"SPEAKING of double standards, you will remember that picture of David Hicks, the Australian prisoner in Guantanamo Bay, photographed holding a rocket launcher. That alone was enough for Howard, et al, to damn him as a wicked terrorist.
What a different reaction to those intriguing snaps of Trevor Flugge and his AWB sidekick, Michael Long, published in the Herald last week. Flugge, all jowls and beer gut, was brandishing a pistol. Long, who rejoices in the nom de guerre of "Proton", toted an M-16 rifle.
Howard was sympathy itself. "I know that looks bad, I know that," he said on Melbourne radio. "I know that looks silly and it's very unhelpful but … would everybody who's ever been overseas on behalf of Australia or an Australian company agree to every photograph of them being published?"
Mike Carlton's perceptive observation in his column in today's SMH needs no further comment. Double standards indeed!
What a different reaction to those intriguing snaps of Trevor Flugge and his AWB sidekick, Michael Long, published in the Herald last week. Flugge, all jowls and beer gut, was brandishing a pistol. Long, who rejoices in the nom de guerre of "Proton", toted an M-16 rifle.
Howard was sympathy itself. "I know that looks bad, I know that," he said on Melbourne radio. "I know that looks silly and it's very unhelpful but … would everybody who's ever been overseas on behalf of Australia or an Australian company agree to every photograph of them being published?"
Mike Carlton's perceptive observation in his column in today's SMH needs no further comment. Double standards indeed!
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