Now Van, 25yrs, a young man, made a huge mistake, a major mistake, but that that mistake cost him his life is sickening. That the Australian authorities did so little, and continue to do so little is a reflection of the wide spread apathy and indifference to the billion dollar trade deals which trump human life. It would have been far more prudent, if economically damaging, for Australia and other nations to immediatly impose trade sanctions on Singapore aswell as advising their citezens to not travel to such dictatorships and barbaric countries where representation is absent except for alcohol and tobacco merchants among other things.
Once upon a time I went to Singapore, and immediatly getting off the plane many will know you are greeted with guys holding machine guns. What a sick society. And worse is that the world would turn a blind eye to all that shit just for making a buck. Well wouldn't you know it, I made a mistake too, I had accidently taken a bud into Singapore. Totally forgot it was in one of my jackets in my suit case. As luck would have it, that bud was not found, I didn't find it until later in my travels. But imagine, just through a simple error, I could have been imprisoned and canned. I will never visit that country ever again as long as the dictatorship prevails and the people are held down by the corruption which is every where. It may seem clean and green in the western hotels,shopping malls, down town...but beyond that it is a twisted, deranged place where the people are held down. And you won't see Aussie or America seeking to free the Singaporeans, whether through economic sanctions or other wise, so I implore all of you to stay away from that country.
As for the moderator keystroke, I truely pity you, you are a clear example of a sad individual way off the tracks, and if any one here had any sense you would forthwith be removed from this site which claims to be about harm reduction. Its not that you support killing people, its that you demean and cheapen human life to the point of making jokes about a man, a young man, who was executed in the name of the war on drugs which kills so many more people than drugs ever will.
