Wednesday, January 02, 2008
Why Che Was a Monster pt2 Childhood
All of which paints Guevara as a small boy, nothing which goes to the thesis of Che being a monster.
Many leftist families have productive, hard working and honest sons. Che's play on the Rugby field was legitimate play. Pablo Neruda was a gifted poet, although a sad politician.
Reading great classics has been known to inspire great thoughts and deeds.
So why did Che feel he could execute, without trial, hundreds of people? Why did Che feel the world would be better off with millions left in life crippling poverty, calling for revolution for salvation and using death as a political game?
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Meanwhile, a 39 yo man has been charged with the rape and murder of a 10 yo girl. In Queensland. The murder aspect might see this guy get jail time, if he is convicted.
A 22 yo man is being questioned over the hit and run murder of his 18 yo girlfriend.
Millionaire ALP former leader and convicted child molester D'Arcy lives it up on parole. At the time of his conviction, press admitted to hamming up his 'conservative christian leader' values. Still, serving jail time in Queensland for raping children seems harsh by modern standards.
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Man charged with murder of 10yo
from news.com.au
A QUEENSLAND man has been charged with murder, rape and indecent treatment of a child after a 10-year-old girl's body was found at a house north of Brisbane.
The 39-year-old man from Bardon, in west Brisbane, will appear in Brisbane Magistrates Court today.
A police spokeswoman said the discovery was made at an address at Bongaree, on Bribie Island, about 8.30am (AEST) yesterday.
Police spent the day examining the scene, and searching for a 39-year-old man they believed could help with their inquiries.
The charged man was found at Mount Glorious, west of Brisbane yesterday afternoon, in the company of a child who was safe and well, the spokeswoman said.
A police spokeswoman said the relationship between the two could not be confirmed until a formal identification was made of the deceased.
The identification process will begin today, she said.
As well as examining the home where the girl's body was found, police also cordoned off the Bribie Island Uniting Church, directly across the road.
They seized a blue plastic bag containing several items, which was hanging from a nativity scene in the church grounds.
The handle of what appeared to be a hammer was seen protruding from the top of the bag.
Redcliffe Police Inspector Mark Jones said the find was “unusual”.
“It does appear unusual,” Insp Jones said.
“It's extremely traumatic at any stage of the year for a young child to lose their life.”
SES crews also joined the operation yesterday, scouring parkland behind the church for clues.
It is believed the home involved may have been a holiday property that a family moved into as recently as Saturday.
The man was being questioned at police headquarters in Brisbane.
Lovers' tiff leads to death
By Sue Dunlevy
A YOUNG woman was killed yesterday after she was allegedly run down by her boyfriend after a lovers' quarrel at a New Year's Eve party.
The pair, from Campbelltown in Sydney's west, were visiting family in the ACT suburb of Gungahlin when the incident occurred.
Witnesses yesterday told The Daily Telegraph the 18-year-old victim allegedly saw the car coming but did not have time to get out of the way.
Witnesses said yesterday the woman and her 22-year-old boyfriend were arguing loudly in Mary Gillespie Ave just moments before the incident occurred at 2am (AEDT). The argument and the sound of loud banging of fists on the car woke neighbours before the boyfriend allegedly got into his car and drove off.
The young woman then allegedly laid on the road.
Witnesses said yesterday they were debating about whether to go and check whether the woman was all right when the car is alleged to have driven at speed around a corner and back towards where the woman was on the ground.
"She saw the car coming, she lifted her head up but it was too fast for her to get out of the way," a witness told The Daily Telegraph yesterday. "It was too close for him to slow down."
Another witness said she began screaming to alert the woman about the on-coming car but it was too late.
After the car allegedly hit the woman with a loud bang, the man drove off.
A neighbour who saw the tragedy from her upstairs bedroom window called police before rushing to help the badly injured woman.
"She was going into and out of consciousness," the neighbour said.
"There was blood coming out of her head."
As the woman's friends and relatives gathered around her on the road, the car is alleged to have returned to the scene.
It swerved off the road to avoid the group gathered around the injured woman and ran into the median strip, damaging a steel pole, before it drove off again.
A witness took down the number plate of the blue Holden Commodore.
A major search for the man was launched involving officers from the ACT dog squad, special response and security team and general duties officers.
Police located the vehicle they believe was involved about 3am after it was abandoned on Horse Park Drive near the Federal Highway.
The boyfriend was located on Majura Lane not far from the Federal Highway just after 7am.
Ambulance officers worked on the woman at the scene but she died later in Calvary Hospital.
Police were last night interviewing the woman's boyfriend.
The death has not been included in the territory's Christmas road toll, with police saying they are investigating whether the hit-and-run was deliberate.
Witnesses said the family hosting the New Year's Eve party had moved into the neighbourhood just weeks ago.
"It's a beautiful pleasant neighbourhood, the party was pleasant, the music was nice," one neighbour said.
Millionaire molester MP D'Arcy free to live it up
By Sean Parnell
PAROLED sex offender and millionaire former Labor MP Bill D'Arcy has been enjoying his freedom over the festive season, amid continuing controversy over a bid to clear his name.
