At 22:18 +0000 12/5/97, Paul Spirito wrote:
But once again, articles like Declan's "hey, Singapore may be 'Disneyland with the death penalty' but the trains sure run on time" piss me off.
You should read the complete article (I provided the URL, after all) before complaining that I'm somehow not critical enough of Singapore. -Declan PS: I value economic freedom quite highly. Besides, it's part of other freedoms. Can I publish a political newspaper as easily if my business is heavily regulated by EEOC and other bureaucrats, and I'm taxed heavily by still others? What about the economic regulations (like those on banks) that are used to intrude on our civil liberties? Final point: democracy isn't all that wonderful by itself. Singapore is a democracy, no? Forget fetishizing "democracy," already, and give me freedom!