In Reply to: Some people are just rude posted by bel_bel on Wednesday, 31. August 2005 at 07:16 Bali Time:
I haven't had any problems with my work mates when I tell them, they are like "oh cool, i want to go overseas" but its family that have the problem "oh, i don't want you to go to Bali" "its so dangerous", some people think that what the media is saying is 100% correct, they seem to fail to mention that 4 locals also got caught with Michelle Lee. Drugs happen here as well and yet there isn't a big deal made out of it, the only difference is that Indonesia has tougher laws, tougher laws that we should consider bringing in as drugs are killing thousands of Australians every year. What annoys me also is when Australians have a go at how corrupt the Indonesian Justice System is. In reality, Australia has a shocking justice system as well, our justice system lets rapist walk the streets within 2 years, you just had to watch '60 Minutes' on Sunday night to have seen a good example of our unfair justice system.