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December 12, 2005 9:04am by David Farrar

Race Riots on Sydney Beaches

Tim Blair has a roundup of the coverage. Up to 5,000 people were involved!

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Anti Hippy

Ha ha ha, fantastic. Good to see the Australians have some balls. The cringing left can thank themselves for this little riot. The passivity of the police and the establishment have forced them into vigilantiism. As for racism, its hardly surprising given that the Lebs are viciously racist themselves (Anyone remember the gang rapes of a couple of years ago?) Their attacks are all racially motivated, so its not surprising that the reaction is also racist, of course no one ever criticises the Lebs for that, oh no, its whitey who is expected to cop a beating or a rape and take the blame for it because of their race.

This demonstration might actually do something to curb Leb aggression and intimidation. Contrast the reaction to that of France, if the government had just increased their benefits and promised them preferential job treatment, I doubt there would have been any subsequent decrease in the numbers of Leb attacks.

Chances are of coure, that a bunch of Lebs will turn up next week with guns and shoot the place up…they are serious motherf*ckers.
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December 12, 2005 9:29am
johnie

Hello! How is the loony right this morning?
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December 12, 2005 9:36am
Southern Raider

Johnie get a life.

These people were welcomed into Australia as refugees from a war zone. Within one generation they have started to emulate Beirut in Western Sydney. It is well known that these youths will randomly attack “white” Australia’s.

Good on the local residents for putting their foot down. These “Lebs” have no respect for the police, but I bet they are running scared now.
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December 12, 2005 9:46am
Anti Hippy

Yeah sure Johnnie, go stick your head in the sand and pretend there isn’t a problem with the Lebs in Sydney…

Of course its probably much easier to assume your smug position of moral superiority from a distance isnt it? Try living there.
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December 12, 2005 9:46am
johnie

I assume a position of sanity – something you rightwing paranoid lowlifes might have trouble understanding….
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December 12, 2005 9:57am
nigel

I seem to recall a quite bright chap in Jolly old England a few years back now making a speech about just this kind of event. The result from the left in that country and around the world was to ridicule him, brand him a racist and drive him out of parliament. The now infamous Rivers of Blood speech has been proven to be 100% accurate in more countries than just England. I’m just waiting for it to happen here and it will
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December 12, 2005 10:00am
Southern Raider

How are we paranoid Johnie? Your the one that seems to be worried about the great right wing conspiracy.

Could it be that we just live with an open mind to what actually goes on in the world? and that sitting down and having a touchy feely discussion isn’t always the only solution.

You wouldn’t happen to be a member of Students for Justice in Palistine would you? Most of then have never been out of Auckland.
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December 12, 2005 10:01am
gazzadelsud

johnie do some research. There are gangs of lebanese kids in Sydney. They are gang rapes, into theft (ever heard the phrase “we are going to fuck you leb style”?)and extortion and all the other fun things that low lifes get up to. They add the muslim touch which means mistreating women is perfectly acceptable.

Last weekend one of these groups invaded a beach, beat up the lifeguards and harassed ordinary people. Is this OK? Is it especially OK because they are a muslim minority? Do muslim minorities get a free pass because of their ethnic status?

As it happens I think the revenge was bloody stupid, and it has backfired, as around 100 cars seem to have been vandalised by the same groups of lebanese “youth” in a tit-for-tat revenge attack.

What this has done is highlighted that there is an issue that the bleeding heart liberals can’t wish away.

Interesting how the police are appalled by the Aussie reaction, but not the lebanese provocation isnt it?
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December 12, 2005 10:07am
Southern Raider

There is no excuse for rasist attacks. This includes majorities and minorities. What certain groups in society are able to get away with because of liberal lefties like Johnie is unbelievable.

Look how the white trash at McQuarie Feilds were dealt with. Full riot police and multiple arrests.

Yet ethnic gangs can roam the streets with almost total immunity to prosecution.
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December 12, 2005 10:15am
err..

“The now infamous Rivers of Blood speech has been proven to be 100% accurate in more countries than just England. I’m just waiting for it to happen here and it will”

Ah yes, the old self-fulfilling prophecy. “The nasty foreigners want to bash us all… so let’s bash them as soon as we can find a reasonable excuse”.

Has it ocurred to you that the whole reason we have a problem is this kind of retarded thinking? It’s prevelent on both sides, as has been correctly noted here – racists and bigots are not just white. The idea of maintaining a civil society is that we don’t allow our race relationships to be dictated by the dumbest people from each side of the fence.
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December 12, 2005 10:22am
Russell Brown

Interesting how the police are appalled by the Aussie reaction, but not the lebanese provocation isnt it?

That might be because the police have already made arrests related to last weekend’s attack. And because this was mob violence on a scale that dwarfed what happened last weekend. Among the highlights:

– A young woman beaten and kicked on the ground for the colour of her skin.

– A young man asaking the crowd to stop and then leaving, pouring blood, after being bottled.

– An ambulance crew attacked by the mob.

– A mob descending on a local hotel in pursuit of a Middle Eastern man, chanting “string him up”

– Chaos on a train as two men doing no more than trying to get away were attacked by thugs

There are hundreds of thousands of people of Middle Eastern heritage going about their lives in Sydney. The idea that they should be randomly attacked as payback for the actions of a small number of hangsters is reprehensible. I’m genuinely shocked by what has already been said in this thread.

Cheers,
RB
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December 12, 2005 10:30am
Southern Raider

Russell maybe those people of Middel Eastern origin going about their lives should actually take some responsibility for the ones in their communities running amoke.

