If you were told "give anyone up and your mum/dad/brother/sister/everyone you hold dear will be dead".
Would you give them up?
Idle threats perhaps.
Did they do this entirely on there own free will?
Yes. We are all responsible for our own decisions, I have no time for victims who like to blame others for their downfall. You and you alone control your destiny.
They got in with the wrong crowd blah blah blah.
Again their decision. Look at your mates, you can choose to stay mates or find others and stop associating with them. Casting blame on others leading you astray is weak.
A man can physically rape and murder but not get the same punishment depending on what soil he commits his crime?
Irrelevant. The punishment that everyone who travels to Bali knows is that you can face the death penalty if you smuggle drugs. They flew into Bali as they had done many times before knowing this rule. Playing the victim/reformed/I walk beside Jesus card is too little too late. Suck it up and take the punishment you KNEW was coming.
If you think this drop in the ocean made any difference to any junkie getting a hit your sadly mistaken.
Ahh, but having this story shoved in our face week in, week out for a while now has probably made people who had contemplated smuggling not do so. If it saves one life, it's been worth it IMO.
killing them isnt really a punishment, well atleast, not for them.
Oh I beg to differ. It's not like they got caught on Friday and shot Saturday morning. They have sat for how long knowing their fate. Each day they knew they were one step closer to death, that they would never be free again. Sure they had a small window of hope, but each night as they lay down I bet being shot was the last thing on their mind. That is punishment, dragging out the time till they are shot, plenty of time I bet to wish over and over and over that they never chose to walk away from those offering them money to smuggle drugs, or the day they chose to take drugs themselves.
it could be your brother, son or dad. What did YOU do to have this significant person in your life taken from you?
You don't not punish a person because you are going to upset their families and friends. That is why we have counsellors, so they can learn coping skills.
Who really gets punished here?
The people who chose to thumb their noses at Bali laws and think they could get away with smuggling and are soon to be shot. Everyone else gets to go home and live their lives.