Sometimes I wonder when Bali is going to get a break. We have had the Bombing, SARS, VOA, travel warnings and the tsunami in Aceh. The latest reason not to come to Bali that is going to pick up steam is the double-whammy of Schapelle Corby and 9 other Australian nationals who have been charged with drug trafficking.
It makes me very angry when people in the tourist industry work hard to promote Bali and that good work can be washed away in an instant by stupid idiots who create problems. One of the newly accused told a reporter, Whatever happened to Schapelle Corby happened to me.
On the plus side, the Australian Federal Police were involved so cries of foul play are going nowhere. On the other side is the fact that the death penalty is a possibility and if these people face a firing squad there will be a backlash towards Bali. God I want to slap these people. Take a shit in your own back yard. Do not trample over another countrys economy.
They will most likely be locked up in the jail down the road form my house and I will try to get an interview if possible. I hope justice is served and that ultimately the firing squad will not happen.
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Yes Jess you must be so proud.. The full and true story is clear.Get involved in drugs and drug smuggling and get caught in a country like Indonesia and your life is over..simple.I wonder what it feels like to eat rice every day..Ill never know as i choose to work hard for my money.
dear jess
There is no need to know the full story, they are as guilty as hell, they were caught red handed, they were videotaped, recorded and paraded before the world to see what scum that they are, they were greedy bloodsuckers, they wanted to make money on the misery of others
Look jess, they are breathing oxygen at the moment that others would normally use.
Have are low life housing commission scum, they have been sucking the blod out of australian society.
I look at it like this! IT WILL BE 9 LESS DOLE CHECKS.
The Bali 9 seem to be made up of poor, uneducated kids, most of whom are real Australian kids. I know for one it was his first holiday and probably would have been his last as their futures do not look bright. The ringleader was naturally some foreign sounding bloke and I bet if any he gets off.
The Fed Police should hang their heads. There are enough mad Balanese out there trying to kill us as there is without freely handing them some of our own! Face it folks, Indonesia has one of the largest Muslim populations in the world and Muslims have made it quite clear how they feel about us.
And we wonder why Australia is going to the pack… Why? Because we cowtow and try and kill the Australia of old and the people that come with it.
Karl, you are absolutely right!
What is wrong with these IDIOTS? Why must they make the same mistakes repeatedly?
If the Heroin entered Australia, do u know how many people would die. Do u know how many people one gram of heroin can kill. KILL THEM ALL
I hope they rott.
I am all for ALL the Bali 9 being given a life sentence. NO DEATH. You wonder when Bali is going to get a break…I agree, but the question I have is, when is the people behind the Bali Bombing that killed all those people, going to have their day in court? I don’t agree with the death penalty for anyone, but how can 2 of the Bali 9 face the possibilities of death by firing squad, from something they did last year, and AmRosi who helped kill over 100 people, by blowing them up, burning some to smitherines, still be sitting pretty in jail with no news of what is to come of him and he has been sitting in jail for over 3 years. Why are the Bali 9 facing death so quickly, yet he is not. If the 2 ring leaders get death, then so should AmRosi!!!! It is not fair, that he can help kill all those people, yet he is still alive.
What is the connection with Amrosi and drug traffiking?What is the connection with a guilty Indonesaisn and 9 guilty Australians for completely different crimes? I don’t think there is one. So why are people comparing them? All are guilty…if all are sentenced to die so be it…if they rot in jail for the rest of their miserable lives so be it…In 15 years who will care? The ones who get life will still be there, the ones who bite the bullet will be long dead…most won’t remember their stinking names.
For my fellow Australians who would like to bring the Bali 9 home – yes, by all means, but only if you’re personally willing to meet all the costs of their transportation and expense of long-term imprisonment.
Thousands upon thousands upon thousands of dollars…
I don’t want a single cent of my tax dollars spent on them.
You do not barbarically kill tourists or foreigners with guns.
screw bali bunch of inbreed no brained cavemen, fancy killing a human being for bloody drugs your all insane. you people make me sick and ill be glad to see you sadists burn in hell. have a nice life you tools
Indonesia needs to change their laws…. Australians are far more important than the balinese and there should be special laws for Australians ie. we are exempt from there laws… The US will run through u soon… ISLAM will be no more…
Because of the sentence and people happy over the sentence of death I am going to make it a point to tell travel agencies not to promote Bali or on any part of the Island. I will tell everyone I know. This mistake by these young men was totally stupid, but does not fit the sentence of death in ANY way. I seriously think some of you people need to open your minds a bit and see the big picture. Addiction will always have an endless supply of customers. Whether it’s the pills you buy at the store that your Government say are ok, or if it’s drugs being sold under the table. Drugs are a huge part of the world economy!
