Steven Shelikoff wrote:

On Tue, 28 Jun 2005 07:41:00 +1000, Peter Hendra
wrote:


On Mon, 27 Jun 2005 09:28:13 -0400, Steven Shelikoff
wrote:



I do not have the figures for last year but do know that Singapore
hanged 273 foreign nationals in 2003 regardless of country of origin.

Yeah, but for what? Maybe they were convicted of murder or some other
serious crime.

Steve

I don't have the figures but do know that some were for murder but most were
hanged for drug smuggling or drug dealing as well as the possession of firearms.

[...]

sight of frightened young girls, bought for US$300 in Cambodia, intercepted on
the way to the brothels is rather disturbing to say the least. They generally
don't live to adulthood.


These are all other offenses in addition to possesing a firearm. Drug
smuggling, child sex slavery, murder, etc. What I'd like to see is a
case where they've hung a US citizen who's only offense was possesion
of a firearm.

Steve

Steve, do you really mean to say that such a thing would make you happy?

Terry K