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Hicks sees a new dawn : Comments

By Edwina MacDonald and George Williams, published 29/3/2007

How is that the US and Australia have turned someone who received terrorist training and enlisted with the Taliban into a popular hero?

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I don't think David Hicks is anybodies hero, at the very best he has been very stupid. In all the material that I have heard or read he has not hurt any individual. Nobody deserves to be treated in the way he has, regardless of what they have done.
He has pleaded guilty to supporting terrorism but under the circumstances that is no surprise, he virtually had no choice.

David Hicks has been gagged in relation to how he has been treated; it amounts to an admission by the US Military Kangaroo Court system that he has been treated in an abhorrent manner
Posted by ant, Sunday, 1 April 2007 3:29:24 PM
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Hicks could be held to end of hostilities.
From all reports the war continues.

So what else is there to argue about ?
No trial was needed. Beats me why they bothered with a trial.
POWs were held for 6 years up to 1945.
Some of the people compared the US to Hitler Mussolini and Stalin.
I suggest you look to see how long Stalin held POWs.
Try up to 20 years AFTER the war.
So don't shout at us calling us idiots. A little contemplation of your
own attitude may help you to understand.
Posted by Bazz, Monday, 2 April 2007 5:11:08 PM
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It certainly raises some interesting dilemma's for our society. David Hicks has become the pin up boy for the press and media generally. In doing so they are exercising a freedom of speech which is a foundation of our society. It has caused great concern here but hardly rated a mention in the US. The US population have accepted that in fighting the asymmentric tactics of terrorism, certain personal freedoms will have to be compromised; Australians haven't accepted that requirement. David Hicks raises the fundamental question of whether we change our institutions to protect them or whether we adhere to these institutions / values and possibly compromise our ability to defend againts the asymmetric threat of terrorism. Only time will tell which course the electorate will take but for the time being, all Australian governments are on notice, that they should not erode our institutions as a responce to this ill defined threat - not yet anyway.
Posted by Netab, Sunday, 8 April 2007 12:56:43 PM
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