Where were the drugs harvested that these young men were smuggling?? I cant believe so many of you people are praising and calling for blood over this. Pretty sad all around. These guys would not have tried to smuggle the drugs if it wasnt so available to them. Also just because the caught one group of people means nothing not even the slightest dent in the amount of drugs being produced in the world today. Not only that but if their is a demand their will always be ample supply. Winning the drug war is like becoming God. It’s not going to happen! With harder drugs such as heroin, the people that will buy this stuff are already drug addicts that have been around a while. I myself dont do drugs, I am more concerned with the biggest drug dealers and that’s the Governments around the world. The drug industry is nicely tied in with Governments. Which could start a whole new topic, and long list of deadly drugs our Governments approved. The generated revenue in the drug industry is in the trillions by now. Look at the history of drugs, and really ask yourself if it’s justice would really be served by slaughtering these young men, who like many obviously made a serious mistake, but should not have to pay with their lives. If your calling for someones life over this you are ignorant, and have a very closed mind! I have cancelled my plane tickets, and reservations. I hate anyone who supports this lack of justice and lack of reasoning!
It’s funny, I only got half way through some of these when I realised something very important. Everyone is argueing aboutwhat should happen to the Bali 9. You have some people saying we should boycott bali, others saying the people should die. Others are saying to be compassionate to the drug smugglers and their families and then on the other hand people turn around and say what abou tthe heroin addicts and their families.I have to write an article for an English paper and personally I really don’t want to. Why are we paying so much attention to people who did the wrong thing? The circumstances of why they did it are irrelevant, because they were not thinking about all the harm that heroin woul ddo when it came here. I go to parties and no people who waste their lives on drugs, some of them didnt even get started on drugs on purpose. They were tricked into it. And these people in Bali were bringing over a weapon, a drug that would kill Australians. Yet we give them all this media attention and go on about how htey should cometo Australia to get justice. They were in Bali for goodness sake. So, maybe it would be nice if they didnthave to die because it isnt their families fault their children stuffed up. Thye can visit them now in their cells in Bali, where they were caught. Im so glad they werent caught in Australia because then they would just do this again. It makes me glad to know I can go to a party and not fear 9 people who are willing to risk my life for money. Life is irreplaceable. So now, maybe the people in Bali can make a difference by showing the whole world that have payed them far to much attention, the price that needs to be paid for drug smugling. It is’nt Bali’s fault, they were stopping the drugs entering Australia, the drugs were leaving Bali! As for the issue of the Bali bombings, that is a different issue and whoare we to judge a persons life? Should someone die of drugs or a bomb? and should the catalyst behind either one be treated differently? In our country we get to decide and Bali get to decide in theirs. Its time some of us learnt to respect the opinion of that country, their is no reason that any other Australian or Balinese peole should suffer for the moronic decisions of others, no matter how old they are. Im 17 and wouldnt have done it, no mater what, because i know the consequences, so why dont people older then me know the same thing?
I know what the bali 9 did was CRAZY AND STUPID but they dont deserve the death penalty or life sentence. I think the Indonesion LAW IS PATHETIC. They are cold blooded idiots. NO one HAS THE RIGHT TO TAKE AWAY ANYONES LIFE unless they have committed murder. ITS BABARIC AND CRUEL, it makes me sick to my stomach. Also that van nyagen guy didnt DESERVE TO DIE, singapore and BALI laws are sickkkkkk. THE LAWS ARE SERIOUSLY SICK. ITs MURDER.. These young kids were stupid and silly but we all make mistakes. They need the chance to be set free or punished in the Australian jails. Im sure they regret what they did and there are reasons behind all this. All they need is jail time for abit. They will realise in time what they did was bad, they dont deserve harsh penalties. WE ALL DO DUMB THINGS WITHOUT THINKING especially when your young and crazy. I HATE THE BALI LAW IT honestly makes me really mad how the system works. ITS MURDER. U CANT TAKE PEOPLES LIVES AWAY.
