Singapore promotes racial harmony, religious acceptance.  They are opposed to drugs, corruption, and littering.<p>About the only place I would suggest they perhaps are behind in terms of what I would consider important modern civil liberties are their attitudes towards LGBT issues, and, honestly, they aren&#x27;t particularly strict about it, even though it is technically illegal for homosexual men (but not women) to have sex with each other.  Ironically, you probably run into more serious discrimination issues in certain states&#x2F;towns in the United States than you would in Singapore.  It&#x27;s just something that&#x27;s frowned upon, rather than very actively prosecuted - and there is a healthy gay rights movement here.<p>And, once again, I would much rather cede my rights and freedoms to a government that creates a safe, clean, and tolerant environment, where I, and my family can live in safety, than a government which, while protecting my rights&#x2F;freedoms, created an environment that was unsafe, dirty, and intolerant, and in which I and my family were not safe to walk around in.