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It's interesting you mentioned that. I'm backpacking around Europe right now (doing the whole digital nomad thing) and every Australian I've met has had zero sy
by pvnick 12y ago
It's interesting you mentioned that. I'm backpacking around Europe right now (doing the whole digital nomad thing) and every Australian I've met has had zero sympathy for those guys who got caught in Indonesia. Could it be that the political pressure simply isn't there? It's also entirely possible that widespread opinion is much more diverse than the sunset of the population I've met while in Europe.
- satori99 12y agoI would say the opposite based on all the people of I have spoken to about it in Sydney over the last month or so. Noone is saying they shouldn't be punished for their crime, but all indications are that the two Australians currently on death row in Indonesia have been genuinely reformed during their decade in prison. One is now a pastor, and the other has completed a fine arts degree. And many of their fellow prisoners speak highly of them. Some Indonesian prisoners have even offered to be killed in their place. I think the outrage about their imminient executions is due to the fact that Indonesia is about to execute two men who have shown they can both be valuable members of society. The Australian government is now offering to pay the costs of keeping them in prison for life, but I doubt that will have any sway with the Indonesian government.