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Originally Posted by DianaR
Teh gum issue might be a religious/spiritual preference. IT could also be due to the mess gum makes when it lands on a sidewalk and is stepped in.
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It's the latter. In Singapore, it is illegal to chew gum, you can be arrested for it. Obviously, they figured that the corrupt human nature is incurable: if you allow gum, people
will spit it out on sidewalks instead of always using trash cans, so it's easier to ban gum altogether.