Do not forget the context.

[catsidhe]

His ‘crime’, remember — the only thing they could hang on him after twelve hours of questioning and two weeks of turning his life over with a fine-tooth-comb — was that he gave a SIM card, worthless to him, to his cousin a year ago. And as Julian Burnside points out, there are several layers of the betrayal of the presumption of innocence. He is to be imprisoned under the severest of conditions for an otherwise innocent act in another country to a person whose own guilt has been presumed. (Remember, technically, he is not guilty until a judge has found him so.)



This is neither the action of a rational executive, nor a sign of a free country.

If you're not angry, you are part of the problem.

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Re: ... and you accuse *me* of ignorance...

[last-servant.livejournal.com]

None of this was necessary, you know. The laws have been well and truly written that he could have been disappeared instantly, and any public coverage would have been itself illegal. They didn't. They could have convinced a magistrate that Haneef is a clear and present danger. They couldn't.

Point conceded.

1) Sorry, was stuck in US mindset. (I wonder if your government secretly executes people, though. Hmmmm.)

2) Must be my inherit "terrorist-KILL" reaction.

3)Rhetorical hyperbole, my good friend.

Re: ... and you accuse *me* of ignorance...

[(Anonymous)]

I wonder if your government secretly executes people

If such people manage to get nearby they will exile them into desolate lands, or preferably onto tiny portions of sand girt by sea (and lots of it).

It's much easier, though, to let the US be the bully on their behalf *hick hick*

If the people are so removed on some foreign soil, they prefer to hide behind the ignorance of the Australian media. After all, who watches the news on SBS? (not that it matters, since they just give us US & UK stories that say nothing about Australia's involvement in foreign wars anyway).

- mpp