Bali Nine - is the death penalty justice?

[TEX07]

I didn't know that empathy was a finite resource.

I find it difficult to feel any empathy or pity for these guys and then feel the same way about children who have battled and not made it - maybe its levels of empathy but the way I see it - as much as I disagree with it - death penalty is the maximum punishment for drug smugglers in Indonesia - has been this way for as long as I have been around and is 100% avoidable - don't smuggle drugs - its that simple IMO.

I read the article on the boy from the Barossa in the weekends paper and had a lump in my throat - I don't know him or his family but to have his life cut so short is the real tragedy. Again this is only my opinion and for what its worth I am against the death penalty and if they get to live than that is good but if they die then I personally will not feel the same way as I do when others pass.

[heater31]

I didn't know that empathy was a finite resource.

I find it difficult to feel any empathy or pity for these guys and then feel the same way about children who have battled and not made it - maybe its levels of empathy but the way I see it - as much as I disagree with it - death penalty is the maximum punishment for drug smugglers in Indonesia - has been this way for as long as I have been around and is 100% avoidable - don't smuggle drugs - its that simple IMO.

I read the article on the boy from the Barossa in the weekends paper and had a lump in my throat - I don't know him or his family but to have his life cut so short is the real tragedy. Again this is only my opinion and for what its worth I am against the death penalty and if they get to live than that is good but if they die then I personally will not feel the same way as I do when others pass.

Phil Hughes.....

Christ it was tough watching Dave Warner on 60 minutes last night.

[Dog_ger]

if they never got caught, would they still be doing it and destroying lives.

Living a high life style at the cost of destroying lives.

Pulling out their boat from their garage, hooking it up to their new 4 wheel drive and driving off to have a wonderful weekend.

While other families dependant on drugs are destroyed.

I have no sympathy. What if it was your children.

I feel for the parents of these people but sorry guys,

mess with my children and I hope to have the opportunity to pull the trigger.

[Dog_ger]

Bottom line...

If they didn't get caught they would be still doing it.

Maybe selling it cheap to your children so they get addicted and they can ask any price.

Tell me your thoughts now.

Maybe this should be another topic?

[Q.]

Bottom line, somebody immediately took their place in the drug dealing food chain and is still selling cheap to your kids so they can get addicted.

[gadj1976]

Bottom line, somebody immediately took their place in the drug dealing food chain and is still selling cheap to your kids so they can get addicted.

So taking the death penalty discussion away Q, what's the answer?

[Jim05]

Bottom line, somebody immediately took their place in the drug dealing food chain and is still selling cheap to your kids so they can get addicted.

So taking the death penalty discussion away Q, what's the answer?

Im an advocate of the death penalty but I would be more than happy for them to spend the rest of their lives to rot in a Bali jail, no getting out early and definately not bringing them back here to complete their sentence

[Q.]

Bottom line, somebody immediately took their place in the drug dealing food chain and is still selling cheap to your kids so they can get addicted.

So taking the death penalty discussion away Q, what's the answer?

In a nutshell, legalise some drugs, use the tax return to spend on education, health and rehabilitation programs.

[Booney]

Bottom line, somebody immediately took their place in the drug dealing food chain and is still selling cheap to your kids so they can get addicted.

So taking the death penalty discussion away Q, what's the answer?

In a nutshell, legalise some drugs, use the tax return to spend on education, health and rehabilitation programs.

Black markets then sell unregulated poor quality drugs at cheaper than the regulated rates.

[Q.]

Consumer demand (in the drug market) is for quality.

[MW]

Bottom line, somebody immediately took their place in the drug dealing food chain and is still selling cheap to your kids so they can get addicted.

So taking the death penalty discussion away Q, what's the answer?

In a nutshell, legalise some drugs, use the tax return to spend on education, health and rehabilitation programs.

spend the tax return on rehabilitating those addicted to the drugs the tax was generated from...

[Q.]

Addicts make up a very small percentage of drug users, so yes, it does make sense.

[MW]

Addicts make up a very small percentage of drug users, so yes, it does make sense.

what the? Addicts make up 100% of drug users! Why do you think they take it in the first place?

[Booney]

Consumer demand (in the drug market) is for quality.

Until the price rises.

[Q.]

Addicts make up a very small percentage of drug users, so yes, it does make sense.

what the? Addicts make up 100% of drug users! Why do you think they take it in the first place?

i don't think you understand the definition of addict

[Q.]

Consumer demand (in the drug market) is for quality.

Until the price rises.

If that was the case, we'd all be buying moonshine and backyard tobacco.

[MW]

Addicts make up a very small percentage of drug users, so yes, it does make sense.

what the? Addicts make up 100% of drug users! Why do you think they take it in the first place?

i don't think you understand the definition of addict

Clearly not

[gadj1976]

Bottom line, somebody immediately took their place in the drug dealing food chain and is still selling cheap to your kids so they can get addicted.

So taking the death penalty discussion away Q, what's the answer?

In a nutshell, legalise some drugs, use the tax return to spend on education, health and rehabilitation programs.

I think that's the issue for me. Legalise "some drugs". What drugs? Won't people get introduced to the 'next/greatest' thing and therefore get into illicit drugs anyway?

What's it stopping? I really don't get how it will fix anything.

I'm certainly not having a go at you, I wanna learn! My kids aren't even teenagers yet, but I know they'll get exposed to it before too long and I want to be prepared - or prepared as I can.

[RustyCage]

What drugs would you legalise Q and where would they be made available commercially?

[Q.]

Start with marijuana. I'd like to see psychedelics decriminalised too.