They are always the first ones to show a unitied front when they are attacked, but never seem to take a proactive stance against these thugs.
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December 12, 2005 10:36am
dim

ever heard the phrase “we are going to fuck you leb style”?

Uh . . . no.
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December 12, 2005 10:37am
Anti Hippy

Then read the transcripts of the gang rape trials last year Dim.
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December 12, 2005 10:40am
dim

From the Daily Telegraph article on last weekends life guard assaults . . .

http://dailytelegraph.news.com.au/story/0,20281,17492835-5001021,00.html

Police will allege that as the three lifesavers were walking from the beach to the boardwalk about 3pm four Middle Eastern youths began yelling at them in Arabic. The lifesavers said to the the youths: “What are you looking at?”

The Middle Eastern youths allegedly told the lifesavers to get off the beach and that they “owned” the beach.

The lifesavers allegedly responded by telling the youths that if they went in the surf, they would need rescuing because they could not swim.

Strong coarse language was allegedly used by both groups. The taunt about swimming turned the aggression physical, with the four youths bashing the lifesavers and another eight to 10 Middle Eastern males joining them, police will allege.
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December 12, 2005 10:44am
Russell Brown

So the gang tied up in this is notorious, according to news reports, for rape, violence, robbery, murder and racist abuse. Should the police crack down on people of the same ethnicity, and the ethnic community accept some of the blame?

Cheers,
RB
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December 12, 2005 10:48am
mikeybill

So lawless mob violence is fine? Attacking people because of their supposed ethnic background is just dandy? no matter if they have committed any crime or not, simply being from a particular spot on the globe is enough to justify this sort of violence? That is what the loony right postings above seems to think.

Fights over “the beaches” between different groups of youths have been happening in Sydney long before the wave of Lebanese migration.

Has anyone bothered to ask the Aboriginies what they think about other groups claiming they “own” the beaches yet?
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December 12, 2005 10:54am
Logix

All coming to a town near you ….soon.
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December 12, 2005 10:59am
Mark

I have never lived in Sydney though did spend a couple of years in Cairns – had nothing like this up there.
I guess this could be framed in that the Lebanese in that beachside area were oppressing other ethnic groups, particularly the “Anglos”. The Anglos erupted out of frustration at the abuse they had suffered from the “Lebs”. While I don’t condone the reaction, it is understandable due to the oppression they suffered.
This is an argument the left use all the time, so I guess it can be used here.
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December 12, 2005 10:59am
Lance

mikeybill
Normally I like to give a nice local rebuttal to any posed argument but for you I will make an exception..
What a crock of shit!
Mindless lefty babble.

Nobody said anything about mindless ethnic based violence being fine… nobody!
They are saying this is the result of other actions. Mainly bias in favour of other groups leading to an intolerable situation of those on the receiving end.
Now I don’t think this is justified, but it is why it is happening. Perceived or otherwise.
The real question is were to now.. not slagging off other posters with slogans..
Fuck what a dickhead.
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December 12, 2005 11:10am
TomS

Sometimes, especially when in dinner party debate with my more erudite right wing friends (old school urban/rural tories most of them, its all about conservatism with a small “c” and noblisse oblige from the ruling elite), I wonder if maybe the difference between right and left is just the tools used to achieve the same outcome only with slightly different emphasis.

Then I come to place like this, and read the virulant racism and not so crypto-fascism of the National Front dick heads like anti hippy and I realise that that you judge a person by the company they keep – and I remember thats why I stay away from the right.
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December 12, 2005 11:15am
Russell Brown

I said: So the gang tied up in this is notorious, according to news reports, for rape, violence, robbery, murder and racist abuse. Should the police crack down on people of the same ethnicity, and the ethnic community accept some of the blame?

Oh bugger it, no one bit – perhaps I was too subtle.

The gang I referred to is the Bra Boys, the white surfie gang that organised yesterday’s “protest”. They’re well known for violence (30 police officers were injured in a confrontation with them in December 2002) and rape, and have a nice little line in assaulting Asian shopkeepers.

You may consider this useful context for further discussion. Alternatively you can carry on with the unthinking racist blather.

Cheers,
RB
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December 12, 2005 11:18am
dim

Racist blather! Racist blather!
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December 12, 2005 11:24am
mikeybill

Lance, have a good look at anti-hippy’s posting. It is nasty, mindless racist rubbish.
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December 12, 2005 11:25am
Mark

Quite right. It is impossible for non-whites to be racist. There should be no criticisim of the Lebanese gangs at all. It’s all whitie’s fault.
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December 12, 2005 11:27am
Lance

dim
“Racist blather! Racist blather!”

Is that like four legs good two, legs bad?:-)
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December 12, 2005 11:28am
Southern Raider

Look at what this idiot has to say in defence of the Leb gangs. This is the same crap that was coming out of the left liberals in France to defend the actions of those involved in the riots there. When will people take responsibility for their own actions. I’m not defending the mob, but for fuck sake as Peter Costello said if you don’t like the place no one is making you stay here. They bitch and moan about West Sydney, but I’m sure a few days in Beruit would having them pleading to come back.

The typical left ideal is to blame everyone else for why you are a no good loser. There are many other races in the world like Jews and Chinese that face persecution and they still manage to get on with there lives. What make these people any different?

The director of the Forum on Australian-Islamic Relations, Kuranda Seyit, said he never imagined tensions would result in “horrible mob violence”.

“It was clearly Australian people victimising another ethnic group. It shows that there is underlying racism running deeply in the Australian psyche. It’s been simmering for a few years but I think the latest incident here – people have really let loose their inherent racism and violence
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December 12, 2005 11:45am
Anti Hippy

“Nasty, mindless racist rubbish” Really…

What’s “nasty, mindless and racist” about pointing out that violence perpetrated by individuals of Lebanese origin and is a significant problem in Sydney, particularly in the southern and western suburbs? Maybe we should all just be “nice” and pretend that it never happens?

