All the recent news surrounding Mayor Bloomberg's soda ban has
left a lot of people talking about an infringement of personal
rights. But compared to Singapore's notorious limitations, our
soda law is small potatoes.   Unlike odd laws in other
countries, some statutes are enforced with extremely strict and
often bizarre penalties. Singapore also differs from the United
States where penalties are determined by a judge;breaking
certain laws in Singapore can come with mandatory decisions that
still include cane beatings.  Fines run up to $1000 for
littering.    It is illegal to litter in many countries, but the
punishments for doing it in Singapore are without comparison.
Not only can you get as much as a $1,000 fine, litterers receive
"community work orders" where they are forced to pick up trash
in public. The punishment is intended to publicly embarrass
convicted litterers.  It is illegal to pee in elevators.
Obviously everyone hates an elevator that smells like urine, but
Singapore officials REALLY hates i