Apologies for the lack of posting, but work has been hectic and I am set for a long stint in the office tonight... its our busy period in our annual work cycle and I just cant get away from it at a reasonable hour. I am thinking I will burn the midnight oil so to speak tonight to ensure that my Friday / weekend wont be spoilt.
But I do want to comment on how ridiculous the media has been (and I am including talkback radio here) on the Hicks trial. Talk about missing the point. Miranda Devine has a horrendous article in the Herald today how Hick's guilty plea is a slap in the face of his supporters. Sorry, but the issue isnt about whether he is guilty or not. No one is denying he was in Afghanistan shooting at Americans... what the issue is that he has been denied his right of being presumed innocent until proven guilty and having that trial as soon as practically possible.
Denying justice for 5+ years and not allowing a proper legal process when the trial does take place is the issue and the fact that he has basically been badgered into pleading guilty because clearly its the only way out of the shit fight he is in is not "doing justice".
They say that the victors in any conflict earn the right to write history, and I guess the Americans are doing that now by ensuring that they get convictions against terrorists to overall justify their military actions... but we know that the reality is that the treatment of Hicks and others in Guantanomo Bay is directly opposed to what we democratically elect as a fair and just legal system.
Political Big Brother at its worst and I wish that the morons who write in stupid letters to the papers and ring the talkback jocks to say that Hicks is deserving everything he gets should be ashamed.
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