Monday, May 16, 2005
shapelle, surely...
so australia holds its breath in anticipation of its recently adopted "sweet heart" schapelle corby. if you didn't know, she was arrested in bali, indonesia a few months ago, apparently attempting to smuggle into the country, nearly 4 kilograms of marijuana, inside of her boggie board bag. the trial is over. the verdict is due out from the judges in two weeks, and the australian public holds its breath. in the midst of this whole political debacle, is the airport security scandal going on at all australian airports. basically, baggage haddlers have been caught in smuggling drugs- heroine, cocaine, ecstasy- into the country. so the question is did schapelle do it? or was she set up? but these recent allegations have come to late for her trial. drug pocession in indonesia is a crime punishable by death. her case is not helped by the fact that 3 weeks ago 9 other australian nationals were caught by indonesian police, as they attempted to board a plane to australia with several kilograms of heroine strapped to their bodies. these heroine guys and girls are guilty. the fact is undisputable becuase the drugs were on them. case closed. warm up the firing squad, they are all going to be exectud. but in schapelle's case, she has consistently denied any relation to the marijuana. the entire time claiming it was not hers...
in relation, the two cases, marijuana vs. heroine, there is virtually little comparison. except that indonesian law punishes both by death. this is almost a joke when you consider it. the heroine thing i can understand, but marijuana? come on! especially when you consider that it is pretty much the drug of choice for most australians (outside of beer), most americans (particularly the further west and left you go), much of europe (have you ever been to holland?), the majority of the middle east, and africa, and it can even be found in indonesia. i know i have had that experience too. let's take australia as an example. in the capital territory of canberra, where all the national law makers reside at least part of the year, it is legal to grow up to 3 personal plants. so why haven't many australian politicians been jumping up and down over this case of schapelles? so far there is no direct evidence that it is her pot. the only connection is the fact that it was in her board bag. taking into consideration the qantas baggage handlers, there is more than a reasonable doubt that the drugs may well and truly not be hers. would she have been so foolish to have stuffed her bags with 4 kilos of weed? probably not. schapelle had visited bali at least 9 times prior. anyone who has been in that denpesar airport would be aware of the many sniffer dogs checking bags coming off the plane. is it likely that she smokes pot? yes, doesn't everyone. nearly everybody has at least experimented with it. ask bill clinton. ask bush jr. he has had plenty of drugs, booze, and still does.
why am i writing this? fuck i don't know. i don't think she should be persecuted for any of this, when there are people running around the back scenes of airports stuffing cocaine and heroine into other peoples luggage. marijuana, what does it do? it makes you giggle, makes you docile, and the medical benifits of it are way better than any conventional drug.
john howard, the fearless (spineless) leader of australia, has yesterday for the first time written a letter to the indonesain government on schapelle's behalf. it is too little too late, john. you are planning to give more than a billion dollars in aid to the same indonesian government, surely you could exchange that for schapelle corby. afterall, money talks.
in relation, the two cases, marijuana vs. heroine, there is virtually little comparison. except that indonesian law punishes both by death. this is almost a joke when you consider it. the heroine thing i can understand, but marijuana? come on! especially when you consider that it is pretty much the drug of choice for most australians (outside of beer), most americans (particularly the further west and left you go), much of europe (have you ever been to holland?), the majority of the middle east, and africa, and it can even be found in indonesia. i know i have had that experience too. let's take australia as an example. in the capital territory of canberra, where all the national law makers reside at least part of the year, it is legal to grow up to 3 personal plants. so why haven't many australian politicians been jumping up and down over this case of schapelles? so far there is no direct evidence that it is her pot. the only connection is the fact that it was in her board bag. taking into consideration the qantas baggage handlers, there is more than a reasonable doubt that the drugs may well and truly not be hers. would she have been so foolish to have stuffed her bags with 4 kilos of weed? probably not. schapelle had visited bali at least 9 times prior. anyone who has been in that denpesar airport would be aware of the many sniffer dogs checking bags coming off the plane. is it likely that she smokes pot? yes, doesn't everyone. nearly everybody has at least experimented with it. ask bill clinton. ask bush jr. he has had plenty of drugs, booze, and still does.
why am i writing this? fuck i don't know. i don't think she should be persecuted for any of this, when there are people running around the back scenes of airports stuffing cocaine and heroine into other peoples luggage. marijuana, what does it do? it makes you giggle, makes you docile, and the medical benifits of it are way better than any conventional drug.
john howard, the fearless (spineless) leader of australia, has yesterday for the first time written a letter to the indonesain government on schapelle's behalf. it is too little too late, john. you are planning to give more than a billion dollars in aid to the same indonesian government, surely you could exchange that for schapelle corby. afterall, money talks.
