Talk:Joseph T. Thomas

message: Thomas acquitted of terrorism conviction 
Friday, 18 August 2006 
The conviction of Melbourne man Jack Thomas on terrorism offences has been quashed in the Victorian Court of Appeal. 
Thomas had been sentenced to five years in jail in March, but has now been acquitted on two charges of receiving funds from a terrorist network and for carrying a falsified passport. 
The court ruled Thomas's interview with Australian Federal Police (AFP) in Pakistan was inadmissible. 
His lawyers argued he had no legal representation and only agreed to the interview because he was earlier threatened with torture from foreign security agencies. 
http://www.abc.net.au/news/items/200608/1718664.htm?victoria
Another failed frame-up. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 58.106.64.214 (talk • contribs) .
So he is not a criminal as stated in the first line of this article prior to 1108 18/08/2006 Thanks harro5 —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 203.214.79.25 (talk • contribs) .
What I want to know is - why "Jihad Jack"? His name isn't Jack...it's not really close to being Jack...so why Jack? Why not "Jihad Joe"? Whoever made it up just wanted to associate the name Jihad with him to scare the public into thinking 'Ah Jihad! He must be bad!" —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 61.69.12.13 (talk • contribs) .
:Talk pages are for discussing the wikipedia article, not the subject of the article. Andjam 11:32, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I think it is a fair question, "Where did the name 'Jack' come from?"  I notice that the 4 corners transcript (as published by the Australian) refers to "Joseph Thomas" as "Jack Thomas" and Patsy Thomas (his mother?) refers to him as "Jack".  Presumably "Jack" is a childhood nickname?  Is "Jack" a common contraction of "Joseph"?  Need a source!  To answer 61.69.12.13's question the origin of the "Jihad" name is given in the 4 corners interview.  Mr Thomas chose the name (Arabic for struggle), in honour of "aussie battlers" when he converted to Islam.  Unfortunately (for him) his choice of name later made a catchy newspaper headline. John Dalton 07:36, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: His parents have called him Jack in interviews. It is obviously a childhood nickname. SilentC 22:06, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
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message: What's the copyright status of the picture which has been uploaded please?  I've seen the same picture in news reports, implying it was taken by one of the news wires and not "released by a company or organization to promote their work or product in the media" as claimed by the uploader, Andrew777.  Chances are the quoted source: http://democracyfrontline.org/news/?m=200602 doesn't have to right to use or give away the picture.  Could Andrew777 please verify the picture's status or remove it from the article?John Dalton 05:07, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
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message: Does anyone think his appearance on The Chaser's War on Everything is relevant here?  Not just because he was on it (which would amount to nothing more than a pointless trivia item), but because of the way he acted and behaved on it, laughing at Chas and saying things like "I'd invite you in for a coffee but I have to take my wife to the doctor".  Every other representation of him in the media was completely the opposite.  It's not something I'm 100% sure on myself, but I notice there hadn't been any discussion about it.  -- Chuq (talk) 01:26, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
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message: He was charged and found guilty, charged again and found not guilty?  Where does the overturn from appeal come in? It certainly isn't clear in either intro or text. Kaiwhakahaere (talk) 02:59, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
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