Friday 6am.

If things go as planned on friday morning a young australian will hang for drug trafficking. His reasons, rationale whatever mean nothing at this point. All that matters is that state sanctioned murder will be carried out. I am not in favour of the death penalty, not by half. i used to be but no more. My reasons can be found in some of my earlier post.
Right now in this issue there is a question of Sovereignty.
It is the right of any governement to enact laws that it sees fit. In a republic such as ours where WE do not govern but elect the people who do, we sign away the right to govern at the ballot box. And for 4 or 5 years we live with the descion of the majority untill the next election.Our government has seen fit to continue with this form of punishment so we must live with it until the next election when we can choose to use our vote to make a difference. For people in other countries to sit there and say this not not how a first world nation should behave is laughable. By what divine right do they sit in judgement on our laws and our nation. In 46yrs we have hung more than 800 people, since 1979 the US has executed 999 people. First world, superpower, policeman of the world, and does its little sidekick Australia say we are following some barbarian nation around like a puppy dog? Hell no. John Howard put it in perspective when he said " i do not agree with the death penalty but it would be hard to expect the Singaporean government not to execute this man when they do it to their own people"
By preaching or talking down to us they ownly strengthen the reslove of the government to stick to its guns.
Maybe some day we will change the law, and maybe it was going to be now...but these guys have ruined it, havent they.
So on friday, spare a thought not for a guilty man who is no hero in this equation but for a mother as she lives the cruel death of her son.