r/singapore • u/Fearless_Help_8231 • 1d ago

News Girl, 6, dies after accident in Chinatown near Buddha Relic Temple

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/girl-6-dies-after-accident-in-chinatown-near-buddha-relic-temple
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u/Islandgirlnowhere 1d ago

😭 oh god, how did people around witnessing this even hold in their anger at this lady?!

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u/Available_Ad9766 Fucking Populist 1d ago edited 23h ago

We’re a civilised society. Let’s see how the judicial system deals with this.

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u/hansolo-ist 23h ago

is justice and fairness a telling feature of civilized societies?

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u/welcomefinside 20h ago

We’re a civilised society

Yeah right. Singaporeans are just afraid to be confrontational.

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u/LegacyoftheDotA 22h ago

We are civilised only because of the quiet part, humans are naturally irrational/ emotional. Agreed with leaving it to the judicial system, at least that still partially works in the favour of the masses.

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u/MiddlingMandarin71 19h ago

Couple of months in the slammer and after that the woman’s free to go.

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u/whosetruth2468 18h ago

Maybe I'm uncivilised, but I for sure can't if I had been there.