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But profiteering from illegal substances that are a scourge on our society is acceptable?

Or alternatively thanking the Indonesians for stopping 100,000 drug hits coming to these shores. Appreciate the pain that she has gone through and will go through for the rest of her life but at the end of the day it was her child that placed he in that position.

200 Ethiopian Christians were beheaded on the beach by terrorists and the story lasted for a day. Girls and women are being tortured, raped and killed around the world and it barely raises a mention. Indigenous communities are suffering in our very own country and few people want to know...

They could also have chosen not to profit on the misery of others by being drug smugglers. Their choices led to their deaths.

For those appalled about the death penalty, take a note of the countries that still have the death penalty permitted. Some surprises. Afghanistan Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belize Botswana Chad China (People's Republic) Comoros Congo...

Indonesia could also rightly state that the amount of time and spent by our government could have better spent tackling issues in improving our own country rather than worrying about a sovereign countries right to undertake a policy that they clearly agree with. Where is the same...

If they were not exporting drugs in a country that openly executes people for doing so, then they would not be facing the firing squad.

Ed, what would the reaction be if Indonesia tried to influence Australian policy albeit carefully. Unfortunately it needs a world condemnation and this will not occur whilst the superpower countries themselves have the death penalty.

Your logic astounds me. So it is much better not to punish anyone undertaking an illegal activity that kills others. Where is your compassion for those who had died taking drugs and the families that are suffering because of drugs. Indonesia is a sovereign country that has the death...

This is a not a comparison. The girl was not undertaking an illegal activity for profit that would endanger the lives of many. Yes the death penalty is wrong but it is legal in many countries and Indonesia has never kept it quiet. They have been clear and advertise their message.

Difference is the law in Nigeria makes you an adulteress if you were raped so you would be stoned for being the victim. These are two Australians who knowingly took part in an illegal activity for profit. They took the risk in a country that openly executes drug smugglers. Remember that...

And the current government is sending mixed messages when Julie Bishop stated:

You are comparing a legal activity of drinking a legally drug that is approved by the government against. Whilst I am against the death penalty, you need to remember that these two knowingly took the risk of exporting an illegal drug in a country where it is illegal and people are being...

+1 I thought the Federal Liberal government was going tough on Australians doing the wrong them overseas and expecting the government to bail them out (Julie Bishop last year).

Whether you agree with the death penalty for these two Australians or not, let us all hope that the shortness of their lives and the pain that they have inflicted upon their families causes others to stop and think before undertaking the same journey of drug trafficking.

Is anyone could concerned with the amount of money the Federal Government is spending to try and stop their death sentence?