Decius wrote:
] However, it is absolutely clear that pot smugglers from
] Austrailia are not funding military juntas in Myanmar, and it
] is stupid for these countries to hold them to the same legal
] standard. This individual is a media darling because she is a
] pretty girl, but the outrage surrounding her is probably
] outrage that would have been justified for the hundreds of not
] so pretty Austrailians who've been the victims of this
] problem.

I fully agree that the penalties for pot over there are downright insane, but lets keep one thing in mind.. This was clearly an amount of weed not intended for personal use, or even use within a large circle of friends. This was 9 pounds. That's no small amount. This was intended for distribution on a large scale. I did a few quick calculations (more like guess work), and that's enough to be able to get every visitor of the MemeStreams main page stoned for about 4 or 5 days. US street value in the neighborhood of $20,000. I have trouble picturing anything you'd smuggle in that amount and not result in a pretty hefty sentence.

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