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Flat White

Terrorist rehab?

10 May 2023

6:00 AM

10 May 2023

6:00 AM

Two movies screening in early May (in Sydney), along with a Guantanamo Bay court hearing for the case of Southeast Asia’s once most wanted terrorist, both confront the vexed issue of how society punishes terrorists.

Is a terrorist a criminal? I argue not – not as we mean it. Crime is committed for personal gain.

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