In Reply to: Thank you for putting this into words posted by mouse on Wednesday, 29. April 2015 at 17:50 Bali Time:
I think I'll try to sell water-soluble raincoats or ash-trays for motorbikes. What? I'll not have any customers? A bit like drugs really. No buyers, no dealers, no traffickers, no producers. Just as anyone dealing in drugs is taking a risk, so is anyone using drugs AND THAT'S WHERE IT STARTS. Yes, the Bali 9 committed a despicable crime and have ruined their lives and those of their families but let's not have disproportionate sympathy for those whose lives have been ruined by drugs. That was the choice they made too. And taking this thought a step further, is sympathy for the drug traffickers' parents misguided? Because if they'd taught their kids the difference between right and wrong, and the folly of greed, they mightn't be in boxes now. Oh, I'm tough.