Wednesday, June 03, 2009
Aus Govt: Attacks on Indians not racist
Despite all the mounting pressure, Australia is refusing to commit to an independent probe into the series of racist attacks against Indians.
IMO: It is probably true that these attacks are not racist. My wife is very obviously Indian and she noted nothing like that when we were in Australia last year, and she talked to quite a lot of people in NSW, Queensland and NT. However we both say that the English in the UK are thoroughly corrupt intolerant fascist rascist bastards - but we can just about put up with it. In Australia they have put up with foreigners for years but Australia is a sort of hick country, also the police can be a bit rough and ready. For example if you are in the bush with a lot of abos, even although you are what anyone might think of as a usual Australian, you can receive some abuse just for that. As another example there seem to be certain 'mafia' style areas (for example around the Murrumbidgee) where you are expected to speak Italian not English or you might be beaten up. But most of these places give you fair warning and all in all it is OK. With about 50,000 Indian students in Australia, some will be bound to find difficulties but it certainly should not hurt to pass genuine grievances to the Australian authorities. Murders should certainly be investigated. Doubtless there are also a few mental cases around who will find a grievance about anything they think out of order.
IMO: It is probably true that these attacks are not racist. My wife is very obviously Indian and she noted nothing like that when we were in Australia last year, and she talked to quite a lot of people in NSW, Queensland and NT. However we both say that the English in the UK are thoroughly corrupt intolerant fascist rascist bastards - but we can just about put up with it. In Australia they have put up with foreigners for years but Australia is a sort of hick country, also the police can be a bit rough and ready. For example if you are in the bush with a lot of abos, even although you are what anyone might think of as a usual Australian, you can receive some abuse just for that. As another example there seem to be certain 'mafia' style areas (for example around the Murrumbidgee) where you are expected to speak Italian not English or you might be beaten up. But most of these places give you fair warning and all in all it is OK. With about 50,000 Indian students in Australia, some will be bound to find difficulties but it certainly should not hurt to pass genuine grievances to the Australian authorities. Murders should certainly be investigated. Doubtless there are also a few mental cases around who will find a grievance about anything they think out of order.
# posted by uv : 8:30 AM
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