Schapelle Corby (for Aussies)

I'm angry, lads. Angry! Not because Schapelle Corby is sitting in an Indonesian gaol right now, but because of the Australian reaction to it.

It's the typical story of a girl who goes to Indonesia. Customs finds drugs packed in her bag and haul her in. Indonesia is a country that maintains it's right to execute people who bring drugs in, by the way. She gets her fair trial, judge locks her up for twenty years. There's no evidence either way to suggest whether the drugs were hers or not but the courts made a decision and she has the right of appeal (she's going through with that right now.)

That's not really my concern. Frankly, I'm much more disappointed in the Australian public. For a country that is so against terrorism and senseless violence, I find it very ironic that the first thing some moron does in reaction to the result of the Corby trial is send a packet of anthrax to the Indonesian Embassy. Nice work.

Then there's the people that think it's fair to take back the money they so happily "donated" to the Indonesian people in the immediate aftermath of the tsunami disasters just because they had the audacity to convict a poor Australian girl.

What is happening with the world today?! If you're an Australian who has actually bought all the crap that the media churns out everyday on those cheesy current affair shows and as a result has begun a little crusade to 'Save Schapelle', I'm going to have to ask you to open your eyes to how this incident has snowballed and changed the way Australians see and think about foreign nations like Indonesia.

Feel sorry for her if you want but anything more leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

Hehe, looks like there aren’t many Australians on this forum….

I agree with you on all of your points. I had no idea that people had even THOUGHT of taking the tsunami money back, that’s disgraceful!

As for Corby though, it seems plainly obvious to me that she’s guilty, and if so then she deserves to spend 20 years in prison for the way she’s turned Australians against Indonesia. It may not be all her fault though, this country is fairly intolerant of foreign justice systems, despite how much we preach “multiculturism” and “equality”. The whole matter is just so ridiculous!

To put it simply: She was trialed, she was found guilty and now she’s going to rot for the next 20 years. IMO she hasn’t acted like someone that’s innocent, she’s trying to exploit the tension between the Western world and Asia to get out of a situation that she was stupid enough to get herself into in the first place. Lets not make this worse than we already have….

I can't go anywhere without seeing stuff like "Schapelle Corby" tagged on walls or her picture scrawled on some note and stuck to a wall with a number you can ring. Like the fact some Australian you probably don't even know has gone to prison is going to be traumatic for somebody. And some little man on the street selling biscuits crudely shaped to look like her to try and raise money for her freedom. It makes me laugh.

Anyway, I don't really care about her. I try to ignore anything that's not being forced down my throat about her (but I still haven't managed to totally ignore it all). The radio told me that things like this happen all the time, but we only hear about her because she is young and breasted.

If I was in the position, I wouldn't want the whole country bitching about me.

I personally don't think she did what the Indonesians are accusing her of - and what she went to jail for. Although I do not agree with us taking the Tsunami money back. That truly is disgraceful.

I think the media is trying to shovel thier point of view down our throats - it's all about 'Saving Schapelle' and 'ditching Indonesia'.

I don't think we should punish the Balinese for what the courts decided over there by not going there. I think Australia should get a realistic approach to this.

I'm all for getting Schapelle out of jail and back home - but not for punishing those who have nothing to do with it. But it should be the 'right way'. By getting her appeal lodged and all that. Not by blackmail and bribes.

I disagree with the way the Indonesians work. They target the tourists - they don't seem to target drug dealers who are right under there noses and work from the root of the problem. I agree with the fact that their law and order system really needs to be looked at.

I however, even though I have said what I have said, will never go to Indonesia. Not because I'm punishing the Indonesians or trying to 'save Schapelle'. But because I never want to have to go through what that girl has.