Magistrate Mowbray, you don't read what you sign?

Al

If you would take the time to read the postings I have made (perhaps the excessive testosterone is clouding your thought process) you no doubt have read a little thing I wrote discussing the beauty of an adversarial judicial system.

But then again you can say what you like about me. You have clearly displayed that, unlike myself, you truly lack the courage of your convictions. You are the one that stated “I’m sure sooner or later we’ll bump into each other and you’ll have your chance to make an idiot out of yourself”.

I offered the bump. Unfortunately only one person came of it looking like an idiot and it wasn’t me.

Invective, amateur name calling and empty challenges and threats, without an actual discussion of the case in point, is truly the haven of a coward. But we didnt need the empty invective to prove that did we?

If you want to reduce it to the level of 3 year olds…sticks and stones sweetie, sticks and stones.

The invitation remains open 24/7. Any day, any time anywhere. If you’re not going to take it up then leave the forum to the adults, the one’s who are actually making cogent points and arguments

There’s somthing in that Pandy … Foskey as an insult I can understand … but the RSPCA? Go figure.

Big Al, I thought the “While your at it move in with Foskey at the RSPCA” deserves a johnboy prmomotion to header status. 🙂

Hey Special G – great post! Did mummy come up with that or did you thing of it yourself. You’re a piss-ant, be a good little prick and fuck off – the grown ups are dealing with this one.

VG I’m guessing, by the tone of your post, that you’ve read the decision now … good on you. The debate would be well advanced by now if the rest of the totalitarian apologists bothered to actually look at the facts before they sprouted off with their appeasement re-labeled as bullshit.

I wont be accepting your challenge to a round in the ring … unfortunately, or perhaps fortunately for my charming good looks, your lame-arse response of the threat of violence just doesn’t seem that appealing [ ] I have left this space blank so you can call me a coward but hey that’s life – you should feel free to respond to all my future posts with a lame-arsed insult about how I’m not prepared to back up my words with actions – but hey, my obligation is to respond with reason not bravado, so I’ll give a flying fuck when it matters … shitbag.

My opinion aside, it’s a fact that you lessen yourself as a man by choosing violence as route to reclaiming your honour … if “fucked up little monkey” offends you as much as I perceive it does, then please accept my apologies, I am oh so sorry for choosing an inappropriate insult – as a token of my contrition you should feel free to select any other insult that you feel better reflects the sort of brainwashed dip-shit who, as an employee of the people, honestly believes that the established rule of law is but an inconvenient speed hump. By way of choice I offer:

1. try hard wannabe dog-fucker;

2. Shit-brained little pinko lick-spittle; and

3. lacky-boy arse-wipe.

But please, feel free to choose your own if none of these suite.

and in what I would hope to be the last post in this vein I would like to say this.

I respect Al’s right to an opinion different to mine. I respect that a great majority of people may differ to my views.

The issue I have is the way that opinion is made. Calling me a ‘fucked up little monkey’ is someting that I find, well shall we say, slightly disagreeable. I have been called many things on RA which I happily let slide. This I won’t.

I am fiercely loyal to my job and I will admit that on occasion that will bring me into disagreement with a lot of people. Getting called every name under the sun is something that happens in my line of work. Being called something a little beyond the pale here, when I am in ‘civilian’ mode I will take a little differently. Argue and disagree with me all you like Al, thats what makes the world go around. Call me a ‘fucked up little monkey’ when I am neither

a) Fucked up
b) Little; or
c) resembling a monkey in any way, shape of form other than both of us being bipeds

and you may be forced to back it up with something other than a DSL line

is something that

And I would like the first words to come out of your mouth in the ring to be ‘you’re a fucked up little monkey’. At least do me that favour

JB I appreciate the comment. I am also happy to accept what appears to be a mistake on the AFP’s part in this matter. It doesnt alleviate my belief that he did what he was charged with but then again thats the beauty of an adversarial justice system, and its better to see a guilty man go free than an innocent one be incarcerated.

What I won’t accept is the cowardly name calling by Al (I’m assuming that by using Big he is in fact Small). There are ways to make a point, and petty, juvenile name calling isnt generally the way to do it post 16 years of age.

