Goodness I am befuddled this morning, I have a doubt in my mind about Tony Abbott's real intention with his making note of the support we provided Indonesia after the horrific Tsunami's ...
I know he delivered the message in a manner that seemed to do injustice to what I think he may have been trying to articulate.
The more I consider his comments the more I come to believe that the point he was attempting to make wasn't that we were threatening to withdraw future support but our immense capacity to show Mercy to Indonesia through both our hands on response and actions and through financial aid.
Therefore he was trying to convey the message to the Indonesian President that in the situation facing those the Indonesian president intends to legally murder, he was simply asking they show the same degree of mercy that we did as a Nation for them when their people needed it so desperately.
Although a message best delivered by Julie Bishop MP
Any one else got a perspective on this issue? I'm not an Abbott fan in any way, but I'd hate to think the media were merely trying to discredit him for domestic political purposes by misrepresenting or skewing his remarks, when the lives of not only 2 young Australians but 9 others are in the balance?
I also keep thinking back to the first group that were legally murdered this year and shudder, not only for the fact they lost their lives, but for their families and friends who will undoubtedly suffer from some degree of PTSD as a result of the way in which their loved one died, and who will have that PTSD triggered every time the Death Penalty issue is raised in the media or discussed within earshot of them.
On a slightly different issue, I'm aghast at those who continually call for the Death Penalty in Australia for Paedophiles ... really? You want to kill a paedophile but not a drug trafficker? You believe in the sanctity of life but only when it suits you?
You can't have a position on the Death Penalty/Capital Punishment then decide to put riders in place!
No one, no matter how evil or destructive they are as a human being should EVER be killed.
Rather than indulging ourselves with more than what we need to survive we should be throwing resources at solutions to the problems human beings face, killing people doesn't stop us hurting each other - history is overflowing with examples of this fact.
In fact killing people is merely the lazy way out and actually demonstrates a lack of compassion and understanding of the bigger picture!
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