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Originally Posted by Strange Famous
Of course gender is a part of the issue. This is not a hardened drug trafficker we are talking about, its a 20 year old girl. doesnt that mean anything to you?
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Logically, that she's a female implies it's easier for her to get away with crime because of the perceived innocence of female youth. Emotionally, I don't want harm to come to a young woman with child. Realistically, she's up on drug charges, and it doesn't matter whether she is lacking a Y chromosome. If she were male, I wouldn't want her to face this fate.
This isn't a gender issue unless you want to make it a human rights issue concerning the allegations of abuse and her being with child. Otherwise, it doesn't matter. Males aren't any more expendable than females, nor are females incapable of committing serious drug crimes. They are actually prime candidates for trafficking.
Do we even know enough details on her case?
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Yes, we should ask Laos nicely by all means, and even consider bribing them - but any discussion should take place clearly with a big club in our fist that is very visible to them.
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So sabre-rattling?
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What is the point of being a (relatively) powerful nation if you are to stand by and watch a young girl from Britain be gunned down like an animal? ALL the means of the British state should be employed to protect the lives of British citizens.
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Then she should be extradited and charged to the full extent of British law.
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Originally Posted by timalkin
I'd like to make sure she had a fair trial. If she did indeed smuggle heroin into Laos, oh well. She can't be too smart. What is it they say about survival of the fittest?
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I'd like to know whether there is credible evidence.
About "survival of the fittest": most people misuse and/or misunderstand the term. She's pregnant, which means she's fertile. This is a strong case for her being "fit." There are, of course, other factors. Did you mean this in an evolutionary sense or a philosophical one?