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Old 08-26-2008, 04:34 AM   #5 (permalink)
Lissy
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Originally Posted by DianaR View Post
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.
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.
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