If Hicks is serious about his muslim religion why did he fight to come back to a western country? He could have served his time out in some prison in a muslim country. I'm sure they would have been happy to take him if the government had offered them the $500,000 it took to bring him home, even Indonesia. Because he knows that Western prisons are quite clean and humane compared to prisons in the Muslim world. In other words he wants to be a muslim living under Western laws and conditions.

Like all these disgruntled Westerners who constantly scorn their own culture. If ever it really comes down to a serious choice which culture do they prefer to live under. I hope David has learnt this over the last five years and gained some wisdom this would be the best outcome from this whole scenario. The getting of wisdom.

The media is obsessed with rating, viewing and advertising revenue and hence the obsession with any contraversial topics and characters that sell": Hicks, Hilaly, Paris Hilton, Corby, Big brother.

I think its the commercialisation dilemma that tempts few to move away from socially responsible media.