Micael Loic Blanc, a French citizen, is serving a life sentence for trafficking in Marijuana hashish, so the sentence given to Schapelle Corby is in line with what could reasonably be expected under Indonesian law.

The reason why I am annoyed is the massive disparity in the media coverage given to Schapelle compared to that given to other Australians sentenced to death for drug trafficking.

You can argue that Schapelle’s sentence is out of proportion to what she might have received for the same crime in Australia, but wouldn’t you then have to argue against the death penalty which doesn’t even exist here?

All the people you think we’re ignoring were charged with smuggling heroin - the drug that kills people through overdoses and AIDS and that can cause acute physical addiction from the first ‘hit’.

Schapelle on the other hand was charged with importing marijuana - the recreational drug that is about as dangerous as cigarettes or alcohol, has been tried by a third of Australians and has minimal addictive properties.

So if you know of other Australians at risk of a death sentence for marijuana offences that we are ignoring, I’ll have another think about your argument.

Meanwhile I’ll go on thinking that you’re annoyed because other people are concered about somebody you can’t be bothered to care about and are looking for some reason to disparage the people that do care as an excuse for your own indifference.

Having said that though, I do applaud you for your concern over the heroin smugglers and I look forward to hearing more of your desperate efforts to help them.