Thursday, August 07, 2008

chat transcript

friend: Russia and many Eastern European countries are so strange in their thinking

john koh: wait till you see the asian ones

friend: I can't even imagine, but I would love to see it

john koh: sure. we chop off hands, imprison people for the slightest things, and sometimes, even cane them

john koh: singapore is known as "disneyland with a death penalty"

friend: they STILL chop off hands?

john koh: leaving stumps. yes

john koh: its quite bad

friend: why do they do that?

john koh: people keep getting into hostilities after getting their hands lopped off

friend: I mean, what's the penalty for?

friend: stealing?

friend: fighting?

john koh: studies indicated that after the loss of hands, perceived hostility levels are much higher than with hands.

john koh: the increase in perceived hostilities are thought to be caused by the inability to shake hands

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