Downtown East incident....

[Daddy D]

wonder how many sch kids are recruited into secret societies nowadays… in schs/shopping malls/arcades… and with parents who r bz working… dunno who their kids hand out with… and schs with limited authorities to punish kids… and police taking a reactive approach…

recipe for total chaos… :x :x :x :x :x

[markfch]

I understand that most of these thugs like to hang around in LAN shops & billiard centres. My friend & I have this policy to ensure that our house are stuffed with computer games/ESPN sports channels so that our kids don’t need to venture outside into LAN shops/pubs for entertainment in future.

[dunnoleh]

I hope the courts will award a series of what may seem to be excessively harsh deterrent sentences to those found guilty of such violent acts.

Sorry if I sound like some cold high-handed politician, which I’m not.
I’m saying this because the public must be protected from such mindless violence.
How can Singapore become a place where parents worry about their children’s safety in public places?
I cannot accept this situation. :x

[duriz]

markfch:

Another slashing incident in Singapore. This time in bukit panjang.

Senseless violence at its worse

[duriz]

markfch:

I understand that most of these thugs like to hang around in LAN shops & billiard centres. My friend & I have this policy to ensure that our house are stuffed with computer games/ESPN sports channels so that our kids don't need to venture outside into LAN shops/pubs for entertainment in future.

My colis discussed the same thing yesterday over lunch.
One of them has a DS that didn't do too well for his exams, regardless she got him what he wanted for the holidays i.e. Wii and his favorite games; in the hopes that he will stay home and play.

[duriz]

dunnoleh:

I hope the courts will award a series of what may seem to be excessively harsh deterrent sentences to those found guilty of such violent acts. Sorry if I sound like some cold high-handed politician, which I'm not.

I'm saying this because the public must be protected from such mindless violence.
How can Singapore become a place where parents worry about their children's safety in public places?
I cannot accept this situation. :x

I second that.
There is no excuse nor reason for senseless violent acts.

[Brenda10]

duriz:

markfch:

I understand that most of these thugs like to hang around in LAN shops & billiard centres. My friend & I have this policy to ensure that our house are stuffed with computer games/ESPN sports channels so that our kids don't need to venture outside into LAN shops/pubs for entertainment in future.

My colis discussed the same thing yesterday over lunch.
One of them has a DS that didn't do too well for his exams, regardless she got him what he wanted for the holidays i.e. Wii and his favorite games; in the hopes that he will stay home and play.

In primary school may be workable but come to Secondary School will be different.

[Brenda10]

dunnoleh:

I hope the courts will award a series of what may seem to be excessively harsh deterrent sentences to those found guilty of such violent acts.

Sorry if I sound like some cold high-handed politician, which I'm not.
I'm saying this because the public must be protected from such mindless violence.
How can Singapore become a place where parents worry about their children's safety in public places?
I cannot accept this situation. :x

My nephew is attending the graduation dinner this week and because of this recent case the parents started getting worry and plan to accompany him home.

[janet88]

I don’t understand this ‘staring issue’ but then with troublemakers aka triad groups, this is an excuse to start a fight.

Singapore is known for its safe environment, but it doesn’t seem to be so with this brainless murder and other problems with an increased population.

In primary school, we can still keep the kids at home, but not possible at sec or poly/JC. I sure hope there will be more plain clothes police around, not just at Downtown East but other areas too…these thugs are all over Singapore. :x

[MMM]

Terrible to hear of more cases… What is Singapore coming to???


Had this conversation with my sil who has a 18 yr old. The advice they dish out to him is :
* Don’t kaypoh. If you see people with tattoo, don’t keep looking. Don’t even look.
* Don’t take a 2nd look at people’s girlfriend where she is pretty or dressing in a outrageous manner. Just mind your own biz.
* Don’t be a hero. Look at the situation and even if it means you are not "righteous", just leave it… I am not sure about this. But as a parent, we also don’t want any harm to happen on our kid.