Col, surely you have got to have absolute confidence in Corby's guilt before you can say that you have no sympathy for her.

By all indications, there are enormous holes in the veracity of the case against her and in the Indonesian legal system.

Secondly, even if she is as guilty as sin, she doesn’t deserve a sentence anywhere near as harsh as she is getting….surely.

I bet that if one of your daughters did slip into some sort of drug-related criminal activity and got busted big-time, you wouldn’t for a moment think of disowning her. You’d put every effort into her rehabilitation…wouldn’t you?

I agree that the sentences are far too heavy. The "Drug War" is wrong and the immense government police apparatus that feeds off of it is robbing us blind. I think that the community can be better protected through education and other means, just like smoking and alcohol, especially if you could do a rapid test to determine whether someone is abusing drugs at a particular moment like breathalysing tests for alcohol.

Ludwig “I bet that if one of your daughters did slip into some sort of drug-related criminal activity and got busted big-time, you wouldn’t for a moment think of disowning her. You’d put every effort into her rehabilitation…wouldn’t you?”

No

This is close to home Ludwig.

I am not talking theory or hypothetical’s

Someone close to me has a son who she is about to kick out of her home because she can no longer risk his presence.

He has a heavy marijuana and drinking habit, no job and worst of all, an expectation that he is entitled to her support because she gave birth to him. When he was still at school he started growing dope, an action which, because of the nature of her work, could have seen her lose her job if he had been caught.

The main reason for her wanting him out now is simple – when he is around and drinking, he goes into rages and rants and kicking holes in doors and walls, she does not feel physically safe and has already called the police a couple of times.

The reason she has indulged him thus far is because he has burnt every other friendship is has, in the past year or so.

I will not regale you with the efforts she has made to help him and the $000 s it has cost her in supporting his thankless attitude.

The difference between she and me – none, except I might act sooner than she but it comes down to a personal call.

That is not all of the saga, only half of it. Her other son was stabbed to death by a dope induced schizophrenic.

I have used marijuana in the on 3 occasions in distant past (adolescent experiments) I used to smoke cigarettes and I happily drink very lightly.

I am no purist of nae-sayer but I saw the consequences 30 years ago when one of my friends died from an OD.

And yet there are thousands of marijuana smokers and drinkers in Australia who have no problem. You're letting your emotions and personal concern for the mother cloud your judgement, Col Rouge.

I agree laws are made for a reason.
But in Indonesia, it seems there is
one set for the locals, and another
for foreigners.
That's why I mentioned the Bali bombers
as an example.

Even within our own justice system,
there are loopholes that judges and lawyers
seem to find. Not every guilty person ends
up in jail, as we've seen from some recent cases.

I suppose that's why Justice
wears a blindfold.

Col Rouge: "marujiana induced schizephenia."

LOL. Good old hysterical Col.
Always looking for a bogeyman.

Off you go and have at that Scotch,
matey.