I, for one am going to campaign against traveling to Bali. I do believe in such things as punishment and accountablilty for your actions. But I also believe that we cannot afford to become the demon in order to destroy the demon of drugs, terrorism, etc. Bali is not to blame its the institutions that are at fault.
I can only state that by traveling to Bali you only contribute to this beast and not to resolving the true problems. I leave you all with this thought “WHo is to blame? The pig that eats or the person who feeds the pig?
I’m upset!!!!!
That all of the DIMWIT 9 did not get the firing squad. They are all liars adn knew what they were doing. In fact some of them had already trafficked smack from Bali into Australia before.
May they all suffer the runs for many years to come. Before they eventually die from disease or a stabbing.
Why should they do their time in an Australian jail? I don’t wanna pay for them to sit back and relax here when they were caught and tried and sentenced in Indonesia. And how can anyone seriously critisise the laws of another country when every nation has the right and obligation to protect their own society how they see fit? By all means boycott Bali and wherever else you want to.Boycott the world and try to find someone who gives a shit ..I don’t think it will change the situation but good luck. Those 9 people knew what they were doing and they knew the consequences of their actions..and and now they are paying for it.
And Rachel you say that in the case of murder execution is ok…so do you feel the laws in Australia are not tough enough on murderers?
Surely people that supply drugs with a high dependancy rate such as heroin are infact responsile for crimes such as house breakings, murder, assault, armed robbery, theft…perhaps you should talk to some victims of these crimes before condemning the laws that are directly responsile for keeping some drugs out of your counrty (wherever that may be).
I personally am thankful those laws are there and to those 9 idiots I say Thank God you were stopped before the drugs you were attempting to bring to my country had a chance to ruin countless other lives.
Ray you sound like a reasonably intellegent person..just joking.
Its like this – they took a gamble & they will pay the price. I have no sympathy as their reasons were promarily for their own financial gain. Given the world has its own drug problems from nation to nation, they deserve to rot. They shouldnt get the death penalty but should remain a living example to all who may think its a good idea, that its certainly not. Its their families I feel sorry for. My feelings = GUILTY AS CHARGED. Unlucky.
hey ..
… they were really good friends..
2 if my neighbors are now in jail because they were at the wrong place at the wrong time.. i was at bali that time my 2 neighbors went to say good bye to their friends “in the hotel” with their suitcase because they were gonna go to the airport later in the night… because of that… now i can never see them again.. unless i go overseas and if i go to bali…
Firstly they are not tourists they are dirty drug traffickers profiting off the misery of others
Secondly with all the press coverage over corby they knew the potential sentences if caught
Thirdly they are not naive first timers that were bullied or threatened into a free all expenses paid trip with a nice payout at the end
Aussies don’t tolerate other nations dictating how we apportion our justice so stop being so hypocritical
Personally I coudn’t give a rats arse if they spend the rest of their lives locked up in Bali – they certainly weren’t contributing in a positive way before they got caught.
Pity they can’t televise the executions
They probably would if your prepared to part with a few dollars hehe
I LIKE SCHAPPELL CORBY SHES INNOCENT
stupid little green box has a delay so it’s distracting me . *humph*
I believe that no one understands the actual risks of heroin.
They are killing people in the long run, and what? all for a a kick start with some money. money that will be of no use to them what so ever.
I think it’s sad that they are too stupid to realise that before it was too late.
Heroin is one of the most addictive drugs and it destroys lives.
I think it’s sad that no one seems to take that into consideration.
I don’t believe death is a relevant punishment.
i think they should suffer in jails, or maybe be injected with the drug that they tried to take over there and they could see just what it does to there lives.
peace out. A town! x x
After hearing the many comments indicating the bali 9 knew what they were doing and should suffer the consequences and comments regarding the number of people who would have suffered, had the heroin reached Australia..I would like to add that the heroin users also know what they are doing…..should they not suffer the consequences too?
I admire the Rush parents for reporting their son, I would do the same…or should I say *would have*. I can appreciate their thinking, get him arrested here, hoping he would perhaps get a conviction, even a few months in jail to try to wake him up!!!!
Those who criticise should take off their *do-gooder* hats and *rose-coloured* glasses.
I hope the Rush family, including Scott, get a much better deal in future.
The reason these teenagers got themselves into dealing drugs is because of their addiction to it and the debt that went with it. We need more rehabs and support for drug addicts and their families and stricter penalties for the big fish in Australia. The Australian Govt needs to do more to help people who have got caught up in the drug trap as once their hooked, the drugs have more control over them than their loved ones.
