Hicks Sentenced to Nine Months

David Hicks, apparently a 'very dangerous terrorist' according to the Timbo loving, pro-statist crowd, has been sentenced with NINE months imprisonment. Which kinda suggests that he wasn't anywhere near as dangerous as the loonies would have you believe (shock, horror). However, his whole 'trial' underlines quite how flawed (not to mention illegal) this system is.

It is quite obvious to even the most simple minded people, that the only reason Hicks pleaded guilty, was so that his chances of being sent home were increased. The fact that this comes after a certain amount of bribery by the US, suggests that he had no choice but to plead guilty. After five years of illegal detention, can anyone really blame him? And of course, the guilty plea has given the Bush administration the perfect mandate to continue. The system works. If this is how the system works, it's time we smashed the system.

Meanwhile, David will have to spend the rest of his life branded as a terrorist thanks to the abuse of state power and the complicity of the pro-statist right. And this is what they call 'justice'.

Additional: If there is any good to come out of this, the pro-statist right are up in arms. Stupid fuckers.