Corby sentence<\/p>\n
I have been ruminating on the Corby case for weeks, like an
\nold cow, jaws firmly chewing; the flavor of it troubling me, and
\nthis is why.<\/p>\n
I lived in Bali for many years. Taking marijuana to Bali was
\nlike taking carved cats to Bali or batik to Java ... why would
\nyou as there is so much there? A lot of young tourists go to Bali
\nto get a stash, hang out, smoke and watch the sunsets, and maybe
\nget laid after a night at a club.<\/p>\n
Corby had been to Bali before, so she would know that. The
\nnext thing is that she is a good working class girl ... her mum
\nand dad are larger mulut keras (stiff upper lips) types, found
\nroaming the outer suburbs. The sort of money that it would take
\nto buy a bag of ganja that big would not be under her mattress.
\nMost working class Australians struggle to survive, much less to
\nstack ganja on a plane.<\/p>\n
Her job as a beautician in Australia puts her in the
\nstruggling classes, her trip to Bali exhausting her bank account.
\nA bag that size would have cost thousands. The tiny amount I used
\nto control radiation induced nausea, when conventional medicine
\nfailed, costs US$50 and that was enough to fill a tablespoon.<\/p>\n
Sure she could have borrowed money, but see above as to why
\nthat would have been a silly thing to do. That too doesn't make
\nsense.<\/p>\n
Remember ganja started on its road to illegality when the U.S.
\nbanned it so that Indian fiber hemp would not get into the U.S.
\nmarket. The U.S. was competing with India for the world's cotton
\ntrade. It's far less toxic than tobacco which is one of the few
\ndrugs that kills its subjects if used as prescribed. Marijuana
\ndoes not do that.<\/p>\n
Lets hope that rationality and not muscle-flexing prevails.
\nWhen men are killing each other in Iraq (and in Grogol, Jakarta,
\nand Aceh) and getting away with it, it is also irrational that a
\nwoman gets death or even life for a set-up that involves pot
\nplants.<\/p>\n
MELODY KEMP, Vientiane, Laos<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/corby-sentence-1447899208", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }