Originally Posted by spdrun

I for one would rather live in an Euro country that's fairly well-run, but isn't as heavy handed as Singapore. They may be honest about their heavy handedness, but they're still heavy handed.

For one thing, I enjoy the green herb at times, and would prefer not to be hanged or jailed for partaking in my tastes. For another, applying libel laws to suppress opposition candidates doesn't smack of honesty to me.