Which is what happened, this morning, according to the news …
British man, Akmal Shaikh, was executed by lethal injection, the Chinese government, on drug smuggling charges.
And I’m feeling fairly mixed.
On the one hand, the death sentence is one of those emotional things: one with both supporters, and people against it.
I’m with the latter, on the whole: I don’t believe two wrongs make a right.
And, in this case, what makes it worse is that Mr Shaikh has a serious form of Bipolar Disorder, what used to be called Manic Depression.
No, I’m not condoning China’s execution of a very vulnerable person.
But I am wondering if anyone’s thought to also condemn the criminals who — whoever and where-ever they are — who are equally complicit it Akmal Shaikh’s death by government.
Just a thought.
I do feel sorry for his family, but if he was that poorly, if you can use that phrase for a bi polar sufferer, perhaps his family should have kept a more watchful eye on him.
ReplyDeleteYes the Chinese Gov. should have done more to find out who exploited him, and then given them the same treatment, but that doesn't seem to be how they work, " someone has been punished, now we wash our hands".