A sombre post for a sombre day

Hello peoples. It's a somber day in Australia following the death penalty being meted out on one of her Citizens. You don't have to be an Australian to feel their pain though. Even coming from a country that enforces this punishment (and thus relatively desensatised to it), it still tears me up to see a mother weep so for her lost child. In that spirit today's post will be introspective and toned down.

Certainly one cannot blame the guy for carrying the drugs. It's easy to believe that he intended well and just made a really bad decision. A lot of people can relate to that as young people are naturally stupid (and a number of old people as well). Yet at the same time we cannot hold the decision by the Singapore government as a bad one because that's the law. The law was clearly known by all parties, and the consequences understood. We should instead ponder why he made this decision knowing the risks. Why were circumstances set so that someone would be pushed into this situation?

Perhaps we need to wonder if God is as benevolent as we make Him out to be.