The violence which occurred at Cronulla yesterday was a direct result of the lack of willingness by the NSW government, and by consequence the police over a long period of time to actually do something about it “Oh no, we can’t criticise the Lebs for forming gangs, intimidating people at beaches, racially motivated attacks including aggravated assaults and gang rapes targeted at “white” people, that would be racist. Lets abuse and vilify the people who complain about it instead”
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December 12, 2005 11:47am
Russell Brown

Quite right. It is impossible for non-whites to be racist. There should be no criticisim of the Lebanese gangs at all. It’s all whitie’s fault.

Er, no. The Lebanese gang that beat the lifeguards last week appear to have been yer basic racist thugs. It’s just that they’re not the only ones on that beach lately.

The thing that some people seem to be finding hard to grasp is that it’s hypocritical to endorse the “balls” of racist thugs who attacked innocent bystanders for their skin colour, whilst simultaneously complaining about racist thugs who attack people for their skin colour. Capiche?

Cheers,
RB
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December 12, 2005 11:48am
woppo

Lebanese in Australia – what’s new?
Steve Bracks, premier of Victoria – of Lebanese ancestry.
Eddie Obeid, senior NSW labour right MLA – likewise.

It’s a well known fact that there are dumb cunts everywhere, not just Maroubra – a few are already posting here, with the usual homoerotic drooling about their latest love-interest’s gentalia -“Good to see the Australians have some balls.”
sweet dreams, drongo.
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December 12, 2005 11:49am
fraser

Racism is bullshit! period!
It doesnt matter what colour you are or what the percieved wrong is. All it shows is that you lack the skills to get along with the vast majority of people of many colours who arent racist and simply want to get on with life.
Also David, are you going to say something about the venom and hatred exposed by this post? Although i dont agree with you most of the time i still find you able to conduct a rational argument.
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December 12, 2005 11:55am
Russell Brown

What’s “nasty, mindless and racist” about pointing out that violence perpetrated by individuals of Lebanese origin and is a significant problem in Sydney, particularly in the southern and western suburbs? Maybe we should all just be “nice” and pretend that it never happens?

The official statistics indicate that the rate of crime committed by immigrants of Lebanese origin peaked in the mid-90s at around two and a half times the rate of the non-immigrant population.

Around the same time, there was also a peak (about double the rate of non-immigrant Australians) in crimes committed by another immigrant group: New Zealanders.

Should I report for a salutory beating the next time I get off the plane in Sydney? Or would that be different??

Cheers,
RB
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December 12, 2005 12:15pm
Anti Hippy

So maybe the msm has been remiss in failing to report all the stabbings and gang rapes perpetrated by New Zealanders…

I for one would be very surprised if the types of crimes committed by NZers match those of the Lebanese in terms of seriousness, though I will stand corrected if you have the stats to prove me otherwise.
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December 12, 2005 12:20pm
Lance

Russell Brown
“Should I report for a salutory beating the next time I get off the plane in Sydney? Or would that be different??”

No.. not really.. but I am sure they could make an exception in your case;-)
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December 12, 2005 12:21pm
David Farrar

I find it amusing that people expect me to be keeping track of every thread every few hours. I do actually go offline from time to time.

Both sides involved with the violence are pretty much as bad as each other I would say. And I never subscribe to groupist thinking where you judge someone off their group identities rather than as an individual.
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December 12, 2005 12:23pm
Kent

“maybe those people of Middel Eastern origin going about their lives should actually take some responsibility for the ones in their communities running amoke”

That’s such a bullshit argument, it’s ridiculous.
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December 12, 2005 12:28pm
dunkster

Most of you seem to have forgotten what this really was – a mindless rampage by beer-fuelled yobbos out looking for a rumble on a hot weekend. Most of those who took part wouldn’t understand the issues surrounding racial tensions in urban communities if you locked them away for a month with a sociologist. Any target would have done. It’s little different in origins and execution from the thuggery that now plagues so many sporting codes. As long as people are in some way different from one another, there’ll be some idiot out there with a headful of alcohol and a grudge, looking to muster a mob and cause trouble. There is NO EXCUSE for this sort of behaviour – ever.
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December 12, 2005 12:31pm
Ben Wilson

There’s nothing good about what happened.

I’m pretty surprised it happened. I know ozzies are overtly a bit more racist than I’m used to experiencing here, but I thought it was mostly just bluster.

I think in most cases it still is, but I don’t think that’s one of the good things about Oz, or that it shows any more balls. Attacking people because of their ethnicity is not courageous behaviour, whether it’s Lebanese doing it, or ‘Skippies’. That such a thing happened indicates a failing of Sydney society all round. I think most ozzies will be shocked and sickened by what happened.

More violence will not solve this problem.
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December 12, 2005 12:52pm
Mark

It’s also hypocritical to gloss over the serious problem they clearly have with ethnic gangs who also hate “Anglos”. And that is exactly what you are doing, glossing over it and emphasising the nasty whites.
For what it’s worth (as I was clearly being facetious above) the riots were shocking and grossly racist. Just as racist as Lebanese gangs raping white women (choosing whites deliberately – read the court transcripts of that wellknown rape case) and calling them “white pigs” whilst doing so.
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December 12, 2005 12:56pm
Art Vanderlay

To truly understand garden variety guilt-ridden white apologists of the Russell Brown variety – you must first think learn to think like one. Basically the guiding philosophy is: No brown-skinned minority can be accountable or deemed at fault for any percieved wrongdoing, period.

