Poirot,

"Regarding your other posts, they're far too in depth and sophisticated for me to respond immediately - I'll have to spend considerable time in contemplation".

Well said indeed; I enjoyed a good chuckle!

@rehctub

you are right on ... we are quite the laffing stock of this region if not the world
see our behaviour on the Bali 9 issue... what a joke
making the 2 villians out to be saints
and disparaging other nations/cultures with our almighty legal processes and correctness of law (line taken from the epitaph on Poirot's grave)

your posts are always short and to the point
so easy to read... there is no need to contemplate for hours (line taken from ISMISSSS, follower of the late Poirot)

my late mum always said...son...truth is always simple and unadorned
look at who makes long posts... avoid them.

hhh

Dear Platy,

Ah, yes - your mum must have been familiar with
Marcellinus Ammianus who stated:

"The language of truth is unadorned and always
simple."

However, I've found Oscar Wilde's observation
to be more accurate:

"The pure and simple truth is never pure and simple."

LOL Poirot,

There is no comparison between getting wrongly ticketed for a bike and Hicks. Minor and irrelevant, especially where the said bike rider was doing the right thing all along and did not intend otherwise.

From his own words and the photos, Hicks was involved in terrorism. His offence/s are now probably illegal in many countries now that the laws are catching up.

You and your parlour games of 'tit for tat' where your offered exchange is no fitting exchange at all, being always minor and irrelevant.

Where Oh where is Shadow Minister who was so kind and polite as to wear those irrelevancies and stay on the other end of your ping pong table for pages of posts? Although Loudmouth is doing his level best.

Thanks though for providing a timely example of what I was talking about, namely the difficulty the leftists experience where others try to engage them in any discussion of morals. The leftists not having any solid ground where morals are concerned and believing in survival of the opportunist with the most recent glib excuse.

Good afternoon folks...

I wonder if I'll ever get to see in my short (remaining) lifetime some real 'honest to goodness' common sense prevail ? Every fibre in my body screams, that Mr David HICKs has engaged in conduct, whilst in Pakistan and later, Afghanistan, that could only be described as treasonous. Yet because of some US judicial blundering, his original conviction (to which he nodded his head) for 'providing material support for a proscribed terrorist group' has been revoked, apparently because no such indictment actually existed at the time the Military Commission sat ? Or some other similar situation existed.

All of us are aware, to a greater or lesser degree, exactly what our Mr HICKS did, while he was an honoured guest of al Quaeda and others, both in Pakistan and Afghanistan. By all accounts since his arrival back in Australia, he's led a quiet unremarkable lifestyle. The only apparent demands on his time come from attending various speaking engagements, arranged by many of his adoring supporters. I've heard he may seek pre-selection for a vacant seat come the next federal election ? I dunno, rumour maybe, nothing would surprise me.

Coming home form Vietnam nearly 50 years ago, we had to almost 'sneak' into our own country, because our presence might upset somebody ? Yet this treacherous bastard, this maggot is welcomed home, like a returning hero ? And as each year progresses I have to attend more and more bloody funerals of deceased Vietnam Veteran mates, all of whom had to 'sneak' back into their own country, in case we 'upset' some precious soul ! Go figure, because I can't ?

Foxy,

"The pure and simple truth is never pure and simple."

The divine Oscar's name "Oscar Wilde" vis-a-vis his full name of "Oscar Fingal O'Flaherty Wills Wilde" is rather illustrative of this.