The fact that the bag was an extra 4.5 kilo would alert you to something being fishy.
I respect your position, I left school at 13 and struggled till I later educated myself to Univiersity level.
The issue I raise is that it was not established that she had knowledge of the bag contents. The legal process (on which I have a lot of knowledge) was not followed. Ane the court was lesss than a kangaroo show. I'll bet if a few million came up behind the scenes we would have a had a different outcome.
yet you fail to mention any other australians!! you support human rights on for those that you chose to but very much forget the other aussies facing the death panalty. why??
in 2005 these australians were facing the death penalty abroad, and we have some of the bali nine in death row. so add a few more. i think Toung van Nguyen was the first one to go, did not receive much publicity..
• Tuong Van Nguyen (convicted of importing 396g of heroin in Singapore). The
PM made representations on Mr Nguyen’s behalf in February 2005.72
• Tran Van Thanh (convicted of trafficking 682g of heroin in Vietnam). Mr
Thanh lost his severity appeal in March 2005 and now relies on the Vietnamese
President for clemency.73
• Tran Thi Hong Loan (charged with trying to smuggle 440g of heroin in
Vietnam).
• Mai Cong Thanh and Nguyen Manh Cong (charged with trafficking 1.7kg of
heroin in Vietnam).74
• Schapelle Corby (charged with trafficking 4kg cannabis in Bali).
imho your surname and your family ethnicity puts you in a lot more favorable place with the media and government. we have saturation of corby and the bali nine on tv, womans day/weekly and any other publication.. we all want stories of corby having a manicure, but dont care to about Thanh, Loan, Thanh and Cong.. nor do we care if their sisters have huge breasts and can be covergirl on Ralph. we dont want to see certain t1ts, only the right breasts from certain families are good enough is suppose.. why is that again???
we dont protest any other citizen from any other country getting the death panalty, nor do we protest against the human rights violations of citizen in those countries also facing the death penalty..
you can well imagine that in asia, the people are not as stupid as you think, and see right through this type of selective media and public support of those without asian backgrounds only being the ones capable of having human rights violations against them and conveniently forgetting the others!!
very transparent and thats all the more reason why the asians see the australians as being very racially selective on a lot of issues. which offends them by the way.
any government or diplomatic protests just heightens and reinforces this view..
lets forget about the others straight away!!
The fact that the bag was an extra 4.5 kilo would alert you to something being fishy.
You are not supposed to go to gaol for something being fishy. It needs to be proven fact or otherwise the doubt goes to being innocent.
They brought those rules in under the Westminster system as too many innocents were having their heads chopped off in the Tower.
Good post Zack. Sometimes I feel ashamed to be part of humans who ignore fact and live off the crap the media serves up and rumour.
It is VERY disturbing. The most disturbing aspect of all is that they post the lies/smear/innuendo again and again: even though they know that it seriously damages her chances of any form or early release, or even of surviving. Every post like that reduces the chances of the government being pressed to do something to help her.
You see it all over. Increasing numbers of Americans and Brits posting on her human rights, being confronted by twisted Australians at every turn, arguing against her, and de facto arguing to continue her terrible suffering to the end. I have never seen anything like it in all my years. Depressing.
She is about to face her FIFTH Christmas in that cell. She is under medication. She is steadily deteriorating. I for one will be sparing a thought for her on Christmas Day, and hoping in the new year that people focus on the actual issues, which I have posted at least 3 times above.
The fact that most of what I posted was straight out of the Corby's mouths shows you are willing to bend the truth a lot in your posts to suit . And smear anyone that does not support your position a liar. Not only that but you post a vid that basically states that anyone that disagrees with Corby’s innocence is a compassionless Ahole. And try and guilt them into listening to outright lies.It is VERY disturbing. The most disturbing aspect of all is that they post the lies/smear/innuendo again and again: even though they know that it seriously damages her chances of any form or early release, or even of surviving. Every post like that reduces the chances of the government being pressed to do something to help her.
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1. Her human rights were systematically abused via the show trial (http://www.schapelle.net/report.html)
2. The government swept this under the carpet to sustain its strategic relationship with Indonesia, and at the very least, encouraged the media onslaught.
3. Schapelle Corby received a POLITICAL sentence not a judicial sentence: which the government has never sought to address. Had she murdered someone, and not been Australian, she may well have been looking at a far lesser sentence.
4. The Australian government, through not pursuing the case, has given a green light to dodgy regimes in terms of breaching the human rights of other Australians.
No matter how many times I post the issues, the blind will never see them. Their twisted hatred for someone suffering horribly consumes them: they seem to want the suffering to continue.
I point to material information, on record (eg: the test request at the Consulate): and back comes an unsubstantiated groundless smear.
I point out the implications of allowing this breach of human rights to stand, and am abused as a "Corby support troll".
It goes on and on. Driven by what motive? Why do people post repeatedly, trying to convince the world de facto that this poor woman should continue to suffer for 20 YEARS? Why would anyone zealously do that?
I am happy to campaign for human rights because I believe they are important. I am sickened by what has happened her, and the grotesque 20 years in a cage Schapelle Corby is going through. But what is going on in the minds of those who post repeatedly to try to deflect from this reality?
Some of those REAL issues again (boring boring Zack):
It is VERY disturbing. The most disturbing aspect of all is that they post the lies/smear/innuendo again and again: even though they know that it seriously damages her chances of any form or early release, or even of surviving. Every post like that reduces the chances of the government being pressed to do something to help her.
You see it all over. Increasing numbers of Americans and Brits posting on her human rights, being confronted by twisted Australians at every turn, arguing against her, and de facto arguing to continue her terrible suffering to the end. I have never seen anything like it in all my years. Depressing.
She is about to face her FIFTH Christmas in that cell. She is under medication. She is steadily deteriorating. I for one will be sparing a thought for her on Christmas Day, and hoping in the new year that people focus on the actual issues, which I have posted at least 3 times above.
Zack, will you PLEASE tell WHO had the test on the drugs stopped, Thanks.
On December 3rd 2004 Corby signed papers for her consent for testing to be done by the AFP but Indonesian Police would not release a sample. Since then, the Australian ABC has reported that the Indonesian Police did provide the samples and that Corby’s team declined to have them tested.
So is what you posted a half truth
And those are probably closer to the issues(possibly her health as well). Although the ultimate price for drug trafficking is death and it is well known. I do think point 3 still stands.ZackW said:2. The government swept this under the carpet to sustain its strategic relationship with Indonesia,
3. Schapelle Corby received a POLITICAL sentence not a judicial sentence: which the government has never sought to address. Had she murdered someone, and not been Australian, she may well have been looking at a far lesser sentence.
4. The Australian government, through not pursuing the case, has given a green light in terms of breaching the human rights of other Australians.
So Zack
What other Human Rights Issues are you willing to share with us.
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