Comments on: Barns: Oh, what a mess for Keelty and Andrews

By: Tony Papafilis

Tony Papafilis — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

Dare we be clear headed about Haneef? In midst of two terror acts in UK, a relative of the terrorists remembers Haneef’s sim card given a year earlier & calls him to inform him cops have got the card & he should bolt from Oz. Nothing sus about that, eh?

By: Andrew McRae

Andrew McRae — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

Stupid comment from Tony. Any such warning given to Haneef was obviously prescient and sensible, given what transpired. Like Tom Robinson in To Kill A Mockingbird, he had to fear persecution for what he hadn’t done, not what he had.

By: Bernard Freedman

Bernard Freedman — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

Is Tony Papafilis a figment of Mark Textor’s imagination?

By: andy

andy — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

assuming that is all actually true, Tony. You are parroting what was reported in the mass media, and much of that was later shown to be wrong. Haneef is a victim of trial by media as much as he is a victim of political interference.

By: Nelson

Nelson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

Tony’s response represents the problem as he seems to be saying it’s ok to contravene people’s rights and the law simply because something seems “sus”. It demonstrates how successful has the war-on-terror campaign in reducing people to the point where some are prepared to trade the principle of innocent-until-proven-guilty for the perception of being “safe from terror”.

By: Tony Papafilis

Tony Papafilis — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

Oh dear, the left’s myths about our rights eroding under war on terror have really penetrated the minds. Unlike Haneef,Tom Robinsons did not have lawyers & national media arguing for him. Did Haneef need to lie? Do student doctors in UK need a sim card?