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It does happen.

Your attitude is the exact reason that women are preferred as drug mules, because they may be overlooked due to some idealistic notion that a young woman would/could not be a drug mule.
You're right. It is entirely unacceptable. It's downright cruel and I'm not going to argue against you on that point. Good luck convincing a nation to go to war over it though.

Of course I would, as would anyone, but that doesn't mean the nation should. No offense, but saying "if it was your relation" is always a weak argument because whenever it comes to family, people will almost always put logic aside for emotional reactions.


This thread reminds me of a bit by Eddie Izzard:
“Pol Pot killed one point seven million Cambodians, died under house
arrest, well done there. Stalin killed many millions, died in his bed, aged
seventy-two, well done indeed. And the reason we let them get away with it
is they killed their own people. And we're sort of fine with that. Hitler
killed people next door. Oh, stupid man. After a couple of years we won't
stand for that, will we?”

My point being, all of this outrage and emotion over this one girl, but who gives a shit about all of the others who have died, right?

Something should be done, but it will be done diplomatically and will only affect her. Nothing will change there though.

I think Baraka hit this one on the head.

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