Van Nguyen's brother flies to Singapore to say goodbye
On February 3, 1967, the Australian State of Victoria took the life of Ronald Ryan, and so widespread was the revulsion and anger that, thankfully, no person has since been executed by any Australian government.Now Australians watch powerlessly as another Australian, 25-year-old Van Nguyen, is to be killed by a State, this time, Singapore, and it is a truly sad and pathetic moment for Australians, and I regret to say a shameful one for the Singaporeans.
"The twin brother of the convicted Australian drug trafficker, Van Nguyen, has flown to Singapore to bid his brother a last farewell."
PM
Pictured: Friends place hands from their reach out campaign in front of the State Library in Melbourne / David Crosling (Source)
Tagged: capital+punishment, human+rights, civil+rights, civil+liberties
Pip Wilson posted item above at 2:27 PM | Permalink
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Australians pity the chap that has been given death sentences. Who will pity the people whom he sells the drugs to? Who will pity the families of the victims?
My two cents worth. Normally when one make a suggestive comment. I believe he has to look both ways. Making comment for the sake of making is just like a no brainer making noise for the sake of making noise.
In this case, he knows the penalty, he try to breach that penalty, he try to risk it, he get caught. That's all down to himself who chose the road.
Have you never made a mistake or done anything wrong? Would you strangle this 25-year-old man to death with your own hands? Would you kill the people he sold the drugs to, if they sold or gave some of the powder to their mothers? Would you then take a knife and stick it in one of those mother's hearts? Or would you like to blow hot air and, in the comfort of your home, hear about the neck of a fellow human being stretched? Where will you draw the line? Should everyone who harms another person, even indirectly, be killed by employees of the State? Perhaps drunk drivers, or stock market cheats? As you so aptly put it (anonymously), "Making comment for the sake of making is just like a no brainer making noise for the sake of making noise." I am glad you are not my judge, because I'm not perfect.
If your love ones got killed by drugs or got murdered by another. The person was caught by the law. What whould you wish the law to give you? Justice to the murder of your love ones or to set him free and hope that he change over a new leaf?
Unless you can argue with some semblance of logic, I'm afraid you'll give bigots who hide behind cloaks of anonymity a bad name.
Here's a link to how most conforming and brain-washed Singaporeans feel about the death penalty as a form of punishment for criminals. They are equally ignorant of the fact that the Singapore government conducts business with another regime which taints itself with drug money while supressing democratic freedom (i.e Burma). The message seems to be, we don't care what you do with drugs, just give us the money.
In Singapore, the punishment does not fit the crime. The death penalty applies to illegal possession of firearms, kidnapping. Caning (more like flogging) applies to petty vandalism and harassment cases. Community work and rehabilitation services are minimal. Ex-convicts and bankrupts are barred from most jobs.
I am, alas, ashamed to be associated with such by virtue of nationality.
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