tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8417961221792880115.post7126650348377922763..comments2024-03-28T10:37:38.851-11:00Comments on Intelliblog: THE SYDNEY SIEGEIntellibloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04262938291462934103noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8417961221792880115.post-53590067791382443392014-12-19T11:02:04.191-11:002014-12-19T11:02:04.191-11:00Such a great pity that some people living in a soc...Such a great pity that some people living in a society espousing freedom and equity take advantage of it for their own ends. There is something fundamentally wrong if a society doesn't take enough precautions (if they can be taken) to prevent situations like this from occurring. In this case refusing bail or keeping this person under police watch may have prevented tragedy.Penthesilea77https://www.blogger.com/profile/17794263567833606018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8417961221792880115.post-3700785652684279252014-12-17T11:32:56.526-11:002014-12-17T11:32:56.526-11:00Susan
I think you are quite right. The idea of gi...Susan<br /><br />I think you are quite right. The idea of giving bail to a person who was a] a convicted criminal, b] once on the nation's Terror Watch List and c] currently charged with accessory to the murder of his ex-wife... is unthinkable. But bail is a state responsibility and will have to be sorted out by the NSW Parliament.<br /><br />Banning guns (except for police, army etc), on the other hand, was a national responsibility. Our Federal Parliament sorted guns out soon after the Port Arthur massacre of 1996. For nearly 20 years, we Australians had assumed that we were largely protected from guns. I believe that if nothing good comes out of this hostage tragedy, as least there will be a Commission of Enquiry at the highest level to see where the gun laws failed so tragically. And to write new legislation. Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8417961221792880115.post-82909576008983984772014-12-17T04:16:44.536-11:002014-12-17T04:16:44.536-11:00Here in the US, I reacted with a sad and resigned ...Here in the US, I reacted with a sad and resigned sigh when the story of this hostage scenario broke. It is one more incident of an ideologue using the freedoms of an open society to inflict an extreme message via terror actions. How sad that the justice system is being played against itself when this man's civil rights are respected and he is set free to wend his way toward a total meltdown. This kind of terror act makes all of us question gun control aws, mental health system procedures, and the justice system's bail procedures and monitoring. On another note, I am so very sorry for moderate Muslim people who must be feeling so frustrated that this man's actions lead the wider world to judge the Muslim faith by his extreme behavior. <br /><br />My heart goes out to the families of the lost and wounded and the Australian nation, as it grapples with this horrific act.Susan Lindquisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04039551683129884367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8417961221792880115.post-34999986442365705472014-12-16T19:33:34.361-11:002014-12-16T19:33:34.361-11:00Valid questions that are on every sane person'...Valid questions that are on every sane person's mind, Hels. And I can only begin to imagine how the families of the victims must feel, having lost a lovable, bright, young son and daughter whose life had just begun to be lived and which promised so much to society. My thoughts are with those families in their loss and I don't know how any politician or judge can look them in the eye and tell them that they had done everything they could to have prevented their death.Intellibloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04262938291462934103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8417961221792880115.post-11971380760888055452014-12-16T18:31:37.665-11:002014-12-16T18:31:37.665-11:00Bail should not have been given to a crazed ideolo...Bail should not have been given to a crazed ideologue who had committed many sexual and violent crimes in the past. <br /><br />But let us say the courts ignored the police and gave Monis bail anyhow. Does that mean he was off scot free until his court date? Of course not. A person on bail should be under the close inspection of the police, reporting daily or twice daily. And how does any Australian civilian get a gun? How did the police and security people not see the lunatic's gun?Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.com