F’rinstance: If the lifesavers had been Lebanese youths and the thugs who assaulted them white, then the mindless mob that followed looking for white victims would have been excused on the grounds that their culture requires them to take such actions, and they were just freedom fighters shrugging off the oppression of their colonial masters etc. You see: the rule of law isn’t for EVERY culture – it is a white construct, and if you don’t understand that then you are simply a racist right wing ‘fucktard’ (way to go with those communication skills).

It’s easy once you get the hang of it. So long as you start from the position that every action taken by an ethnic minority (so long as he/she is brown – not some nasty Eastern European or SE Asian) must be the fault of someone else.

Give it a try. It’s very liberating.
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December 12, 2005 1:03pm
Murray

Well there’s a lot of everyone throwing blame here and I would like to sugest that people take some time to backtrack events ove the last couple of years.

It is clear that this didn’t happen in a vucuum and there is a serious problem.

Simply saying that this was a one off bunch of yobbo’s isnb’t going to make it go away.

Ther has to be a soultion and I would sugest that a strong police presence combined with a zero tolerance policy applied to all without fear or favor would be a start.

This method was applied vigorusly in Singapore where race riots were afternoon entertainment during the 50’s and 60’s.

The rule is you start trouble you get pounded. Trouble ceased.

The blame game can be played till hell freezes over with a nil result.
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December 12, 2005 1:04pm
Art Vanderlay

To truly understand garden variety guilt-ridden white apologists of the Russell Brown variety – you must first think learn to think like one. Basically the guiding philosophy is: No brown-skinned minority can be accountable or deemed at fault for any percieved wrongdoing, period.

F’rinstance: If the lifesavers had been Lebanese youths and the thugs who assaulted them white, then the mindless mob that followed looking for white victims would have been excused on the grounds that their culture requires them to take such actions, and they were just freedom fighters shrugging off the oppression of their colonial masters etc. You see: the rule of law isn’t for EVERY culture – it is a white construct, and if you don’t understand that then you are simply a racist right wing ‘fucktard’ (way to go with those communication skills).

It’s easy once you get the hang of it. So long as you start from the position that every action taken by an ethnic minority (so long as he/she is brown – not some nasty Eastern European or SE Asian) must be the fault of someone else.

Give it a try. It’s very liberating.
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December 12, 2005 1:05pm
Russell Brown

Look at what this idiot has to say in defence of the Leb gangs. This is the same crap that was coming out of the left liberals in France to defend the actions of those involved in the riots there.

Whereas when you not only defend but *applaud* a violent mob that riots, resists police, pursues and beats innocent bystanders and attacks an ambulance crew, it is what, precisely?

Cheers,
RB
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December 12, 2005 1:12pm
Ben Wilson

Art, you are being as silly as several other posters here. Why? What are you hoping to acheive by saying people who deplore race riots are guilt ridden apologists? You sound like you’re apologizing for one side but not the other too.

Again, why? Where’s that coming from? What good do you think your comment will do?
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December 12, 2005 1:12pm
Russell Brown

To truly understand garden variety guilt-ridden white apologists of the Russell Brown variety – you must first think learn to think like one. Basically the guiding philosophy is: No brown-skinned minority can be accountable or deemed at fault for any percieved wrongdoing, period.

Thanks for putting words in my mouth. I wouldn’t dream of doing the same to you, so let’s get this clear: you’re saying it’s perfectly okay to riot, pursue and attack innocent people because of their skin colour, beat a young woman to the ground (because young women are doing *all* the rapes, y’know), chant racist slogans and attack an ambulance crew, so long as you’re … white?

Cheers,
RB

PS: Serious question: the ghastly series of rapes in 2000-2001 were overwhelming committed by one vicious gang of Lebanese/Muslim youths who were subsequently brought to justice. Does anyone have actual data on what has happened since? In other words, to what extent can the claims – which in no event anyway justify random racial attacks in revenge – be backed up with eveidence?
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December 12, 2005 1:26pm
Art Vanderlay

Far from it Rustler old boy. I just don’t see a lot of anguish on your part over the actions of combatants on the Lebanese side of this thing. Seems some of us are more equal than others?
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December 12, 2005 1:34pm
Russell Brown

Far from it Rustler old boy. I just don’t see a lot of anguish on your part over the actions of combatants on the Lebanese side of this thing. Seems some of us are more equal than others?

Apart from when I called them racist thugs, you mean? What I am quite astonished by is the way you and others here have been happy to lay blame for the rioting on communities, liberals, the police (yep, blaming the police for crime) … pretty much anywhere but *on the people who rioted*.

Is this the new conservatism?

Cheers,
RB
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December 12, 2005 1:41pm
Gaz

Maybe we should be careful or it will end up happening in South Auckland and we will be having the same debate, but a lot closer to home. Predictions in the River of Blood speech ended up happening (London bombings anyone) in England, I can see the same thing happening here.
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December 12, 2005 1:43pm
dunkster54

Art, old chap, your surname suggests you might be of South African origin. Yaapie, go home! Catch a plane, hairy-back! Or do you feel sick that your country of origin is now ruled by the majority, ie: the Bleck Borstards? If I’m wrong, then maybe you have an idea how it feels to be a kid of Middle Eastern origin, born in Australia, but abused as a “Leb” by drunken thugs, as some kids were at Cronulla. All it took was a name, or a dark skin, to be a target. Australia is a nation of immigrants, many of whose ancestors arrived in chains and some of whom later hunted aborigines for sport. What does it take to be a “real Aussie” these days? Do you have to look like Shane Warne or Kylie Minogue? Or have a name like Barry McKenzie?
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December 12, 2005 1:44pm
Mark G

Let me see if I can summarise what I’ve just read here from the guys who seem to be in support of the ‘white backlash’:

Because some Lebanese are violent and thuggish, it’s okay for the local whites to retaliate, even though that retaliation was directed seemingly at random towards anyone who looked of Lebanese extraction.

