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Originally Posted by AndrewJ
If you offer someone who has nothing enough, they will do whatever you ask. History has proven that that will never change .
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These people were not people with 'nothing'. I can understand a farmer in arid Afghanistan growing opium to feed his family. Criminal, yes, but definitely worthy of a little understanding.
But these guys come from Australia, one of the worlds richest countries. There is no excuse for this. None. The death and misery that they would have inflicted upon those whose lives are horrible enough that heroin looks like a good alternative, does not bear contemplating.
Sukumaran and Chang are no mere 'mules' either. They were the bosses in this, which is why they were executed, whilst the mules they roped into it got jail instead.
It's sad to see executions anywhere, but as long as people like Chang and Sukumaran are happy to inflict misery and death on others in the pursuit of the almighty dollar, they will continue.