Name the time and place Al. In fact lets turn it into a fund raising boxing match for Riotact. No ‘hiding behind a uniform’, no ‘I bet you’re not so tough when off duty’

“I’m sure sooner or later we’ll bump into each other and you’ll have your chance to make an idiot out of yourself.”………here’s your chance. The Charnwood PCYC any time you like. I’ll leave in squarely in your Court.

Any FYI my super-heavyweight amateur record is 1-0, with me knocking the opponent out

Frankly I think any one who doesn’t believe in civil liberties is unfit to serve in the police force.

I think the minister for police should be demanding that the AFP remove all such people from ACT policing.

Big Al, Take your civil libitarian head and stuff it up your arse. While your at it move in with Foskey at the RSPCA.

It’s interesting, the very concepts of jury trials and double jeopardy arose because, even in the dark ages, the people filing the role of police tended to be vindictive and slow to accept they’ve got something wrong.

This isn’t a bad thing, it just needs to be checked by safeguards.

Which is the trouble with these control orders where, when certain AFP agents have manifestly screwed the pooch, they still close ranks and hit the poor bugger with what they’ve got, the order unread by the magistrate signing it (although at least he did baulk at the 300 page list of people barred from contact, so he, you know, did look at how thick it was) in closed session in Canberra.

The way the federal agents then (incorrectly according to Magistrate Mowbray) told Thomas he’d have to end his holiday to comply with the order re-inforces this isn’t about justice it’s about getting square.

Now from what I hear VG is actually a pretty good cop, if we could clone him we’d have have a better police force. But that tribal mentallity is a hard thing to shake when the only members of the public you ever meet are the scum of the earth or in distress.

VG you do a lot of posturing yourself – I think the “hard man” moniker was yours not mine. If the fact that I tell it like I see it threatens you, then perhaps you’re the one hiding behind the internet. But you’re a big tough guy aren’t you … protecting all us innocent little bleeding hearts from those big bad nasty terrorists … wakey, wakey hands off snakey!

I have no particular objection to repeating my views in person, my views are my views, where I express them doesn’t particularly bother me much and if calling you a fucked up little monkey to your face because you think that to disallow the use of a confession that has been extracted under severe duress is a mere technicality, sure – but you see there an issue there isn’t there – there’s no implied threat in my scorn – but there is in your invitation. I’m sure sooner or later we’ll bump into each other and you’ll have your chance to make an idiot out of yourself.

But lets refocus now shall we?

You say “…you make so many factual errors it is staggering…” well lets see, I have my copy of the decision, and you allegedly have yours so lets assume we’re looking at the same document. The media source I refer to is the complete transcript of the ABC interview – that’s the one the dip-shits at the AFP say is so similar in content to the Pakistan confession hat they want to run with that instead. So at least we’re talking about the same stuff.

“I’ve read the entire court transcript.” Good for you mate – I’ve read the decision (as I stated earlier).

“If it was only the evidence of the interview the trial would have taken less than a day.” I guess that if Thomas’s beaks hadn’t argued the point on the admissibility of the Pakistan confession the case would have been wrapped up in a day – instead it took three. That’s not a long time with breaks and recess and all – I guess that’s because there was nothing much to discuss apart from Thomas’s own words and whether the confession was admissible given the unsavory nature of its procurement.

Maybe the AFP were wishing that there was more evidence to pin on him – is that what your doing VG? Closing your eyes and wishing really hard that something, anything might pop up that actually proved Jack Thomas really has been a naughty boy.

“Perhaps if these dolts spent a little more time paying attention to laws of evidence and got off their doughnut stuffed fat arses and went out looking for evidence instead of relying solely on what can be beaten out of the suspect they might actually get a conviction to stick.”

and again, whack ‘Faheem Lodhi’ into Google and tell me what organisation that supposedly can’t secure convictions managed to get up in this instance?

But then again everyone is an expert in law enforcement

Oh Al, the hard man really doesn’t become you. Besides the rhetoric, posturing and tough guy language (everyone is tough on the end of a DSL line) you make so many factual errors it is staggering.

