More than half (57 percent) of Australians believe that if an Australian citizen is convicted of trafficking drugs in a country where the death penalty applies, it should be carried out. 'It's their country, and if they choose to make those rules we should be prepared to travel under those rules," one respondent said.
Fair enough. All that means is that I will never travel to those countries. I've never taken drugs once in my life, but I can't abide a place where the line between life and death is so narrowly drawn. Forget it. CNN.com - Asia's 'grim view on drug crime' - Dec 1, 2005 |