There are a lot of conflicting stories and opinions about what he did and didn't do.
That is at the heart of this whole issue.
Who knows what the hell he did or didn't do because it has never been established in a court of LAW.
If it is established that what he is accused of is true, then F*** him, let him rot.
But establish the facts first.
An Aussie in a foreign jail without trial is against our ethos of a fair go.
A proper legal judiciary is what makes our system of government different from those we oppose.If we ignore due process we are no better than them.
I expected more from the bastion of democracy,home of the brave,land of the free etc and their coalition partners.
Jason
Hicks was foolish and stupid but Murdoch harmed more people than Hicks ever did. Send Murdoch to Guantanamo I say! Funny how Hicks never killed anyone and is a terrorist but Brevik gets 60 odd in 1 day and he's not. Must be because his is christian I guess?
Imo I think he should get the money from the book.
Like poor relitive said chopper reid put a book out and he I bet he gets his cash!!
Reading all the comments make me think that the prob here is all the idiots trying to make it right or good helping the ****ing nut cases doing it wrong and going against the rules of decency! When are you going to put on the same fight for what matters to 90% of the law abiding OZ population???
Poor David Hicks
Poor illegal, economic pseudo refugees
Poor libs
Poor labs
Poor muslims, pastafarian, minority sects
Can you see????? We will not save the world!!! The yanks have tried that and look where they are now on the brink of bankruptcy, is it what you idiots want for that great Country of us???? If it is not for you do it for your kids and grand kids!
Now you can call me racist or red neck I do not care that is how I feel!
Hicks should go back to Afghanistan I am sure the power there would let him publish his book and he should take his dad with him!
Hi Guys
I watch this site for the fun photos, jokes and to read the forums. I signed up today as a member after reading all the crap about David Hicks and I just had to have my say
David Hicks was a young niave 'Australian' who went off and had his own 'Boys own Adventure' he just ended up in the wrong places at the wrong times
He was sold out by the Australian govenment (Howard) to appease, suck up to, the US govenment (Bush) the Brits got their citizens out of Cuba a long time before Hicks came home
How does this 'proceeds of crime' law really work anyway?
I always figured it meant that if they bust someone who is proven to be a drug dealer and they have thousands of dollars in cash lying around, and are not able to show where it came from legitimate sources, it would be confiscated. That makes sense.
But to prevent someone making money telling a story about their life, whether a crime has been committed or not, is just crazy.
So, you would argue, if he describes a crime in the book, he gets no money.
What if he doesn't describe any crime at all in his book? Is he then entitled to the earnings from book sales?
Does this mean that anyone that ever commits a crime and gets imprisoned for it, can not ever tell a story about their life? Whether it includes the mention of a crime or not?
Maybe Alan Bond can write a book and tell us all how he managed to survive prison, and then go on to make a bucket of cash.
In my opinion, someone is embarrassed about the lack of a transparent trial, so they want to discourage him publishing a book.