The picture of Bali execution as it is presented makes a recipe for a horrific scene of exhortation by some of the witnesses expressing their exhortation at the extermination of ‘terrorists’. One is reminded of medieval practice of public trials, a bygone cult in a civilized era of democratic system of justice. The sight of kissing at each other ostensibly by White sojourners at the pleasure of seeing the terrorists killed is a combination of virile insensitivity and preserve othering of the native and the culturally different. As the identity of the terrorists presumably is Islamist (namely, Imam Samudra, Amrozi Nurhasyim and Ali Ghufron), presentation of this horrific sight in India only helps stereotyping the community. Bali, being a province lacking a healthy inter-ethnic and inter-cultural relations and Indonesia without having a not so developed liberal system of justice, it is dangerous to present the scene of execution without depicting the arguments about the ill-effects of summary execution and capital punishment. Such a scene encourages extreme rightists and leftists who advocate ‘judicial murder’ of the guilty.

In a country like India, where we are looking for an improved inter-community relations and democratic negotiations of the communal perspective of counter-terror mechanism, the Bali scene enhanced the possibility of mindless counter-terror advocacy and promotes biases against ethnic, religious and cultural minorities. It is ironical that the outcomes of legal proceedings are influenced by cultural and religious biases, which becomes unbridled in the face of a supposed identity between terror and Islam.

What is most abominable is the sight of ‘kissing’ by partying bules as if perpetrating torture and cruelty can be celebrated in a place like Indonesia.

By the way I am Australian but more important I’m a human being.
I not saying treat these prisoners be treated with kid gloves but as I said “You shall not kill” is a complete commandment supposedly from God. Not you will not kill nice people, not you will only kill certain people and not kill the killers. Its simple “You shall not kill.”
I feel for the families of the victims but my mother died when I was eighteen so I know what it is like to loose someone who should have lots more life.
As for this phrase “closure” its just a buzz word. The families will not get closure from the death of three religious fanatics. More people die when other use religion as an excuse than have died all the no religious wars.

Many people have quoted to me that lethal injection is a humane way of execution. The hole in this argument for me is that once a group of people decide execution is the answer that in itself is in inhumane ergo anything that follows cannot be considered humane.

The death penalty is uncivilised. It has evolved from human sacrifice and is carried out for the same reason that is for the “good” of a society. Think about it.
Others, notably Judaic Christian people misquote the old testament e.g. an eye for an eye, etc. this in fact a complete misunderstanding where this set limits rather than being a guide to be taken further. This interpretation is only now being recognised by old testament scholars. Why else would their god have given them an ultimate set of ten laws one of which is “you shall not kill”. There is no exceptions to this it is a statement easily understood by the least scholarly person.
The whole point is if we are to be civilised we can’t pick and choose. If others want to act in an uncivilised way that is no excuse for us to support a degradation into uncivilised actions.