Quora Answer: Is Singapore becoming a Sin City?

The following is my answer to a Quora question: “Is Singapore becoming a sin city?” 

There is no universal measure of what constitutes a “sin city”.  It is a matter of perception.  When people apply this label, it is applied to any urban centre that tolerate, legally or illegally, vice activities such as prostitution, gambling, drugs and the related organised crime.  Singapore has casinos, and prostitution is legal and legislated.  Organised crime is almost non-existent, and there is a stringent anti-narcotic policy.  It is hyperbolic to claim that Singapore is anything close to a sin city. 

The only people that have made this ludicrous claim belong to puritanical Christian churches or the Salafist-influenced community among the Muslims.  We are a secular state, and we should never be defined by narrow interpretations of scripture by fringe religious groups.