What the aussies public really think ? ......
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was trawling through my daily bunch of online newspapers during lunchie ...
came upon this blogspot .... makes interesting reading .... scroll down the lot and pick a few random ones to read .....
reading some of the comments ... i wonder if we've been misled by the australian newspapers .... seems like many Aussies actually support us hanging that unfortunate chappie .....
http://blogs.theage.com.au/yoursay/archives/2005/11/singapores_repu.html
oh well ... another lesson learnt for all of us .... don't give too much weight to the press and a few vocal activists ! .... -
he is not really an aussie after all.
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Yes indeed, the Aussie media was skewed.
The media and academia in the west tends to be very liberal compared to the populance. An good example is all the mud thrown at Bush in the media but he still win elections. It tells us that the media is clearly out of sync with the people.
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Look, Singapore is its own country that sets its own laws and punishments. Whilst we dont have to agree with them we have no right to tell them what they should be. If they have a mandatory death penalty then so be it. We should respect them for upholding these laws and standing by their convictions. To my mind its a much better system then ours that lets Rapists walk free with the best wishes of the judge. Its about time we got tougher on criminals like they are. Singapore has my total respect.
I wonder why the Singaporean govt does not consider executing all immediate members of the prisoner's family too? Certainly that would be a greater deterrent to all drug trafficking activities. Maybe we can have the death penalty for chewing gum too, hey, don't you REALLY want to end this menace? <-- lol. crap.
Give me a break. Singapore is making a strong stand against the trafficking of drugs and must be supported for doing so. Our 'limp-wristed', pro-injecting room advocates just encourage it! As for the 'minutes silence' and Ms (wow, I've just had a baby) Stott-despoja's outburst - back to the Student Union office at Adelaide Uni with you.
Capital punishment is a barbaric practice, but then Nguyen knew the penalty for being caught trafficking (or possessing) drugs. The media is whipping up a frenzy with talk about having a minute's silence out of respect for Nguyen, and John Howard's 'disgraceful' behaviour in attending a cricket match on the day of the hanging. This prisoner had no regard for the potential effect of his cache of heroin on both users and their family members, and should under no circumstance be hailed as some kind of hero. If you don't want to be convicted of the death penalty in Singapore, don't travel there with drugs. Simple.
Has anyone checked the Australian Institute of Criminology on the drug related deaths stats recently?
There were almost 8000 Opiate overdose deaths since 1988!! Thats more than 1 death a day and why is that so, its because people like NVT who brings the drugs into this country.
Should we have a one-minute silence for every single person too? We have to thank countries like singapore who stops people like him bringing drugs in!! -
Matter of perception, really.
The politicians have nothing better to do than to stir up emotions. And soon, they will make racism worse in a country where many Chinese Singaporeans go to.
And for that, I'll start recommending my friends not to choose Australia for overseas studies, not that I'm concerned about what the hell happened with Nguyen but for the sake that I don't want my friends to be victimised by stupid racists who starts attacking our people because of their Government's stand.
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the poll done by channel 9 current affairs here on whether people think Singapore should hang Nguyen, result was:-
Yes 54%
No 46% -
Blah. Ask whether Singapore should have death penalty as a punishment and you'll get a higher score in Singapore than Australia.Originally posted by TehJarVu:the poll done by channel 9 current affairs here on whether people think Singapore should hang Nguyen, result was:-
Yes 54%
No 46%
They can call us money grabbers, but having kids tempted to quick money via drugs is worse than having kids tempted to money via work.
Like I said before, my Australian friend was complaining that instead of having headlines on their own problems, they keep going on the Nguyen case. -
Of course, our media isn't doing better. The Huang Na incident is a joke.Originally posted by Nelstar:Blah. Ask whether Singapore should have death penalty as a punishment and you'll get a higher score in Singapore than Australia.
They can call us money grabbers, but having kids tempted to quick money via drugs is worse than having kids tempted to money via work.
Like I said before, my Australian friend was complaining that instead of having headlines on their own problems, they keep going on the Nguyen case.
Everyday headlines. -
maybe we shouldnt hang those caught in transit.Originally posted by Nelstar:Blah. Ask whether Singapore should have death penalty as a punishment and you'll get a higher score in Singapore than Australia.
They can call us money grabbers, but having kids tempted to quick money via drugs is worse than having kids tempted to money via work.
Like I said before, my Australian friend was complaining that instead of having headlines on their own problems, they keep going on the Nguyen case. -
Zero tolerance to all drug related cases is the right approach for our country. Its the only way to prevent our own young from be influence by these deadly vice.
The Australians can smoke and take drugs for all they want but not here, PLS. -
I don't get this,Originally posted by dragg:maybe we shouldnt hang those caught in transit.
you can either be a good global citizen or not be one, there are not halfways about it,
if we only hang those smuggling drugs into Singapore, but not those in transit ... then what message does it send to the drug traffickers ? .... transit in Singapore, cos your mules won't get hanged, don't you think ? .. -
Nonono, we shouldn't hang people not holding a Singapore passport trafficking drugs while caught in transit.Originally posted by dragg:maybe we shouldnt hang those caught in transit. -
Damn irony that we are doing their dirty job for them?
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Another Australian got caught for drug smuggling in Mauritius. What's the penalty like there? I know its the shooting squad in Bali, but who cares? Hanging is more inhumane, compared to the Sharia law.
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If i remember correctly .... Mauritius abolished the death penalty sometime in the mid-90s ...Originally posted by ditzy:Another Australian got caught for drug smuggling in Mauritius. What's the penalty like there? I know its the shooting squad in Bali, but who cares? Hanging is more inhumane, compared to the Sharia law. -
Dear all,
We have too many nguyen threads. Hence we will need to do some tidying up. Please post all stuff
here
Thanks for your kind understanding.