Andrew Bolt in the Herald Sun notes that many Australians cheered when the Bali bombers were finally executed. Why, then, is their government leading a drive to ban all executions worldwide?

We may well argue that the death penalty shouldn't be imposed so lightly or freely, but to ban all executions everywhere is not especially humane - or a decision that's ours to make or impose.

Some countries are battling such threats and such monsters that they cannot afford to be as delicate as we can, far away in our suburban safety.