Why Ferrari Owners Have To Be Culled

Their population is surging. These is due to our open door policy for anyone with money. Witness the recent addition of Eduardo Saverin and Nathan Tinkler for example. (These are the people who can afford such cars).

They are a threat to public safety. Witness the recent case of the Ferrari driver running the red light at a traffic junction by a Chinese PR which resulted in multiple casualties. Together with apparently double standards when it comes to enforcement of road safety regulations by the traffic police towards owners of such cars, public safety is doubly jeopardised.

They destroy forests. Okay, Ferrari owners are only partly to be blamed for this. But basically rising ownership of private vehicles is causing traffic congestion and results in more of our green spaces being destroyed to build more roads. Bukit Brown anyone?

This is obviously a tongue-in-cheek response to the recent decision by the authorities to cull the wild boar population in Singapore. Note that wild boars have yet to threaten much less hurt anyone. And we already want to kill them just in case. How many people are killed by cars on our roads? Yet, no one has called for a ban or reduction in car numbers.

Yes, they may trample undergrowth, eat seeds and wild ginger. Their impact on forest regeneration is negligible compared to the size of forest land that we destroy to build housing for people that the government wants to import in ever increasing numbers. When such land is cleared, what do you think happens to all the seeds and wild ginger? I think a reduction in human population will have a far larger positive impact on reducing damage to our environment.

We may unfortunately have to do some level of culling eventually. If so, we need to ensure that it doesn't degenerate into the kind of 'scientific' culling like that done by Japanese 'scientists'/whalers where the meat ends up being sold in the market. I would suggest that any culled boars only be given to the zoo to supplement the diet of predatory animals like the tigers and leopards.

In the meantime, it still amazes me how quick the authorities can move on issues when it suits them and their agenda. Witness what happened to the hobby farmer on former KTM railway land in Clementi. Behaviour of this sort that we used to associate with lesser governments in other countries (which will diplomatically remain unnamed). Or the recent Woffles Wu speeding case...