D'Arcy, the former member for the working class Queensland seat of Woodridge, was released from prison last month after serving seven years of an 11-year term for sex offences against students at a central Queensland school, where he was headmaster before entering state parliament.
After a New Year's Day lunch at home with friends and family, a tanned and fit D'Arcy, 68, showed people around his old cruiser, the Walrus, only recently returned to his million-dollar canal-front home at Raby Bay, south of Brisbane.
D'Arcy's treasured cruiser was once adorned with photos of the MP with Labor luminaries, such as former prime minister Bob Hawke and the late South Australian premier Don Dunstan, and used to entertain various friends and associates.
D'Arcy's wife, Lois, had talked of her husband having "surprisingly good" health in jail and he appeared in good shape as he wandered around the Walrus yesterday.
But the ease with which the former Queensland Labor deputy leader has returned to his affluent lifestyle, despite a parole condition that he avoid alcohol, will only add to the anger of his victims and the controversy over a campaign to clear his name.
While the D'Arcys are unable to talk to the media under the terms of his parole, a supporters' group website claims that D'Arcy was set up by Labor colleagues, the media and police, and then let down by a fallible justice system.
Premier Anna Bligh and Police Commissioner Bob Atkinson insist they know nothing of an alleged conspiracy that D'Arcy's supporters claim led to his downfall nor any reason why his convictions should be set aside.
Despite calls for any such evidence to be presented, neither Attorney-General Kerry Shine nor the state's Crime and Misconduct Commission have received a submission to re-open the case. D'Arcy's friends and former colleagues have refused to comment on the bid to clear his name, but his lawyer for his first trial, civil libertarian Terry O'Gorman, maintained the media's handling of the charges against D'Arcy tainted proceedings.
Mr O'Gorman also claimed police had "trawled" for statements from witnesses when there had not been a complaint against D'Arcy, and questions remained over the investigation.
"It is my view that once he was convicted on the first set of charges, the system is such that it is extremely difficult for someone in his position to get a neutral jury and fair trial in subsequent appearances before the courts," Mr O'Gorman said.
While not involved in the campaign to clear D'Arcy, Mr O'Gorman said it would be "extremely difficult" for him to succeed, given that his appeal rights rest with Mr Shine.
But sex abuse victims' advocate Hetty Johnston yesterday said it was "nonsensical" to suggest D'Arcy was the victim of a conspiracy. "D'Arcy is a convicted pedophile, convicted child sex offender," the Bravehearts founder said. "He's not going to crawl out from underneath this. He should let the victims try and get on with their lives."
Rape, murder accused 'mentally ill'
from news.com.au
A MAN charged over the rape and murder of a 10-year-old girl whose body was found at a beachside holiday home had been receiving treatment for mental illness, a court has been told.
The 39-year-old man from Bardon, in west Brisbane, has appeared in Brisbane Magistrates Court today, charged with murder, rape and indecent dealing of a child under 10.
He was not required to enter a plea and was remanded in custody to appear in the same court on March 10.
The man's solicitor Neil Lawler told the court his client had been under an involuntary treatment for mental illness. He will undergo further treatment while in custody.
A police spokeswoman said the discovery of the girl's body was made at an address at Bongaree, on Bribie Island, about 8.30am (AEST) yesterday.
Brisbane's Courier-Mail has reported that two other children had been left with the body of the girl in the house.
Police spent the day examining the scene, and searching for a 39-year-old man they believed could help with their inquiries.
The charged man was found at Mount Glorious, west of Brisbane yesterday afternoon, in the company of a child who was safe and well, the spokeswoman said.
A police spokeswoman said the relationship between the two could not be confirmed until a formal identification was made of the deceased. The identification process will begin today, she said.
As well as examining the home where the girl's body was found, police also cordoned off the Bribie Island Uniting Church, directly across the road.
They seized a blue plastic bag containing several items, which was hanging from a nativity scene in the church grounds. The handle of what appeared to be a hammer was seen protruding from the top of the bag.
“It does appear unusual,” Redcliffe Police Inspector Mark Jones said. “It's extremely traumatic at any stage of the year for a young child to lose their life.”
SES crews also joined the operation yesterday, scouring parkland behind the church for clues.
It is believed the home involved may have been a holiday property that a family moved into as recently as Saturday.
Neighbours described the area on Bribie Island as quiet and the type of place where some people still did not lock doors.
Naturopath Janine Williams – who lives two doors away from where the girl's body was found – celebrated New Year on her balcony, oblivious to what had happened.
"I feel quite sick, actually, that a little girl died and we didn't even know," she said.
"We didn't hear anything. It's a very quiet neighborhood. We're just creeped out by it all. Sleepy little Bribie Island. It's shocking, the first day of the year. It's gruesome."
Another neighbour, Michelle King, said she was frightened a child could be killed in her neighbourhood. "I am really scared now because I'm a single mother and walk around here all the time," she said.
One neighbour said he saw a man standing outside the house at 12.45am yesterday. Police said they were not sure when the girl died.
A spokesperson for the Department of Child Safety said the agency was "working closely with police who are investigating this incident to ensure the safety and wellbeing of the (dead) child's siblings".
It is understood that three children have been taken into care.
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