Curiously the hard men of the internet have a tendency to clam up like caught out 3yo children when their asked to repeat such remarks when face to face with the focus of their vitriol. Lets just say that I’ve dealt with more angry men (with real violent proclivities intended) than you’ve had hot breakfasts, so this means that your amateur attempts at inflaming me or the debate will be for nought.

You’ve read something posted in the media, I’ve read the entire court transcript. If it was only the evidence of the interview the trial would have taken less than a day.

If you would like to call me a “fucked up little monkey” face to face feel free to nominate a date/time/place. I’m guessing those sort of remarks won’t be so forthcoming in a personal environment.

I’ll leave the name calling to the people who don’t have anything left

“As for lack of evidence Mk. 2, well that must have been Monopoly money in his bank account that was tracked was it?”

I guess it must have been, because if it was ill gotten terrorist money you’d think even the trained monkeys at the AFP could have got that one to stick – regardless of whether or not Thomas ‘fessed up to it.

VG having now read the decision in the first case and the complete transcript of the ABC interview (posted on The Australian website – couldn’t be fagged linking it) which the incompetent shitbags at the AFP reckon is identical to the Pakistan interview its possible to restate the essential facts of the case – the only evidence linking Thomas to any of the so-called terrorist activities – is his “confession”. There’s nothing else, no passport, no cash nothing … you must be some sort of fucked up little monkey if you think that a confession extracted using torture and arbitrary incarceration is a technicality.

This whole sorry episode should be ringing alarm bells for the people in charge at the AFP – it’s pretty obvious that the federal plods aren’t fit to organise a fuck in a brothel when it comes to law enforcement. If Kelty took a minute to stop flip-flopping on whether or not Australia is or isn’t a terrorist target because of our support for the US he might have time to have a look at what the AFP dip-shits responsible for this fuck up are doing. Perhaps if these dolts spent a little more time paying attention to laws of evidence and got off their doughnut stuffed fat arses and went out looking for evidence instead of relying solely on what can be beaten out of the suspect they might actually get a conviction to stick.

I think Al is trying to play the hard man again

When you’ve had a squizz at the evidence gimme a yell. It is/was ample. The only reason the matter was quashed is because the TROI (taped record of interview) was deemed inadmissible.

As for lack of evidence Mk. 2, well that must have been Monopoly money in his bank account that was tracked was it?

Trying the hard man, looking the silly man

Oh c’mon, the communists were the duck’s guts when it came to running the police state.

First time I’ve seen vg described as a ‘pinko’…
Stand by for further correspondence – polite or otherwise.

“…this guy met OBL 3 times, trained with Al Qaeda, accepted their money and then tried to explain it all as a ‘boys own’ adventure.”

The only – sorry just in case you missed it, the only evidence against Thomas for all of this is his word. There is no proof, no corroborating evidence, no false passport, no wad of money – zip, zilch … fuck all. Thomas said that he did these things after being subjected to torture and arbitrary incarceration … frankly the DPP are a fucking joke – they must be pretty pissed that the Government forced them to proceed with seeking a conviction for purely political purposes.

As for “He got off on a technicality.” – what sort of pinko bullshit is that? His case was dismissed because there was nothing in it – fucking technicality my arse!

And when/if you can secure a conviction against thomas (as you did against lodhi) no one will have a problem with him getting locked up and/or subjected to deprivations of his liberty.

A control order isn’t going to be applied to Joe Average.

FFS, this guy met OBL 3 times, trained with Al Qaeda, accepted their money and then tried to explain it all as a ‘boys own’ adventure. He got off on a technicality.

For those of you that still doubt regarding a possible threat to this country try throwing ‘Faheem Lodhi’ into Google.

Having said all that, for a so called learned man to call an order silly after signing off on it on the first place smacks of ass covering

That’s as may be Thumper – but these control orders weren’t such an affront to personal freedoms, this would be farcically amusing.

Apparently when this was pointed out to the Crown beak his responce was – well compliance wont be a significant burden for Mr Thomas … now that’s what I call earning your money!

Apparently Thomas is not allowed to communicate with the dead people under the control order. You have to wonder what chump dreamed up the list.