Comments on: Crikey says

By: Dr Harvey M Tarvydas

Dr Harvey M Tarvydas — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

When is child abuse not child abuse

When committed by Phillip (in the name of the law) Ruddock while being patted on the head by his abusive boss J. Howard and being cheered on by a flock of ministerial galahs.

Well, the law is not just for quoting and skiting about it’s for application and function so lets arrest the nerds guilty of child abuse. We sure go on about it enough. Well going on about it is far easier and less dangerous than acting on it.

By: Marilyn

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

When a man like Ruddock goes all the way to the HIgh court to clarify the right of the government to lock up innocent children for life without them ever being charged with any crime, who strips them of all welfare rights as he did with the Bakhtiyari kids and to declare children born in detention to be “migrants” through the birth canal then he is guilty of crimes against humanity.

By: JamesK

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

Breathtakingly brilliant and acutely observed critique with witheringly supportive arguments by ‘dennis’………

Appropriate standard of comments above though for this quality of ‘editorial’.

By: michael

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

I am almost speachless with anger at Ruddock’s part in the last decade of our history. It’s a close run thing with Peter Reith who was once described as so untruthful he could not fall straight down a mine shaft’ but ruddock did more than lie( as others have described) & did it for longer .
Even now he in his self reserection attempt he never approaches the truth. He belongs as an evil figure in a Goya picture. He deserves the greatest contempt that can be visited upon him. I wish him a long and painful life and the realization that what he visited on those children he imprisoned is something that even his God will not forgive.
At age 65 I hope I never see anything like his behavior enacted in my name again.Let us not forget,we may not all be to blame but we are all responsible.

By: dennis

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

Ruddock was then and remains today, a prized prik. He was another in the cabinet who did Howards dirty work without question. Not only did he look the part of the grim reaper, but seemed to come out of the same mould as the evil Geobles.
He used the same techniques Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Geobles used, which is to constantly repeat a big lie until we start parroting the same message. That the electorate certainly did in 2004. For him to come out with a semi ‘death bed type confession of regret’ will do nothing to erase the shameful legacy he left in his wake. Of course to this day we still do not know of his involvement in the disgraceful detention of Dr Haneef, it beggers belief as A/ General he was all unknowing and purity. His blind loyalty to Howard and the Liberals have ensured history will not look kindly on his political career. Not a nice person and looked the part.