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The Bali two: deserving of a fair trial and punishment : Comments
By Mirko Bagaric, published 12/4/2006It is a simplistic mindset that justifies the death sentence for Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan.
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And as for all the money spent by junkies and the crimes committed to get it, what do you expect when you make sure that the only people selling drugs are the ones you would least trust to do it? What a joke. The main beneficiaries of the current system are drug dealers (because they get to sell a product at incredible mark-ups due to prohibition) and law enforcement employees (because they get a job). The ones who suffer are the people with drug problems (because they don't get the treatment that might help) and the rest of society (because we pay for it all). I do find it amusing though to think that the big-time drug dealers probably agree with the hang-em high sentiments expressed on here - after all, they never catch the bosses, and the risks keep the prices nice and high.
Anyway, back on topic, I don't think much of Mirko's writing, but I think even less of governments killing people, for any reason, ever. And as for the argument that they deserve it because they knew the penalty, that would apply equally well to the person threatened with execution in Afghanistan for becoming a christian? Do you all also think he should be killed?