So what's your solution Julian? I asked you and Batty this and got no reply. Given a choice, would you
a) Punish the carriers because you can't get to the bosses or
b) Let them go free/go easy on them because see (a) above?
I mean, what you're suggesting is utopianism thinking isn't it? They didn't know (yeah) so let them go or go easy on them? You think they haven't at one time or another watched "Banged up abroad" or any of the other dozens of TV shows and films that lay out the dangers of doing this? Of course they knew; if they didn't then they should be locked up somewhere where they won't get to see ... oh wait...
Look I know it's not good to laugh at people being imprisoned but their whole attitude is what landed them here. They thought they'd make some fast money and become folk heroes among their mates, and as CB says had they got away with this they'd have been gloating all over FaceBloodyBook and so on about how clever they were. They're getting what they deserved and you'll find few people who have sympathy for them.
However
This conversation is just going in circles now. You have your ideas of what should have been done, I have mine and for the sake of friendship and maintaining harmony (nice girl, she is! Almost as nice as Melody!)
and not contributing to drama I'll just bow out now and let's all agree to have our own opinions but understand others have different ones. And I'll go back to writing about Marillion, Futurama and preparing for Metal Month!
