some more on the QC - seems he used to be on radio - 3AW
from The Age 2006 - sounds like an odd type of bloke
On the station's Sunday morning discussion program, in his Faris QC Blog (subheaded "Australia, Love It Or Leave It"), and in contributions to Crikey.com and newspaper opinion pages, he assails a variety of targets. He wants racial profiling of Muslim airline passengers, suggests Joseph "Jihad Jack" Thomas be handed over to Pakistan to face terror charges, and argues that torture is acceptable under certain circumstances
At the far reaches of that unpopularity is another QC who says: "He's got a fatal character flaw and that is he despises just about everyone and he thinks he's underestimated and undervalued. He has a brilliant mind, he's a clever man, but he's a bitter, twisted man."
McCallum suggests that Faris' anger is sometimes a little scary. "I think it's very sad. He's a man who's had a very successful career; he's got a lovely wife and family; he earns more in a day than the average person earns in a month — and yet here he is near 67 and he's grumpy and he's bitter and he's twisted and he's paranoid.
http://www.theage.com.au/news/in-depth/melbournes-grumpiest-man/2006/10/14/1160246368946.html?page=f...
