Nov 20, 2017
Imagine Loki witnessing your execution and that being one of the reasons why he turns so dark.
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Imagine Loki witnessing your execution and that being one of the reasons why he turns so dark.
You might think that small companies are different from large companies. They are not. https://medium.com/words-worth-wows/you-might-think-that-small-companies-are-different-from-large-companies-they-are-not-1974cc87e644 https://medium.com/words-worth-wows
You might think that small companies are different from large companies. They are not. https://medium.com/words-worth-wows/you-might-think-that-small-companies-are-different-from-large-companies-they-are-not-1974cc87e644 https://medium.com/words-worth-wows
A. A. Dickson Captain, 2/7th Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters ‘A Duty to Execute’, ( This is Captain Arthur Annan Dickson of the Sherwood Foresters Regiment. It is the only known photo…
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Ara? Ara? | Juliabot | Vote Tally
“Ah much as you all tried to vote for yourself, it still wasn’t enough to not execute the poor potato boy, you know? They aren’t counted collectively you know. Even if just two people voted for poor Aden, as long as those two voted weren’t outnumbered on one person, he would still die~! Because defaulting and voting for yourself dooon’t count~! Kyahahaha!”
Juliabot skips over, and ruffles the little blue wearing girl’s hair, and raises that mic of hers.
“Let the execution begin! Aden, murderer of Ritsuka and Huang Yi, die already! We’ll be seeing you so so soon, so lets get this over with, ne...? Ne?”
The Execution of Two Australians in Indonesia: It's not black and white
By Bridget Harilaou and Shiran Illanperuma
Contrary to Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop’s opinion, boycotting Indonesia is not a constructive way to engage with its decision to execute Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran on drug-related charges. It simply contributes to the stigmatisation of ordinary Indonesian citizens who have little to do with such a global and complex issue. It also denies economic resources to a developing nation as well as stifling cultural exchange with our closest neighbour.
The mass media outcry against the detention and execution of Australian nationals by the Indonesian government is an issue coloured by prejudice, Western arrogance, and good old fashioned hypocrisy. While the death sentence should rightly be condemned as an unacceptable form of punishment, it makes no sense to equate this law with Indonesian people and allow that to affect your travel destination choices. Further, it is suspicious that our own indignant media and civil society is comparatively silent on atrocities committed by the Australian state, including the detention of refugees in inhumane conditions and the systematic killings of Indigenous peoples in custody.
What is most evident in the Australian media outcry against the execution of Chan and Sukumaran is that some lives are fundamentally considered to be more valuable than others. The sentencing of two Australian nationals who broke a sovereign nation’s laws and therefore must serve the sentence, is somehow more worthy of public outrage than the boatfuls of persecuted people fleeing their homelands only to be locked up in horrific prisons.
It is narrow-minded to centre the conversation on Indonesia’s anti-drug policies and use of the death penalty. Deeper questions need to be asked. Where did these laws come from, and what was the influence of Western states like the US who aggressively pursued (and continue to pursue) 'The War On Drugs'? Who created an unequal system in which Western suburb migrant adolescents have a lack of access to education and employment, fostering involvement in drug-trafficking and gangs? What political systems contribute to masculinism in politics and the need for leaders like Joko Widodo to be seen as 'hardline' in order to maintain respect? What role did the Australian Federal Police play, when they turned Sukumaran and Chan in? What are all the factors we ignore when we want to blame one country, one law and one race of people?
This issue is not black and white, but even as strong believers in anti-death-penalty laws, the way Indonesia is being portrayed in Australian media is clearly racist, Western propaganda. It posits the West as an enlightened self-righteous, more-democratic-than-thou White saviour. It erases that our human rights track record (of Aboriginal genocide, the Stolen Generation, the Northern Territory Intervention, Mandatory Detention and child abuse on Manus Island) is not any better. Lastly, the fact that no media sources bother to interview or talk to Indonesian citizens, and the average Australian is so quick to call Indonesia backwards and barbaric, reveals a huge communication gap and complete lack of understanding.
This is a complex and tragic situation, but demonising Indonesia and avoiding it in your travels is not going to have any positive effects.
The last state in the US that determined the electric chair to be "Cruel and unusual" was Nebraska.
I can't believe I live in Nebraska.