I think the role of Australian Federal Police is absolutely disgusting. To hand the lives of these Australians and knowingly expose them to the harsh law of Indonesia is not the Australian way. They could have easily got them when they returned to Australia. No “Mr big” has been arrested so it was all in vain. They mustn’t have a conscience.
Some young people do things on impulse – we are told a young person’s brain is not fully developed until 23 years of age. The AFP have done the wrong thing and it is obvious to me that the people recruited into the AFP have a lack of compassion and feelings. Yes these young people did the wrong thing, and deserve punishment but not what has been dished out to them. But of course if this was one of their children or a politician’s child would they tell the Bali Police? Of course they wouldn’t, one set of rules for them and one set of rules for the ordinary Australian citizen. I hope they suffer from guilt for the rest of their lives, but somehow I don’t think they will – the AFP don’t have compassion or feeling’s.
I am staggered how Mr Kelty can indicate that the couldn’t speak to Scott Rush prior to his departure. One of the requirements of Police it to PREVENT CRIME, not assist its commission. Maybe the AFP should have a look at the requirements of the other Polices forces in Australia where part of theirmoto is to prevent the commission of a crime. If the police are not allowed to prevent crime, why do we continue with the cost of advertisements warning of the dangers of drinking driving and speeding ,The list goes on and on.
Drugs are wrong and yes they do kill and or harm people however what is the price to put on someone that has been forced (verbally or phyiscally) to carry drugs from one country to another. Life in prison is a incredibly lenghtly sentence – it would be believed that one could learn new ways etc within a few (maybe 20) years.
Now i might be 16 and I might be just a student, but this is my opinion , this is my words.
None of this ‘they should die’ crap! thats bull…
take a look in everyones yard n you’ll see everyone has their shit out to dry – ya’ll shouldnt pass judgement on bali either, its not their fucking fault if people are fucked up, its just our whole human existance which fucks with my brain. ‘he without a sin cast the first stone’ …im no bible basher either shout out to WC- mofo loco man. man for a bunch of intellegant people some of you are pretty stupid
peace out..- for the boyz not the toyz
Chelz
Sad, I believe clearly where the case has any doubt then the person concerned should be sent back to their own country – minus their passport.) In the case of Sharpelle Corby, I believe the evidence was tampered with, security video footage was lost, the whole case is a mess. Whereas the 9 men caught with it strapped to their bodies…well…the evidence is clear who else would put it there and they knew about it.
Sharpelle does not deserve what she has been handed down, someone knows something I hope they are struggling every minute of every day with an unclear conscience..may you rot for letting this young lady go through what is being dished out to her.
I think that the Bali 9 are quite stupid however their lives don’t amount up to their crime.
Capital punishment should not be an option in today’s society as it is injust and cruel. sentencing the Bali 9′s ringleaaders to deah isn’t goign to provide justice. Think about it, all the death sentence is going to do is cause trouble and grief to their loved ones. If you really think about it, they arent the ones who suffer in the long term. It their loved ones who have to pick up after them. A sentence of life in jail seems to justify this act of wrong, however not death. I think that if a person believes in capital punishment, put all four paws on it. Believe all you like in it, however what if were in their position? Would YOU still be believing in capital punishment?
I think the Bali nine should have received the death penalty… They were caught in Bali, Bali laws! Its ridiculous that they’ve received life, although i am glad that they’re not serving their time in Australia, thats just what tax payers need to be funding a lot of fuck wits who attempt to traffick drugs. They should all be shot, theyve commited a crime and the fact that they havent received the death penalty only makes the legal system look soft.
Schapelle Corby… to prove whether she’s innocent all that they need to have provided was the bag weight when she checked her lugguage… its all a big cover up and it sucks that she has to serve time over something where there is no hard evidence that shes guilty.
waz zup to all you people
have you people even thought about how the indonesians treated OTHER people with drug offences? there was a mexican women who smuggled about 15kg of marijuana/cocaine and she only recieved SEVEN years of imprisonment! IT’S REDICULOUS! and also another man who smuggled 5.4kg of marijuana recieved only a 5 year imprisonment! i mean what the hell is that!? indonesia is crap! i’m sure they have people who smuggle drugs to otoher countries and yet they do absolutely NOTHING to them! they don’t give them a life sentence, they don’t sentence to death! it’s so stupid! we should have had the trial in AUSTRALIA!
