Do any Australians have any sympathy for the Bali 9 and their families?

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semi_conscious666

if you cant do the time dont do the crime!
they new the risks of being caught, so i have no sympathy for stupidity!

Elizabeth

No one I know feels sorry for the culprits.
They knew the consequences if they were caught with drugs in Indonesia or anywhere else in Asia.

Nearly everyone I know feel very deeply sorry for the families.

How were the Australian Police supposed to catch the Bali 9?
They didn't have anything on them when they left Australia.
You can't arrest people for something they may do while overseas.

Dropkick Murphys

I feel sorry for their families and the ordeal they are going through.

The reason they weren't stopped in Australia to begin with is, the fact they broke no Australian law.

Can't be arrested for doing nothing wrong.

stocksaloon

Not really,,,they knew what they were getting themselves into,,you know if you do that sh*t over there you are guaranteed a swing away holiday never to return.

Bardy

I have no sympathy for druggies or trafficers. The sooner they are disposed of the better. If they were caught in Australia they would be kept at my expence and freed to do it again. Let Bali have them.

Jamie S

this probably sounds really mean but no. they knew exactly what they were doing. my brother was killed in those bombings.

tuppenybitz

why should we feel sympathy,those idiots knowingly and willingly smuggled drugs,i don't think there is an Aussie out there that does not know the outcome if caught for trafficking in Indonesia
maybe the death penalty is harsh but who are we to tell the Indonesians how to run their country,it is their law and visitors must obey the law of any country they visit
they wern't the first and most likely not the last. i cant understand why someone would attempt it knowing full well what will happen if caught

i have the deepest sympathy and compassion or their families,

Hitman

The majority of us Aussies don't, some would. I don't. I think if you're stupid enough to agree to being a drug smuggler, especially in south-east asia, you deserve what you get. It's their laws, Australia doesn't have the right to order Indonesia into letting them go coz the laws are harsher.

I feel sorry for their families, but not them.

Ozmaniac

I'm an Aussie and have not the slightest bit of sympathy for any of them.

Every Australian who gets a passport and travels outside the country is fully aware of the penalties in Asia for drug smuggling.

They knew the consequences; decided the money was worth taking a chance and they were caught. Tough!

I don't blame the Australian Police at all. The Bali 9 committed the crime in Indonesia; were caught there and have to pay the penalty there.

I feel sorry for their families but that makes no difference to my attitude to their situation.

You do the crime, you serve the time.

mmdjaajl

i don't they knew what they were doing & the penelty for it

mashedtaita

Their families,yes.Them,NO.Have you seen the signs around the airports and in the cities.Can't be any clearer.They were after a quick $$$$.Stuff em!

aflumpire

I feel sympathy for their families as they have to front up to the media and clear their names as good parents, but not the Bali 9 themselves...they knew what they were doing and knew the concequences.

To answer your second question, they were trying to get the drugs OUT OF indonesia and smuggle it into Australia.

yes, it was unlucky to get caught in Indonesia and not Australia where the penalty is softer; but they knew the risks and for some of them, they will pay the ultimate price (although i do disagree with death penalty for drugs)

maggie

Being older I can say ,yes,I have some sympathy for them.I think we all get into situations we later regret BUT they knew the risks going in and if they had got away with it they wouldn't be asking for sympathy!
The families,however,are an entirely different thing.As a mum,I can only imagine the pain and fear(and probably guilt)they are going through.My heart goes out to them

wolfboy

Yeah I do. Most of them were young and stupid, many supposedly were forced through threats to carry the drugs, and the Australian Police instead picking them up in Australia where most would have only got 3 or so years, tipped off the Indonesian Authorities knowing ful well they would be sentanced to death.

I do not believe anyone should be sentanced to death for drug related crimes. As to why they weren't caught in Australia I'm not sure. The Australian Federal Police had a few feeble excuses but none of them really stack up. Now most of them (and most of them weren't even over the age of 20) are sentanced to either life in prison or death

wotzthepoint?

hang the bloody lot

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