Executing a drug dealer, would you do it?

[David Black]

Akmal Shaikh, 53, a father-of-three from London, was executed in China after being convicted of smuggling 4kilos of heroin.

Would you have executed him and if not why?

[David Black]

I would and think if a few in the UK were executed there might be a lot less drug dealers around here.

[B00]

No- just because I couldn't, no matter what the provocation, kill someone.

[tamborine]

depends........how much is 4k heroin worth? The chinese will sell it back to us.

[society]

I cannot kill a fly further more take the life of another human...

[craft1948]

Yes I would..........drug pushers are the scum of the earth and responsible for the majority of crime, as people try to get the money to buy their sh!t........they are the murdering dregs of society...

[society]

i believe they sure will Tambo; after all they make use of every single thing they put their hands on.

[NoMercy]

I explained my feelings on this particular case in this thread:

http://www.theanswerb...s/Question842868.html

[cazzz1975]

I would blast the poppy fields and the drug factories to pieces so they didnt exist and everyone would have to go cold turkey

[NoMercy]

Absolutely, Cazzz. If the Allied Forces have the power to blitz Baghdad, surely they have the power to obliterate the vast crops of poppies that are harvested purely for the manufacture of these evil substances. I hasten to add that I am neither for nor against the execution of drug smugglers, I was just opposed to the execution of Arkmal Shaikh, who was clearly not compus mentus.

[cazzz1975]

sadly too much money involved in peddling drugs for them to destroy it or restrict it for use in making medication

[society]

The Afghans thrive on the poppy fields. It's one of their biggest exports. I recently saw a documentary where kids were labouring in the fields. It was sad and sickening to see how those are exposed to drugs from such a young age.

[cazzz1975]

thats right, they dont force you to buy it, but these guys prey on kids who are down and give them freebies,enough to get them hooked...

[DSJ]

I believe that all who smuggle or deal drugs are potential mass murderers. Yes, I'd execute.

[NoMercy]

Not to mention getting young girls hooked on these drugs, and then forcing them into a life of prostitution.