Another step closer to MC1

[Oddboy]

Did you know:
"The law now allows for a ?25 'on the spot' fine for littering"

[Devons Daddy]

take singapoer then
we all live in tower blocks under quota system of equal racail mix.the new ones have clinics, shopping malls and underground and monorail,gyms and swimming complexes. libray and creche factilites..intergrated,with a police post on site.

instant fines are normal.

search warrants? you wish power of instant search for internal security reasons.

all police are armed and empowered to shoot to kill and or stop any persons considered to be advancing in a threatening manner.

customs inspection is overseered by the police force,.

they have a list of banned substances including = CHEWING GUM.

NO SMOKING in any public air condiontined area.
NO SMOKING at any public concentration area.bus stop,football stadiums and so on.

every citizen is asigned a number at birth. this is yours for life and is used for every single thing you ever do.from a library card to your  travel ticket for the bus cash is being phased out very very quickly and only accounts for 37% of all transactions.

thumb print recognition is being introduced for immagration.as in go on hliday, place your thumb there please sir.

welcome to the future.mega city one. is closer then you can imagine.

[Queen Firey-Bou]

actually DD i find all those rules very threatening !  can i retreat to my round hut please?

[Devons Daddy]

threatening yes. but i have to offer the fact.

very very low crime rate.
violent crime negliable
spotlessy clean.
safe to walk home at night.
no homeless people
drugs whilst aviable are not easily found.
sexaul crimes lowest in the region.


but it is a the very closest you can get to a judicail state in this century.
and one i note when i return to the UK.here NO DARK PLACES, everywhere lit. parks included only exception being the natrue reserve though it has police patrols and police a police post of course.

[Proudhuff]

'shoot to kill/stop any persons considered to be advancing in a threatening manner'.

If this was applied in Scotalnd there wouldn't be young men left in the cities...

[Proudhuff]

Oh and what about the country side outside Singapore's city wall? migrant workers, slums, pass cards? very MC1 cursed earth

[Mk13]

>If this was applied in Scotalnd there wouldn't be young men left in the cities...

And Essex would be deserted. Hmm, maybe not such a bad idea. Is there anything the Singapore legal system about using rocket launchers on Escort RS Turbos?

[Devons Daddy]

the country side would be JB malaysia,
singapore is a city state.man made parks. and zoned leisure areas.
to be honest. yes slum in many parts of JB . going through massive upgrading now. but very bad in comparison. high crime rate. drugs.prostition in the city centre in the giuse of hair dressing salons.

value of money is even half that of singapore.two ringit = 1 singapore.
Migrant workers = illegals from indonesia.
menail tasks done by legal workers on very very low wages. think one months work = 120 pounds.

and one more, you want to come in.stay longer then a visitors pass of a month, just go for yoru full medical and blood tests. your birth cert. and id papers will be checked and if you are not up to scratch sorry please leave.

singapore is as they say
 fact being stranger tehn fiction.

[Devons Daddy]

anohter one to ponder on.
jail.= solitary confinment one hour excercise in 24,addressed only by your number never name.

all violent crime = life
crime with fire arm even if not used= death
drugs = death
sexaul assault= 20 years

 
people who commit suicide are then charged after death as they committed an illegal act. if they do not succeed in the act of killing themsleves they are charged and locked up.
with charges ranging form wasting police time to causeing a public niusance or a danger to others by reckless acts.

if you are handicapped in anyway. no matter how minor. you will not be granted any residence status.

the parrells of city life in MC1 or based on large numbers of people living in close proximatey. they are likely more correct then you can imagine.

[Generally Contrary]

But also very low rate of freedom?

[Trout]

I like all those rules and will consider adopting them for my own despotic regime.

I particularly like the idea of banning chewing gum. The pavement outside my office if covered with disgusting, ancient spots of it. Gross.

Well done to Singapore for leading the way!

- Never forget the Trout is evil

[Generally Contrary]

No matter how 'successful' facism is in making the streets safe for old ladies, it is also brutal.  The ruling elite remains a fixed body, and any freedoms you do possess only exist because this small body of people allow it.  And these people are only that, people, possessing the same vices as all of us (perhaps more; what does it take to win power?).  

Oh - and Singapore is not a democracy in even our limited sense of the word.  You might have a vote but you don't have a voice.

But - this kind of 'for our own good' facism is coming here, with people all to eager to throw away freedoms to deal with insubtantial phantoms.

[Generally Contrary]

Sorry, my leige, I wasn't referring to your enlightened paternalistic vision, but the anti-Royal menace of Sino-Cit 2

[Quirkafleeg]

I seem to remember this man had a good word to say on the subject....

Link: http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/1.04/gibson.html?person=laurie_anderson&topic_set=wiredpeople" target="_blank">Mr Cyberpunk goes to Singapore

[Jared Katooie]

?25 for littering?


Too good for those litterbug scum. Heavier fines or incarceration or both I say.

The only problem with facism is it always attracts selfish people.

Now if I were king of the world..

Jared Katooie