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January 01, 2007
It's a cynical take on our federal politicians isn't, highlighting the gap between rhetoric and reality as we move into 2007 and a federal election. The more things change the more they remain the same. Still, 16 seats is all that it takes for the ALP to win the election.
Allan Moir
What is i missing grom the cartoon is the ruthlessness of the politically successful. An example ist the continued detention of David Hicks at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba erodes the very rights and freedoms that the Australian government says it is defending in the war on terrorism.
The accusations against Hicks are based on association, and for this he has been incarcerated for 5 years. Doesn't this undermine a bedrock of our system of justice? --that the evidence against Hicks be presented in a public hearing in a recognized court so that the claims against him can be tested, so that a jury can convict or acquit.
As things currently stand, Hicks has no prospect of being tried in a proper court.
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I must admit that I have long felt sad for Hick's plight and his Fathers too.
Yes there is no doubt to his Guilt and his Stupidity. But, He didn't kill anybody to mine or anybody elses knowledge.
It is a sad fact that Australia as all other countries do and have trained many people to use weapons and kill. A lot of these people sit in the average to lower spectrum of intelligence levels.
I have suspected for a while that Hicks is being used as a visible deterrent to these serving and retired personel...Not to even think about changing teams.