Why do some Australians feel no sympathy for Corby and the Bali 9?

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Riley

Mate they aren't the Australians first to be caught in Indonesia with drugs. Many others have too and are in prison or have been executed already for drug dealing. If you break the law in any country you have to be prepared for some repercussion. Many people still take the risk and still mule drugs even knowing if they are caught they face the same punishment. If it was a family member of mine who did this, I would support them as Corby's and the Bali 9 families are doing.

â€¢ Koala â€¢ uÊop É¹Çpun

No one in my family would do such a STUPID thing for a start !!

I have NO sympathy for people that do drugs, especially trafficking them into other countries - they ALL knew the risks and got caught - so who cares!!?!!

tentofield

Most of the Bali 9 were mules rather than dealers or traffickers, carrying the drugs for someone else. Corby knew exactly what she was doing. They got caught and should expect to be punished. In Australia they would have gone to gaol for a long time.

The problem is that the death penalty is involved. Whatever these people have done, they do not deserve to be shot for doing it, no-one does. The Australian Federal Police are under strict orders not to help in arrests where the death penalty could be involved. They knew all about the Bali 9 and could have waited until they arrived in Australia and arrested them here. They would still be in gaol but they would not be facing execution. The AFP ignored the standing orders.

I am happy for all of them to do time in gaol but I do not agree with executing anyone for any offence. It is barbaric and no country that does it can call itself civilised.

Nigel Frederick S

I have followed the case of Corby and the Bali 9 closely.Their case is no different to any other involving Australians and people from other countries trying to deal in drugs.
I don't know from which country the person is from asking the question but I know as sure as hell that it is not "some Australians feeling no sympathy for Corby and the Bali 9" it is more "MOSTt Australians are feeling no sympathy for Corby and the Bali 9".
DRUGS DESTROY PEOPLE,FAMILIES

auburn

If one of my children were in the same position I would firstly be horrified at their behaviour and then try to support them, but they would never win my respect back. Too much information has come out at Ms Corby and her families dealings and if there is enough smoke there's a fire somewhere. I feel a bit more sympathy for some of the Bali 9 as some really didnt think about the implications of what they were doing and I would let them off with a lighter punishment.
People going to places like indonesia really need to think a lot more about it as there laws are really not the same as many other countries. They are not above setting tourists up to buy drugs and then throwing them in jail for it. It is a completely different world than we live in. Personally I am not surprised that many Australians feel the way they do as maybe they have not had the wool pulled over their eyes like many others have.

DollyMD

There is a difference between sympathy and empathy.

I sympathise with them and their families, BUT they went into Bali carrying drugs and were aware of all the possible consequences of their actions. They made that choice. Perhaps they should have given greater thought to the consequences for their families, but these people didn't care about the social and moral impact of their drug dealing either.

I cannot empathise with them, because I have no idea what it would be like to be incarcerated anywhere, for any amount of time. Nor do I ever want to find out, which is why I obey laws and social mores, in Australia and in every country that I visit.

If it were one of my family members caught in that situation, I too, would want them home, but I would expect them (and myself) to recognise their mistakes and admit responsibility for them.

Hard as it is, as adults we are supposed to be responsible for our actions. Blaming others suppresses self-determination. We always have choice, but sometimes we don't recognise it. These people made choices, and their choices have consequences...

In Australia, if we want other nations to recognise and respect our laws and beliefs, then we have offer the same recognition for theirs. These Australians were caught in Bali, and are subject to Indonesian law.

Perhaps sometime in the future these prisoners can be exchanged for Indonsesian prisoners serving time in Australia. That would be a humanitarian gesture towards all concerned, but the sentences would need to be upheld and carried out within a correctional facility. This is the only way to deter future drug couriers from taking the same risk.

Iskandar

well it was their decision to be drug mules, They take drugs into someone elses country and they pay the crime for that country.

Sure if they were my family members but what are you going to do?

and they certainly do deserve to die, those of them who were sentenced to death because that is the law of the country that they tried to smuggle drugs into.

Goldie

People may sympathise but what else can we do?
OF COURSE we would feel different if it was our family member, do you think that Corbys family would be so involved if it wasn't their sister?

In regards to Corby I think the jury is out on that one - who knows who to beleive when it comes to her guilt?

The Bali 9 though WERE guilty, and they knew what would happen if they were found out, fair enough the sentence would have been lighter in Australia but Bali IS NOT AUSTRALIA, they have laws and its their right to expect visitors to their country to abide by them, as we Aussies expects visitors to OUR country to abide by ours!

Elizabeth

It doesn't matter who it is.
You deal in drugs you deserve everything you get.

What would you feel, if it was one of your family members who was addicted or died as a result of the drugs people like that smuggled in?

â™¥ Shell â™¥

Carrying drugs in Asia? Damn fool.

LeeRoy88

ok, i would care if it was 1 of my own family members, who wouldnt?

but i dont care so much because hey MIGHT b guilty, i dont no myslef tho and i dont feel like going in2 deep research to find out

plus there r probably many people in bali or sumwhere in the world that have ben caught with drugs, innocent or guilty, who hav not been mentioned in the media

for all we no they may b family members of people in australia but they do not get a mention because they were not from australia. somthe only reason corby and the 9 get attention is because they share the same nationality as us...which i think is unfair because its just so the media can get attention and muny

surfing

even if it was one of my family members i couldn't care less they are drug traffickers and they knew the law of Indonesia people like corby and the bali 9 have given australians living in bali a bad name, who thinks they can get through security with a body board bag full of weed and drugs straped to them, what a bunch of idiots.

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