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Originally Posted by Ella
I think Australians would prefer to see Schapelle had been awarded a fair trial. Were the drugs fingerprinted or DNA tested? The defence team requested this and were denied. Given Australians by and large have a pretty decent sense of justice, I'd say this could be where some of this "vitriol" is coming from.
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several experts, including at least two professors of Law and/or Asian Studies, I've seen interviewed today, she
did get a fair trial.
As I said earlier, I don't think she did it myself. But the upsurge in shameful racist prejudice this trial has generated is a disgrace. Australia likes to paint itself as "the Friendly Country", a beacon of human rights, multi-culturalism and social justice. Recent times has shown it to be anything but.
And I'm not sure why you keep enclosing vitriol in quotation marks, unless it is an attempt to imply the term is not appropriate.
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vit·ri·ol P Pronunciation Key (vtr-l, -l)
n.
See sulfuric acid.
- Any of various sulfates of metals, such as ferrous sulfate, zinc sulfate, or copper sulfate.
- Bitterly abusive feeling or expression.
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This thread itself, let alone the Australian media, is a perfect example.
Mr Mephisto