Tim Blair

money quote; '"not once have I seen a moderate Muslim stand up and look an extremist in the eye and say, 'I'm Muslim too. I disagree with your perspective. "

i hope she stays safe & writes more such exposes.

Is Strine a dialect of Pommy English?

With regards to Jack Roche, I am quite perturbed that the controversy is not over the fact that ASIO did nothing to follow up after this man approached them, obviously he was feeling remorse over his actions, he said he was scared of JL/AQ, he seems to be truthful there.

How many other Jack Roches have approached ASIO that were not followed up?????????????????? That worries me more!

Didn't Styen have a swing at Toynbee as well?

"I am quite perturbed that the controversy is not over the fact that ASIO did nothing to follow up after this man approached them, obviously he was feeling remorse over his actions, he said he was scared of JL/AQ"

the nightly transcripts of Roche's evidence in court have been absolutely compelling listening - a step by step description of how a person gets sucked into that creepy shit, then finds his way out again, and tells all.

the fact that he has given information that has led to key creeps being caught would seem to have mitigated in his sentencing, but notwithstanding that, i found four and a half years for plotting to blow up an embassy a tad light!

as for wondering about how many others have called and been ignored, PLEASE don't put us through another Howard "based on the information I have been given" exercise again...let's just hope!

First a person alleged of a shooting crime was given bail and turns up in Lebanon.

Then we hear that a terrorist planner could be out in 3 years (partially due to time served).

Now a person alleged to have written a how-to and why of terrorism (and he is a former Qantas baggage handler), has been given bail.

I wonder where the sympathies of the judiciary lie.

Wow. I just found my first muslim lesbian pinup.

Of course, the animals will find her. She has to know it.

"...when the Australian military learned of prisoner abuse."

Don't de-guild the lily, bloghead. It's the goverment that's being grilled. And the issue is, if Australia as a memebr of the vaunted Coalition knew about the abuse (or torture lite) and did nothing about it then thye are just as culpulable as the creeps who let it happen under their watch.

So don't be surprised.

Irshad Manji ought to be given a bigger forum. The whole world needs to hear what she has to say (because a lot of what she says applies to more than just Islam). Is it possible to persuade her to be a blogger?

Consider proceedings against the guilty began in January, I'm just wondering what Miranda thought the Australian government should have done?

Jump up and down?
Say, "You damn well should be trying 'em, you bastards!"
Give Miranda Divide a good fucking?

Who knows.