Hey Lydia, I really don't care whether or not you are Singaporean or Wakandan when you criticize anything. But what I do care about is the quality and spirit of the criticism.

It is perfectly okay to dispute. For instance, saying - macroevidence that the death penalty does not have a clear effect on capital crimes in the US. Does the death penalty work in SG? How can we be sure?

Rather than: "These backward Asian monkeys still practice archaic execution and torture. Look how pitiful these drug row inmates are! Shame!". That's what Megan has done.

One asserts to know the obvious truth, another seeks to find out, question, engage.