Van Nguyen

[Eugene]

Oh yes, one final closing remark

The death penalty does work!! Just look at the US where there is not much violent crime

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ZERO repeat offneders too.

Get over it, hundreds of people are executed every year for much less, millions murded by Dictators in thier own counrty, but we get up in arms over a DRUG SMUGGLER who lost out, im sorry, I dont feel bad for him, he is dead now and he wont do it again.

[jEtONiT]

hes gooonneeeee..

do the crime, do the time.. the only person I feel sorri for is his mother.

[Guest]

Oh yes, one final closing remark

The death penalty does work!! Just look at the US where there is not much violent crime

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ZERO repeat offneders too.

Get over it, hundreds of people are executed every year for much less, millions murded by Dictators in thier own counrty, but we get up in arms over a DRUG SMUGGLER who lost out, im sorry, I dont feel bad for him, he is dead now and he wont do it again.

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Well that clearly shows it works then

vik...now cut the stench down and bury it

[ZAP]

Just wait until the Bali 9 get sentanced to death, we will be hearing the same stupid arguments again and again

[God666]

If they had sent him here, I would have volunteered to hang him.

Damn, missed my opportunity to invest in the Kinnears Rope company.

Australia may not support the death penalty however, there are quite a few of its citizens that do support it.

[tbearz]

Well I'll be the one to disagree

It is interesting to note how quick Australians are to condemn someone to hanging, despite us not supporting the death penalty here

I'm also getting a bit sick hearing about "the poor drug addicts" who take this sh*t, are the drug dealers injecting this into them, or do they make a choice which can ruin their lives, much like the poor young Australians who for what ever reason decide to courier this stuff. 

So regardless of what the law is an any country around the globe, we should just sit back and accept what would appear to be a harsh sencence for a minor crime

Finally I fail to see where the difference is between pre-meditated murder, and planned executions of this kind, whether they are performed on Australians or not.

Anyway, I could carry on, but I am sure I have stirred the pot sufficiently

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finally someone who has a heart and soul, sure he did move the drugs and what not, but death for that is f***ing harsh. No one has the right to take another persons life. And exactly if you want to take drugs and you die, sucked in, if your life is that sad and pathetic that you need to do that sort of sh!t well good luck to you.

And if you follow this same stance eveyrone is taking do the crime do the time or DEATH in this case. THe bali nine should all be hung aswell.... but somehow ppl take a different view on that which just shows the level of hypocricy around.

He should have got life, not the death penalty.

[tbearz]

I dont feel sorry for thr majority of Drugo's, on the most they ahve chosen the path they walk, there will always be the unfortunate few who try a drug for the first time and die, for them I feel bad, but thier family, friends and socity has let them down to allow them to reach apoint where they feel drugs are required.

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Sorry I dont, if you do drugs and die, sucked in that the gamble you took

[F6_Tornado]

Well I'll be the one to disagree

It is interesting to note how quick Australians are to condemn someone to hanging, despite us not supporting the death penalty here

I'm also getting a bit sick hearing about "the poor drug addicts" who take this sh*t, are the drug dealers injecting this into them, or do they make a choice which can ruin their lives, much like the poor young Australians who for what ever reason decide to courier this stuff. 

So regardless of what the law is an any country around the globe, we should just sit back and accept what would appear to be a harsh sencence for a minor crime

Finally I fail to see where the difference is between pre-meditated murder, and planned executions of this kind, whether they are performed on Australians or not.

Anyway, I could carry on, but I am sure I have stirred the pot sufficiently

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finally someone who has a heart and soul, sure he did move the drugs and what not, but death for that is f***ing harsh. No one has the right to take another persons life. And exactly if you want to take drugs and you die, sucked in, if your life is that sad and pathetic that you need to do that sort of sh!t well good luck to you.

And if you follow this same stance eveyrone is taking do the crime do the time or DEATH in this case. THe bali nine should all be hung aswell.... but somehow ppl take a different view on that which just shows the level of hypocricy around.

He should have got life, not the death penalty.

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Yeah I suppose you’re right!!!

The death penalty was way too soft when they could have let the young bloke rot in that hell hole in Singapore for the next 50 odd years or so!!

He got the best option out of the two and in some people’s eyes he should have rotted in jail and made to suffer not hung and laid to rest.

The law is the law and it’s made as a deterrent by the government of that country and if it’s to harsh or not harsh enough it’s not yours or my problem unless you’re a drug runner.

I can’t see the Bali 9 getting any less for what they did and I bet every one of them would rather hang than spend the rest of their pitiful lives in an Asian jail.

[Blonk]

The Bali 9...

Imagine the headlines..

They will all reform themselves,

They will become deeply religious, (some of them will convert to muslim)

And a public outrage will commence in Australia by the minority,

Just before they are outed, we will have ban Bali websites,

The prime minister will go watch the Tennis (good on him)

and another 8 mothers will despair...

Between now and then, say three years, 1908 deaths (using 2002 statistics) will be attributed to herion deaths in this country,

That makes 1916 sad mothers, not just 8.

The Bali 9 were going to import 8.3kg

Cut to around 40kg for the street....

Enough to make many sad mother - children - family .

For more info, this is a great read

http://www.agsm.edu.au/~bobm/papers/anzjc.pdf

[harvyk]

Do the crime, accept the punishment...

I feel sorry for his family, I think it was an overly harsh punishment but he chose to do the crime (I don't think the reasons why plays a part) and he went through a country which takes a very dim view on drug runners period...

I believe he should have been given life, and send back here to do the time (as to not also punish his family) but the fact of the matter is I will not lose a wink of sleep tonight because of it...

Besides he would have been just another idiot if he had been caught in Melbourne (we'd have been saying good on the authorities for catching him)... So the fact that they where entertaining the idea of a minutes silence for him because the singapore authorities got to him first is offensive, he is certainly no hero...

BTW I want to say to those who have tried to save his life in the last month good one you, but a little too late... The proceedings which where started in the last month to get him off (or at least our of death row) should have been started last year, or at the time the sentance was given, not at the 11th hour...

Also if I had said Van Nguyen 6 months ago most of you would have said Van who??? It has almost become "fashionable" to speak out against this execution, I hope each and every one of you continue to speak out again executions period now that Van Nguyen has been hung...