tabbycat wrote:Iommic Pope wrote:They smuggled heroin into a country that executes people that do that. They knew the risks.
I don't believe in capital punishment either, but the way the media down here has backflipped from scapegoating them to now trying to get them canonised is fucking shameful.
WAH! MEDIA!
WAH! MURDOCH PRESS!
i don't know how the media has represented the story in oz, was just expressing a general principle.
re murdoch media, i can only say that if you peel two sheets of used toilet paper apart you should not be too surprised at what you find therein.
being rupert murdoch should definitely attract a death penalty.
Very true, I always thought that if you look up the words shonky cunt in the dictionary it will just have a picture of Rupert Murdoch.
I didn't think when I posted that rant it would spark a capital punishment debate. But I should of known better.
I realise that the Asian countries do have a bad human rights record, but I do believe executing heroin smugglers sends a strong message not to do it. The sad part of it all is that for every one shippment of drugs that get busted, there are 9 more that make it through. The heads of the smuggling operations are tipping off the customs in these countries to sacrifice one shippment so it keeps customs too busy to notice the other 9 that are getting through. The group that is getting busted have been scapegoated. They really are just more victims of heroin. Though in reality they are more just victims of their own greed for agreeing to doing that shit in the first place.