How laws work

How laws work

This is in response to the debate about death penalties for
drug offenders and distribution of money to the poor.

The only laws that work in Indonesia are
the simple ones. Giving money to the poor, after the higher
prices, is extremely complicated and will never work. It will
only provoke violence, crime and corruption.

Death penalties for selling, buying or using drugs are simple
and work perfectly, people are found guilty everyday and thrown
in jail for as long as possible. It is smoother and flawless,
even compared to Taufik Hidayat's fantastic badminton skills.
Hell, if the police can prove you were in the room with a drug
user, you will be in trouble! Much easier to prove for the
police, than for a poor person to prove he needs money.

Western countries (read, Aussies) are outraged by this way of
punishing drug offenders. Western societies are based on a strong
Christian moral, we punish the bad and help the weak. The bad
guys sell drugs, the weak guys use drugs. We believe that if you
treat people like criminals, they become criminals.

PETER BERNT

Jakarta