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Old 12-10-2013, 04:55 PM   #31
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I saw the movie before my trip, and finally found a copy of his first book in the Sydney airport on the way out of the country.

He wrote his own epitaph at the end:
Really ? people look up to him
I had to fight monkeys that would jump out at you at any time. but hey i never killed anyone of them.
What is it with people ! is it that you just like hearing big full on bull storys
I just don't understand it, why look up to a fool.
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Old 12-10-2013, 09:53 PM   #32
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Don't look at me...I'm still trying to figure out why we make a "hero" and "legend" of the common horse thief and cruel and savage cop killer Ned Kelly...

Apparently he wasn't that big of a criminal as he made himself out to be.
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Old 13-10-2013, 01:46 AM   #33
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Really ? people look up to him
I had to fight monkeys that would jump out at you at any time. but hey i never killed anyone of them.
What is it with people ! is it that you just like hearing big full on bull storys
I just don't understand it, why look up to a fool.
I didn't say I look up to him.

But the movie and book were entertaining.
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Old 13-10-2013, 10:55 AM   #34
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I think as a crim, he was a good story teller, I think some people take his stories as 100% factual rather than partial fiction
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Old 13-10-2013, 11:21 AM   #35
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he lived in a world most of us dont, and hopefully never will truly understand. the fact is he is now gone and the fact is he has left a young one behind. i dont look up to him but did enjoy listening to his stories and reading his books and thought his movie was amusing especially the lime glaze xagt getting a little cameo! only chopper knows the truth.....most of us have kids and i can think of nothing worse than leaving behind a wife and child at an early age....
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some people although not living in that world, may have some contact with some of it and know what is factual.
One fact is he paid his dues, owned up to many things others would continue to deny and entertained many people along the way, he was also a father, so a child has lost his dad.
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Old 13-10-2013, 11:42 AM   #37
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I worked with an ex prison warden for a while. We often talked about things to do with jail, crims etc. One thing he always said was that there is not much difference between those inside and those outside.
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He was a criminal a snitch, and hung out with crooked cops, yeah he was a great person.... nearly forgot, and full of ****
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Old 13-10-2013, 12:34 PM   #39
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I worked with an ex prison warden for a while. We often talked about things to do with jail, crims etc. One thing he always said was that there is not much difference between those inside and those outside.
Really? I haven't killed, maimed or robbed someone? Not everyone is bad ..... there are more decent people in the world than bad and those that are behind bars most probably deserve to be so. He was a thug, a character and a good story teller which does not equate to being decent person. No RIP from me .....



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Old 13-10-2013, 12:40 PM   #40
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I feel sorry for his friends, family and fans but in saying that he was criminal. I know we all break the law in someway or another but I have no sympathy for murderers and rapists etc,
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Old 13-10-2013, 12:55 PM   #41
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He mean't something to some people, he mean't nothing to others. The ones he mean't the most to is his wife, his children and his friends and family. They know him on a personal level. We know him from his legacy and what was written about him. Of course he'll be missed.
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Old 13-10-2013, 02:06 PM   #42
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this thread reminds me of this song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtxqohNtLIg
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Old 13-10-2013, 07:58 PM   #43
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He was a criminal a snitch, and hung out with crooked cops, yeah he was a great person.... nearly forgot, and full of ****
I bet you would never have said that to his face tough guy
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Old 13-10-2013, 08:11 PM   #44
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Has there been any evidence at all of the so called torture victims????

I think there is a lot worse people than that out there unfortunately.
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Old 18-10-2013, 08:59 PM   #45
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No R.I.P from me either. regardless of who he did in , the fact remains that he was a crime figure and lived off the proceeds of crime in his early days. I have known plenty of "characters" over the years who spun the same sort of story and sounded quite believable , however when the heat was on they were nowhere to be seen .
It is the ones that don't advertise that you should be worried about .
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Old 19-10-2013, 12:06 PM   #46
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He was a criminal a snitch, and hung out with crooked cops, yeah he was a great person.... nearly forgot, and full of ****
i would call that networking at its finest..
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Has there been any evidence at all of the so called torture victims????

I think there is a lot worse people than that out there unfortunately.
it is a nasty world

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In that 60 Minutes interview, it looks like he had bad jaundice before he died. Look how yellow his skin was.
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Old 20-10-2013, 09:31 PM   #49
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In that 60 Minutes interview, it looks like he had bad jaundice before he died. Look how yellow his skin was.
That would of been because his liver was rooted............................
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That would of been because his liver was rooted............................
Yes I know how he died............................

Saw the interview. Incredible how he got away with the extra murders he wasn't convicted of and reluctantly gave a rough clue of where he buried his last victim. I bet a search site is being established near a football field in Casino for the body of the bikie leader he claims he killed.

I personally think killers shouldn't be looked up to, even though the ones he killed were criminals themselves. I'm led to believe he never targeted randoms.
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Old 23-10-2013, 10:41 AM   #51
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Interesting to see Jacko's comments on his "mate".
The guy was a criminal, thug and murderer...why is anyone posting condolences, irrespective of how many he "left behind", or how much furphy he could dispense..pleeeaaase!
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Old 23-10-2013, 09:33 PM   #52
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Many LOLs at the bogan brigade who love this POS.

Just because he did not directly steal from you, we all pay for the crimes of dirt bags like this one way or another.
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Old 26-10-2013, 12:22 AM   #53
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just the seady side of a **** world we live in..

lols how you know someone, who doesnt know you know someone..

someone says something about someone and it gets back to someone..

you talking out of school..

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Old 26-10-2013, 12:33 AM   #54
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