I don’t think any of those coming from the Left have condoned the violent actions of by far the minority of Lebanese. But it seems those on the Right ignore the causes (i.e. – inherent racism, poverty, lack of assimilation…) in favour of the more easily resorted to response of merely suppressing the violent symptoms – which means the problems don’t get solved and the violence just gets repeated.

No-one – Left or Right – should condone violence like this by any group. I don’t read anyone condoning it from the Left but I do on the Right. The irony of calling for the Middel (sic) Eastern community to take responsibility for their yobbos while making allowances for whites to behave in the same way is missed by those making those allowances.

The “passivity of the police and the Establishment” caused by the Left; “the whites have been forced into vigilantiism” (sic) – it’s okay for whites to be racist since the ‘Lebs’ are anyway (crap logic by the way) – it’s not really that well thought out, is it? Shallow reactionary kneejerk, cousin marrying, no teeth redneck racism.

I think it’s probably very relevant to point out that conservatives have been in power in Australia for a lo-o-ong time. And they’re the ones who haven’t fixed the problem – not the bleeding heart fruitcake left.
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December 12, 2005 1:48pm
Cadmus

And we hear the talented of NZ are heading to Australia to live at numbers of 200 a week. They must be desperate!

I only hope the Australians don’t start taking their frustrations out on NZers? You know they are mighty touchy on the Apple issue. And Kiwi migrants taking their jobs. We could be next!

At least we are safe enough here with a Govt that respects cultural differences, and is prepared to talk through issues.
We may have ended up in the same boat as Austrlia if Brash/Hide had their way concerning race relations in NZ.
Thank goodness for a common sence NZ govt!
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December 12, 2005 1:55pm
andrew

so australians getting some balls involves texting some mates, getting on the piss and attacking women and ambulance officers

sounds more like a pack of drunk cowards to me

(this in no way implies support for racist violence by lebanese gangs… i shouldn’t really have to add this but given some of the posts above it seems necessary)
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December 12, 2005 1:55pm
Art Vanderlay

I think they prefer “Bazza” to Barry – but let’s not be pedantic. Prepare yourself for a shock dunkster – I’m Kiwi born and bred. By the way – way to go with the hate speak – that’s a fantastic way to deal with contrary viewpoints (so long as the target is suitably unloved 😉 sounds like you’d fit right in in Sydney at the moment.

So now all white South Africans are automatically racists? Hmmm there must be a logic hiding in there somewhere?

Keep talking dunkster – your words reveal more than you think.
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December 12, 2005 1:58pm
sock thief

Mark G said about the Lebanese gangs “But it seems those on the Right ignore the causes (i.e. – inherent racism, poverty, lack of assimilation…).. “. But surely this would have to apply to the Bra Gang as well? i don’t think it holds up.

It’s probably more accurate to call this “young male” riots than race riots. (The Bra’s appearently have a few Polynesian members).

The local Cronulla community seem to have had a genuine concern about Lebanese gangs. The issue has sadly been hyjacked by a small number of spooky whites who have their own agenda. It’s possible that the Police have not taken a hard enough line on gangs, Lebanese or otherwise, in general.

There was for a time a belief that, because of liberal sentiments, violence and racism comming from ethnic communities was not dealt with ruthlessly enough but this doensn’t seem to be that great an issue in Sydney anymore. I really can’t believe that the Sydney Police would be treated Lebanese gangs with kid gloves for such a reason.
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December 12, 2005 2:01pm
Ben Wilson

Art your words also reveal a lot. Do you actually deplore the riots, or not? It would be interesting to see if you can bring yourself to say it.
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December 12, 2005 2:06pm
Lance

Dunkster54 and Mark G
Your comments are as ignorant as those you are claiming moral superiority over.
Mark G Oh.. such name calling. Will you have to have a real argument when you run out of insults?
You are way more ‘shallow’ than those you are heaping scorn upon.
I suggest you take a deep breath, think clearly, and write a reasoned response to the views you so strongly disagree with.
That way you might not look like a loony lefty blathering off with nothing important to say.
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December 12, 2005 2:06pm
TheProphet

A quick perusal of a few the more,shall we say,out there, right wing Aussie blogs and sites will show that the call to arms for this event has been out for several days. Every wannabe skinhead bovver boy and his simpering aussie trash bride has had this marked as the social event of the week.
Generally there seems to be an idea that ANYONE who is not white is ok to bash(except strangly enough Pacific Islanders – as they’re on OUR side????).
Never mind that,as has been pointed out here, most of those people were innocent of any wrongdoing. Doesn’t seem to make any difference to these dickheads.
To me both sides seem like a bunch of cowards. They seem to only step forward when there are enough of them to have little chance of actually having to have a go one on one.

For what its worth I have just finished reading ‘Out of Eden’ by Stephen Oppenheimer. The book is about the latest mtDNA evidence of human migration around planet Earth. It seems, dear readers, that all of us, with the exception of true Africans, are recently related to each other. Every Asian,Arab,Euro,PI,South American human on the planet has a common ancestor within the last 70,000 years. We are all in fact cousins. We all know that blood is thicker than water so lets try a bit of love aye?

A Question – Why do many of the extreme Aussie right wingers have Dutch surnames?

