The carnival is over
Surprising though the verdict is, it's equally surprising how, even a mere 24 hours later, one can feel all the energy draining out of the David Hicks carnival. The tents are folding and the clowns are moving on. I have a feeling that, from now on, Julian Burnside, Marilyn Shepherd, Robert Richter, etc., will all suddenly find they have something more important to do when the subject of David Hicks comes up. They sure won't be returning his calls. Maybe he and Mamdouh Habib can get a spot on Celebrity Squares, but that'll be about it. Get Jihad Thomas in, and they can fill a row.
In any of the great causes espoused by the Left, there is always a tiny core that will hold on, literally to death. (I don't know if there are still any Grand Prix protesters at Albert Park, but I wouldn't be surprised if there were.) But because these great causes are mostly delusory, their supporters never last, and when the end comes, it tends to come very suddenly.
Surprising though the verdict is, it's equally surprising how, even a mere 24 hours later, one can feel all the energy draining out of the David Hicks carnival. The tents are folding and the clowns are moving on. I have a feeling that, from now on, Julian Burnside, Marilyn Shepherd, Robert Richter, etc., will all suddenly find they have something more important to do when the subject of David Hicks comes up. They sure won't be returning his calls. Maybe he and Mamdouh Habib can get a spot on Celebrity Squares, but that'll be about it. Get Jihad Thomas in, and they can fill a row.
In any of the great causes espoused by the Left, there is always a tiny core that will hold on, literally to death. (I don't know if there are still any Grand Prix protesters at Albert Park, but I wouldn't be surprised if there were.) But because these great causes are mostly delusory, their supporters never last, and when the end comes, it tends to come very suddenly.
posted by cuckoo at
12:15 PM
1 Comments:
Not so.
The plea deal is so obviously corrpt that it emphasises what we have been saying. Stuck in Gitmo for 5 years, mostly in solitary, and offered the prospect of an unfair trial or a quick return to sunny Oz, what would a sensible person do?
Why the gag for 12 months? Looks awfuly like someone is protecting the US and Australia from the awful truth of the way Hicks has been treated. Why else ask for such a bizarre condition in a plea deal?
And how bad can Hicks be if they think he shoud serve only 9 months? I thought he was supposed to be the worst of the worst.
That's not the sound of the tents coming down: it's a premature sigh of relief from Canberra that this whole shabby episode can be taken off the election agenda
stay hopeful
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Julian Burnside, at 10:14 AM
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