Wall of Mouths

Done.

He has written a letter but more influence is needed at this urgent time. Whether public influence works or not we need to put pressure on our government to help, after all it COULD help! It only takes a minute and could, or could not, save a man’s life. It could work. Please do not dismiss!
China is a member of the UN. Member States have pledged themselves to achieve, in co-operation with the United Nations, the promotion of universal respect for and observance of human rights and fundamental freedoms.
The death penalty is a violation of two fundamental human rights, as laid down in Articles 3 and 5 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights:
the right to life, and
the right not to be tortured or subject to any cruel, inhuman or degrading punishment

We cannot sit back and do nothing! The government have secured clemency before for other Brits facing the death penalty so there is hope.

Sorry for getting all political, I don’t do it very often, but I feel very strongly about this.

Thanks to those who have signed the petition.

Tubthumper wrote:

I would imagine that the PM has already spoken to the Chinese,

Of course he will have done, but there is a bit of a difference between saying “I’m Gordon Brown and I’d like you to do something” and saying “The British people are outraged and I have received several million requests to intervene”.

You say that China has always had it’s own way of doing things, of course it has - so has every nation, but they have gone through a major cultural revolution and there are many millions of young chinese people still quietly fighting for the same basic human rights that the western world take for granted. The Chinese have an appalling record, and if the British can’t be arsed to make their feelings known even when we are talking about the life of one of our own citizens then we are missing a valuable opportunity to, at the very least, embarrass the hell out of the Chinese government. The young people of China need this to be publicised and condemned just as much as we do.

I wouldn’t be in the least bit surprised if the Chinese have absolutely no intention of carrying out this execution - they are far more likely hoping for an opportunity to show how beneficient they are capable of being. I think they are just after the chance to be seen across the world to have made a humane decision, which will reap them far more political benefits for them than just quietly not executing a British citizen.

On top of all that I think you are misguided if you are prepared to put your faith in Gordon Brown. If you don’t make your opinions known then you have only yourself to blame when you don’t get what you want.

Yeah, I just heard on the radio. I fucked that one up, but not as badly as the Chinese!

When the chinese say they’ve killed someone, I’m quite prone to believe them…

sp wrote:

Maybe it’s a joke and they haven’t really shot him, that way they can appear beneficient and like they’ve got a sense of humour

lol :D How brilliant would that be? Banzai!!!

Couldn’t agree more about Gary McKinnon. Perhaps if we were to launch a full scale nuclear assault on China then America might take us a bit more seriously?

I know I’ll be making some more enemies with this post…

17’000 kids die on an average day due to starvation, and I bet most countries where these children live in are members of the UN. And what do WE do?

I’m sorry for this bloke, but we live in a sick world - always have - and this fact will never change as long as humans live. We will never be part of a so-called better world as it will never exist.

And for Sam: politicians lie, always!

zipless wrote:

And for Sam: politicians lie, always!

Heh heh - this is (formerly) mr self destruct you’re talking to ;-)

^^^

LMFAO

Knowing what a cunt he is, I wouldn’t be surprised if he actually did.

The whole thing reminded me a bit of that TV series Banged Up Abroad.

Non excuse whatsoever for the death penalty but if he was as mentally ill as people claim he was , he shouldn’t have been travelling to the likes of China or Singapore where it’s common knowledge that drug traffickers do everything possible to get others to mule their stash through the customs because the penalties are so severe if you get caught.

Blair?