Allah protect us.
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December 12, 2005 2:09pm
Art Vanderlay

There is nothing that sickens me more than racism or racist violence. But I don’t agree that ethnic minorities are somehow less guilty when they do the same thing.
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December 12, 2005 2:14pm
Anti Hippy

Mark G

I think its probably relevant to point out that Labour has been in power in New South Wales since 1995 and that the state government has control over day to day policing. It has been Labour with the assistance of Peter Ryan that has brought in institutions such as the Anti Discrimination Board which have created the current problems.

Anyone interested in some of the underlying causes on some coverage of this issue alternative to the line fed to them by msm should have a look at the following article by an actual front line police officer.

http://www.quadrant.org.au/php/archive_details_list.php?article_id=581
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December 12, 2005 2:15pm
Bubbles

“The official statistics indicate that the rate of crime committed by immigrants of Lebanese origin peaked in the mid-90s at around two and a half times the rate of the non-immigrant population.”

I cannot believe those statistics. Reference please.

I also note that the NSW police is well known for deliberately under reporting crime for public relations purposes. This was the origin of the whole cabramatta scandal, where the Police Minister claimed gang violence etc in Cabramatta was at an historic low, about a month before somebody blew the whistle and the true scope of the lawlessness was revealed.

Russell G, the Federal Government in Australia is Conservative, but the NSW government, which is responsible for policing (naturally) has been Labour for years.
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December 12, 2005 2:18pm
Lance

TheProphet
Pity your call for love, understanding and reconciliation turned to shit with your last line (well second last). “A Question…. “
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December 12, 2005 2:19pm
exkiwiforces

Kia ora guys from the land oz.

U guys just to clam down a wee bit. This has been waiting to happen for sometime the state (NSW) government has failed as the as had Muslim community failed by standard back by leting its youths carrying on the way do. The Locals for not allowed the cops and the justice system to its jobs.
I’ve seen and experiecne this the ugly side of this violence by muslim youths in sydney when i was working in sydney driving trucks for one ofthe breweries sydney (after i left the NZ Army in 98)they gave the canterbury bankstowns/ lakemba areas to us kiwis as the white australians at depot made it a no go area as was around eveleigh st in redfern.

There was just another case of rape by muslim in sydney by a pakistani born 27 yr old raping a 13&14 yr old girls back in Jun- Jul in 02 (souce weekend australian pg 3 Dec 10-11. as for 98/99 rapes i last heard there was appeal by the defence as the sentece was to hard/high but i’m not sure the details of the appeal.

At the end of the day the people the knew this was going to happen sooner or later and everyone that could have stop it sat back and wash there hands of it and now they are trying to cover there ass. The people i feel for are the cops (the cops at the coalface knew this going to happen)and they were let down by the pollies, police hierarchy and co. The people who want to go to the beach without having to worry about the thugs froms both sides.

Yours Allen
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December 12, 2005 2:28pm
err..

I can’t believe this argument has actually gone on this long. Please tick one of the below boxes.

A: [ ] I believe that racist violence is not acceptable.

B: [ ] I believe that racist violence is acceptable as long as the perpetrators feel they are oppressed or mistreated by some individuals in the target group.

C: [ ] I am a racist, I would rather answer the above questions depending on the skin colour of the perpetrators and/or victims.

If you have answered mostly “C”s on this test, please report to the nearest airport for relocation to a small icy lump of rock somewhere between Russia and Alaska. This is an international effort, we are sure you will enjoy the newfound company of your ideological brethren while the rest of us enjoy a peaceful world.

Byebye, AntiHippy…
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December 12, 2005 2:39pm
Bubbles

“The official statistics indicate that the rate of crime committed by immigrants of Lebanese origin peaked in the mid-90s at around two and a half times the rate of the non-immigrant population.”

I cannot believe those statistics. Reference please.

I also note that the NSW police is well known for deliberately under reporting crime for public relations purposes. This was the origin of the whole cabramatta scandal, where the Police Minister claimed gang violence etc in Cabramatta was at an historic low, about a month before somebody blew the whistle and the true scope of the lawlessness was revealed.
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December 12, 2005 2:44pm
Kimble

This story has media beat up written all over it. The headlines have been “Race Riots in Sydney” and “Hate Crime on the Beaches”, but come on, if you get 5000 young men together, give them a hot sun and even hotter beer to drink OF COURSE they will get violent. Shit, look at ‘the mount’ or any beach side New Years destination in the years before the alcohol ban.

I dont think racism makes much sense, but it is understandable that people will define themselves along racial and cultural lines. By my reckoning this beach invasion was a long time coming in Sydney. With history of the Lebanese mob, the Greek mob, the Italians, the Croats, the Serbs, the Macedonians, the Thais, the Malaysians, the Japanese and the Pakistanians it was only a matter of time before the Australian mob surfaced to assert its dominance.

But the message was clearly expressed by participants in interviews with the media, “You can come here and live and be free like the rest of us, but dont come here and start shit.”

Calling this a race riot is like calling National a bunch of facists. It may make you feel superior, but it doesnt make you credible, intelligent or right.
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December 12, 2005 2:48pm
Phlange

errr,

For all your moral posturing, lets see you go take yourself, and your girlfriend (if you have one) and go live in Lakemba, Punchbowl or similar and see how long you can keep piously droning on about “racism”…

Btw, I draw a distinction between Lebanese Maronites and Muslims, the serious crimes as far as I can see are committed by the latter.
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December 12, 2005 3:10pm
Russell Brown

“The official statistics indicate that the rate of crime committed by immigrants of Lebanese origin peaked in the mid-90s at around two and a half times the rate of the non-immigrant population.”

