Are you all blind and crazy whats wrong with us, where is the compasion for other peoples. America has caused the deaths of over 500000 children in Iraq alone and invaded more than 40 countries since ww2, they have a huge military industrial complex that is the major chunk of their economy they have to be at war to survive economically. This information is fact look for yourselves. New Zealand is afraid of the US in terms of commercial power as are most countries in this world, this is a fact also and is recognised by the media all over the world, their listening base is here in NZ two of them in fact, so our government is compliant with the Americans who are guilty of crimes against humanity which will be revealed to the public in the future. These people were justified in their response to this type of crime they are protecting our human rights, this law protects us from when our government is not playing by the rules which they are not, we need this kind of protection from tyrrany we have nothing else in law but this. Remember all democracies end up as dictatorships this is a political law so everywhere there is democracy we will have dictatorship.
We are still hearing this legal or 'semi-legal' mumbo jumbo in this forum, the way I look at is, is that I draw a line down the middle....on one side we have all the legal twists & turns etc etc, & on the other side we have government property willfully damaged to the tune of around one million dollars, now in my mind the property damage outweighs all the oher stuff, so who pays for the property to be restored back to it's orginal condition while 3 clowns laugh their way out of court?
Hey folks - put away your pitchforks and flaming torches! Please! This is actually a sensible and considered outcome that recognizes the important principle of conscience in our legal system. Something so rare in today's world. These people were deliberately nonviolent and acted on their principles. (If only we could say the same for most people in politics.) Studies show that when people (such as in a jury) are provided with all the facts and background information - they make very considered and accurate judgments about guilt or innocence. I daresay that many commentators on this list would have made a similar call had they actually sat on the jury over the 8 day trial.
They were super hill billy spies. In other counrties, you can't even look at a spy base without be prosecuted, yet in NZ, you can cause over a million dollars worth of damage to a government defense force base and get away scot free, hahahahahahahaha NZ defense force is a joke and the spy base has useless security
The crown & the police must rip into the appeal process of this ridiculous legal outcome as soon as possible, & as for that jury well they should all be hung out to dry, what a bunch of fools they are....imagine if it had been their property that was vandalised.
This verdict is a travesty of justice and a disgrace. All law abiding Kiwis have been kicked in the guts by this trio of pathetic malcontents. To use a defence of for the greater good and have it accepted gives these and like minded people carte blanche to commit further crimes. Shame on all concerned. Also what is an idiot like Keith Locke doing in parliament? He was not voted in by his peers, rather by a group of fruit loops on the soviet left.
They said they did it to save lives in Iraq. Well if they are so keen on saving lives in Iraq, send the buggers there to live (or maybe Iran) and see if they are so keen to break the law there.
I'll add my voice the shorus and say that this is incredible. I can sort of understand the defense argument, but I would assume that you "belief" has to at least be credible. I fuind it hard to udnersatdn how a communciations listening base is helping the islamic terrorists in Iraq kill innocent people.
Balderdash.....Criminals should get jail time....in jail.
What a load of rubbish, so If I genuinely believe anything I can get away with murder. What were the jury thinking?Seriously shows whats wrong with our country at the moment. No Ones game enough to make the hard calls