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Read this. And think. Cuz this will be long, ok?

Corby the real priority (mX Monday, 6 April 2005)
I feel that an innocent woman is overseas in Bali when she should be home with her family.

That woman is Schapelle Corby and I think our prime minister should have Alexander Downer pull his weight and do his job properly.

I would like to see him visit Bali and negotiate extra time for Corby to present her case thoroughly and for Downer to negotiate with the Indonesian Government a fair and just contract to spare her life.

Especially at the moment in light of new evidence presented by John Ford.
I would also like to see Downer giving more support to Corby and her family.
It seems to me hat she is not on his list of priorities, when this should be treated as a case of extreme urgency.

One does not expect that you could potentially lose you life or be imprisoned for the remainder of it by going on an overseas holiday.

It could be an option for the government to introduce legislation or some ruling that specifies the weight of all luggage checked in.
After luggage has been weighed and confirmed by airline and passenger, the weight should be printed on a boarding pass.

This will prove any instances of baggage tampering during transit.
It doesn’t appear that Indonesians look after Australians, yet it seems Australians are forever looking after Indonesians, e.g. tsunami appeals, Bali bombings, East Timor riots.

Please email Mr. Howard to do something to spare a young Australia’s life as this could happen to me.
The more people who email the PM (www.pm.gov.au/email.cfm) the better chance Corby has.

--Lauren, Mulgrave—

And my thoughts after reading this letter you may ask?

Poor the stupid woman with her shallow mind.
First off, she was giving this good advice about printing the baggage weight on the boarding pass. A good idea indeed.

But how come right after that all she was talking about the badness about Indonesian?
I am greatly offended with her statement saying that Indonesians seem never look after Australian? Who are Australians by the way (and forgive me for generalizing here), asking for a nanny?

She even mentioned sumtin about the tsunami. Who on this earth could possibly imagine what would happen at that time? I mean, it could be happen ANYWHERE in this world, right? Not that Indonesians asked for the tsunami, so that we can be helped by the whole nations in this world? And what does that have to do with East Timor riots, you meddler?

Now Ms.-Too-In-Love-With-Australia, you better go outside, see the world, and you’d realize that this world is not made by and for Australians only.


Let law take its course (mX Wednesday, 8 April 2005)
I feel I must take offence at Lauren’s letter (mX, Monday) on three points.
Firstly, our government’s response to Schapelle Corby’s situation. One thing they cannot do is stomp over the Indonesian people’s sense of justice.
The trial must be allowed to run its course, regardless of the outcomes, as that is what we would expect if an Indonesian were charged in our country.

Secondly, what does East Timor have to do with the Corby case? East Timor is a classic case of the Australian Government sticking its nose into something where it’s not wanted.

Finally, the tsunami donations. Do we feel that our donations are meant to buy the freedom of our citizens? Do we have such scant respect for our neighbours?
If it had been an Indonesian caught at Tullamarine with 4.1 kg of drugs, we would all be singing the praises of the Australian authorities.

--Greg, Ripponlea--


HA! At least someone gets my point! Well said, well done. Go Greg, hurraaah!

geesh i know this is a so biased opinion by me, but oh what the hell. want a much harsher comment on this subject matter? hop on this!