it's just "wrong"!
Capital punishment is the ultimate act of hypocrisy in a world where justice should protect life.
- toe_knee0
So how do you feel about the Bali bombers getting executed?
I don’t see many Australians picketing for them to be spared
- ********0
So how do you feel about the Bali bombers getting executed?
I don’t see many Australians picketing for them to be spared
toe_knee
(Dec 1 05, 19:05
- ********0
also
you dont just become a drug mule
you gotta be in the industry and know the ppl
- spongebob0
besides... you jail them for life and they suffer in a prison for as long as they live and on taxpayers' money.
after some time, the whole public forgets.
you hang/shoot/electrocute them and there's one less menace off the street, and guess what...
after some time, the whole public forgets.
- dijitaq0
"When it comes to drugs, I think the drug runners and addicts are equal victims..." ....
RoyBoy
(Dec 1 05, 18:42)someone who makes a conscience decision to traffic drugs are not victims.