I cannot believe those statistics. Reference please.

“Figure one well-demonstrates that settlers from Vietnam, Lebanon, Turkey, New Zealand and Oceania/Papua New Guinea are consistently more convicted of crime between the years of 1991-1998 than Australian-born residents by a factor of up to 2.6”
http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=991

It only runs to 1998, but I assume that if it had peaked again we’d have read about it somewhere.

Still after those post-2001 “Muslim rape” stats if anyone’s got ’em …

Cheers,
RB
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December 12, 2005 3:21pm
TheProphet

Lance – What is wrong with my question?

If you were to go and have a look at some of the sites you would see that there seem to be alot of people posting that (if they use their real? name)seem to be of Dutch origin. I fail to see how my question in any way invalidates what I have said before.
In your own words Lance –
‘Fuck what a dickhead’

Allah protect us.
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December 12, 2005 3:25pm
Craig Ranapia

Anyone out there who was one of the roughly 3,995,000 Sydneysiders who didn’t get invites to the race war? Here’s a useful bit of (terse) perspective from an acquaintance with a nine-week old baby who lives about five minute’s drive from Maroubra Beach: “Not worried. Let them fuck with screaming baby & crazy-tired Mum. Merry Christmas.”
You need to ask why I like Sydney a lot? 🙂
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December 12, 2005 3:43pm
Che Tibby

From Sir Humpty-Dumpty’s.

Submitted by Adolf Fiinkensein on Sun, 11/12/2005 – 8:31pm. Australia

Angry racist mobs attacked Muslim people at Cronulla Beach and damaged an ambulance coming to the aid of the victims. The report in ‘The Australian’ twice plaintively asserted ‘this is not the Australian way.’

Linked Article

Well, sadly, after living there for fourteen years I have to say that in fact it is the Australian way.
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December 12, 2005 3:47pm
Lance

Well Prophet..
Those with a specialty subject in the bleeding obvious know you are going to imply or otherwise inference this is all coming from ex-South Africans or something equally as stunning as ‘all Dutchies are known racists.. it’s a scientific fact’. Therefore being easy to sweep aside with a label of known and proven racists.
Trying to come the innocent question routine with me is very childish.
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December 12, 2005 3:54pm
Russell Brown

Thanks, Allen – good post.

I’ve seen and experiecne this the ugly side of this violence by muslim youths in sydney when i was working in sydney driving trucks for one ofthe breweries sydney (after i left the NZ Army in 98)they gave the canterbury bankstowns/ lakemba areas to us kiwis as the white australians at depot made it a no go area as was around eveleigh st in redfern.

What was it about the Kiwis that meant you could do it? Different style? Accent?

There was just another case of rape by muslim in sydney by a pakistani born 27 yr old raping a 13&14 yr old girls back in Jun- Jul in 02 (souce weekend australian pg 3 Dec 10-11. as for 98/99 rapes i last heard there was appeal by the defence as the sentece was to hard/high but i’m not sure the details of the appeal.

So you’re saying *one* “Muslim rape” case in the five years since the original series of gang rapes?

At the end of the day the people the knew this was going to happen sooner or later and everyone that could have stop it sat back and wash there hands of it and now they are trying to cover there ass. The people i feel for are the cops (the cops at the coalface knew this going to happen)and they were let down by the pollies, police hierarchy and co. The people who want to go to the beach without having to worry about the thugs from both sides.

Yes, as the Cronulla locals seemed to indicate. I don’t think they’re very impressed with the “balls” of the rioters.

Interestingly, there’s a related discussion thread on The Australian newspaper website that seems to be running about 50-50 between horror and “good on them”. I’d be worried about that if I lived there …

Cheers,
RB
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December 12, 2005 4:03pm
Bubbles

“Around the same time, there was also a peak (about double the rate of non-immigrant Australians) in crimes committed by another immigrant group: New Zealanders.”

Well that report is genuine. Your statement is a little disingenous though – crime committed by NZ people was between 1 and 1.5 for 6 out of the 8 years reviewed, and only between 1.5 and 2 for two. It was significantly lower than the Lebanese rates.

The report also states that the country of origin of offenders stopped being collected in 1995, which makes me wonder where the figures for 1996-1998 came from.

Of course this whole problem, like the Cabramatta fiasco earlier, has come about because Police have NOT been arresting enough of the Lebanese gang members. Paul Ryan’s suppression of true crime figures during his tenure for PR purposes is well documented.
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December 12, 2005 4:07pm
Tom

I’d presumed that “Art Vanderlay” was a (misspelt) Seinfeld reference:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Costanza#Pseudonyms
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December 12, 2005 4:19pm
Russell Brown

The report also states that the country of origin of offenders stopped being collected in 1995, which makes me wonder where the figures for 1996-1998 came from.

Dunno. The author wasn’t exactly a bleeding heart liberal though. But it wouldn’t have counted most of the Lebanese gangster anyway – the leaders of the rape gang were born-and-bred Aussies, weren’t they?

I wonder if this is what allows for a lot of the wild speculation on ethnic crime profiles: no numbers are kept, so (like the SMH’s Paul Sheehan) you can claim anything you like.

Of course this whole problem, like the Cabramatta fiasco earlier, has come about because Police have NOT been arresting enough of the Lebanese gang members. Paul Ryan’s suppression of true crime figures during his tenure for PR purposes is well documented.

What’s the deal in Melbourne, where ethnic Italian gangsters seem to be racking up a hell of a body count?