AND ANYWAY.. IT’S NOT LIKE THEY KILLED ANYONE! ITS STUPID i mean even a MURDERER might get less years SENTENCED THEN WHAT THEY GOT!
let them hang
they have done this before,they knew the penalty.
will they sell the seats for the execution
let them hang
they have done this before,they knew the penalty.
will they sell the seats for the execution
Yeh dof they are actually selling seats this time around because of all the adverse publicity this case as attracted. Please send payment to…me…and I will make sure you have a front row seat. Cost is US$100 000. But hurry they are selling fast.
And if you book withing the next 2 hours you will recieve at no extra cost…a bucket bong.
yes please sebastian I will take 11 tickets as my friends want to be there to.
Do you do group discounts!
yeh but you miss out on the bucket bong…perhaps shapelle can supply the pot for the execution.
well reading some of these comments its rather funny
point go to the guy who just wants to bomb bali lol
but violence isnt the answer
ok im 15 right
and i have seen way more drugs then i ever thought i would
i dont do drugs but a fue of my best mates do
with the bali nine did anyone no that scoot one of them
his parents called for help about him because he was changeing from the beuatiful boy they rased evan though the AFP new of scott they still alowed himthough to bali fully aware of the punishment on the other side
now i no its not the police falt they had heroin starped to them but if they cared woodnt they have stoped them
and to all the races people bagging austraila
i woont want to be born in anyonther countrey the people here r kind and givin
yer so we have fue ass holes but who was it that came to balis side when they where bombed
or any problem they have so shut your traps
im proud to be aussi
this is serious…..
i mean drugs can kill people …
and can be used for a VERY BAD purpose !!!
i seriously think that they should be punished !!!!
okay fair enough that they knew what they were doing and they were bringing drugs into australia to destroy many australians lives, and ofcourse they should be punished for it, but for the australian government to let them go to bali and try and carry through with the plans when they knew what was going on the whole time and not stop them before they left australia is just wrong. they knew what those boys and girl were doing, and yet the let them go to Bali knowing just how harsh their penalties are for drug carriers. those boys are continually getting raped and have been sent to hospital to get stitched up. now would you like that to happen to you? or your family member. ofcourse not, so stop being so effing disrespectful. im not saying that they should go unpunished, but they should atleast be allowed to spend their sentence in australia in better jail conditions and closer to their family. for gods sake a couple of them are only 18. they are only boys, and they did a silly thing. they probly thought it was easy money and didnt think before they acted.
ok cassie…read ur first sentence and then read ur last one…doesnt sound like you know what you are trying to say. My tax dollars (of which there are thousands) are better off NOT paying for them all to sit up in some aussie jail. KEEP THEM IN BALI.
The Bali 9 should have been shot – what a waste of space, money and a beautiful islands’ tourism prospects.
Schapelle, she got what she deserved.
i think the Bali Nine are innocent just caught up by the people who made them commit this horrible crime. I mean it was not there fault the just thought ok yeah there is a free trip to bali but they didnt know it would be for smuggling drugs anyway. They should not be sentenced and they should be sent home because they did not commit the crime they were forced to by the people who made them do it in the first place.
Or if they did not carry out the crime there family would be suffering the consequences. This was mearly just a bribe so that is why they carried out this task they did not choose to do it they were forced to by those horrible pepole.
FREE THE BALI NINE THE ARE INNOCENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Naomi – what planet are you living on?
A free trip to Bali, you must be joking – would you would believe anyone offering you free trip, especially if you only knew them from a nightclub….I think not.
If I’m incorrect here, I apologise for your stupidity in advance.
Shoot the Bali Nine – they are not innocent!
Naomi. Are you saying that if the Bali 9 didn’t get caught and managed to get the herion to Aus that they would have felt guilty and went and reported the crime to the police? Get real they knew what they were doing as they had drugs taped onto their bodies. It is load of crap to think that their famlies were going to get hurt. These were small time drug importers. It is far easier to trnsport the drugs with less risk by shipping them.
Rich is not RICH, just FYI…..
So when are we going to hear about the outcomes of the appeals for those on death row, and also if found guilty (again) how long would it take roughly before they get shot?
Can anyone answer this?
The time is now – “Moloko”
the bali nine are idiots they deserve what they get. they went into the country and understand that they have to obide by the rules and if not suffer their governments consequences….you fools!
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