Cheers,
RB
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December 12, 2005 4:20pm
stephen

Anti-Hippy, could you clarify your relationship with Atmore Law (linked from your posting) please? ‘Cause they won’t be getting any business from me at this point.

What I don’t understand is the kneejerk applause for collective punishment. So there are some crimes committed by some Lebanese. How the hell does that make all the other Lebanese fair game? That’s the very same fucked-up tribal “justice” that in another context, you would be complaining of.
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December 12, 2005 4:24pm
baxter

As the Foreign Minister has warned, our Goverment’s immigration policies are setting NZ up for the same thing to happen here.Come on Winston warn New Zealanders once again… Moslem Lebanese gangs have been causing havoc in Sydney for years. It seems that advances in personal communications have enabled long suffering Aussies to organise and re-act. Advance Australia Fair.
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December 12, 2005 4:34pm
MonoRace

It`ll happen in NZ as well soon,,youll see!!
There is no place for these scum from wartorn countries in our western society, and it is becoming more obvious by the day.
Muslims will never fit into or assimulate into our western culture, and as far as im concerned NONE of these damn refugees should be in any western nations, send the blighters back to the ratholes from whence they came.
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December 12, 2005 4:43pm
stephen

Good reading at Crikey:

http://www.crikey.com.au/sealed/editions/AV763X09XMF9708X9RGDSJMVKJM/full.html#2005/12/12-1024-7465

And here’s something I read just now on Metafilter, and it’s a perspective that makes sense to me:

Disclaimer: I was born in Sydney, and my brother lives in Cronulla.

This is not, as delmoi claims “all over one guy getting beat up”. The Shire has developed a siege mentality over a number of years, and the locals’ gripe with Lebanese ricers goes way back before this particular incident.

The inhabitants of the Shire exemplify a stereotypical “Australian” culture – surfboards, barbecues, a Sunday arvo beer at Northies, a cattle dog in your ute, Barnsey on the stereo, 2.3 children jumping over the sprinkler under the Hills hoist, safe behind a white picket fence.

The Shire seems to be predominately white; at least, it seems to me that there are far, far fewer people of Mediterranean and Asian descent around that in, say, the southern or western suburbs. There never used to be an “us” and “them” attitude, at least one defined by race – there was the Shire, and then there was everybody else in Sydney. It’s a white enclave, much like Cabramatta for Vietnamese people.

Over the years, Shire residents have become concerned about an increasing number of incidents in which Lebanese ricers have disrupted the peace, particularly around Cronulla Beach. I have no idea why they started. Perhaps perfectly peaceful Lebanese visitors were hassled by locals. Perhaps less-than-innocent gangsta-wannabes saw the Shire as a symbol of a society that scorns them and thought they’d rock the boat a bit. I’ve seen both happen on my Sunday afternoon visits, and both make me sick.

Isolated incidents of cruising the beach, yelling insults out of the car at your enemy and having insults hurled back became more frequent. They escalated as young Lebanese men felt the need to prove something to these white guys who thought they owned the beach, and young Shire men felt the need to protect their turf.

Bashings became more common – not frequent, by any means, but enough to nag at the insular Shire’s sense of wellbeing. Lebanese guys would drive into a quieter part of Cronulla, pick somebody leaving a pub or cafe, and then either start hurling insults, trying to provoke a fight, or just leap out and start wailing on them. Shire lads would respond by preemptively kicking the crap out of anybody who wasn’t wearing a Billabong shirt and singing Advance Australia Fair.

I think the violence, and in particular, targetting people based purely on their race, is deplorable. I just wanted to point out that it’s been simmering for years, and it won’t be easy to put the lid back on this boil-over. As long as Lebanese hoons see the Shire as someplace to raid for glory and live out their “bling bling” gangsta fantasies, and as long as the residents of the Shire sees these incursions as a threat to their way of life, it’ll probably continue. I suspect there’ll be gunfire soon, and the victims will probably be innocent people trying to live a happy life, not the fuckheads on both sides who thrive on hate and drama.
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December 12, 2005 4:52pm
Kimble

Well done, MonoRace, a subtlely planted racist comment here and there and pretty soon your lot (led by RB and his Public Address Posse, aka Group ‘Think’) will be able to call kiwiblog.com a far-right-wing facsist-racist-nazi-blog, along side Little Green Footballs.
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December 12, 2005 4:54pm
bubbles

I lived in each of Melbourne and Sydney for 2 years, and Melbourne has got nothing like the ethnic tension of Sydney. While Melbourne is pretty multicultural (though maybe not to the same degree), the various groups are much better assimilated. There is a fair bit of vietnemese gang activity I understand (there were a couple of high profile assaults and murders at Salt nightclub a couple of years ago), but it is generally confined to the vietnemese commnuity, so you never hear about it. Likewise with the Italian Gangsters. 25 Unsolved gangland murders last I checked, but all internecine. All feuds between the various gangster personalities.

What really sparked this I think was the constant, senseless harrassment a lot of Sydney-siders suffer day in day out from these leb-gangsters, and the fact that they just seem to get away with it.
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December 12, 2005 5:10pm
carudo

Some context.

http://www.quadrant.org.au/php/article_view.php?article_id=581
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December 12, 2005 5:44pm
mara

Multiculturalism really rocks eh? There should be more LAWS to FORCE us to love “other cultured” people. DUH! Some otherwise intelligent people evince surprise at this turn of events in Sydney…. sorry but this behaviour has always been entirely predictable.It was always going to happen.We are simply enduring the inevitable consequences of cultural misintegration and forced intergration. nature”.Atavistic? ..who cares ,apart from pointy heads who live in academic enclaves far away from butt head reality
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December 12, 2005 6:10pm
Gaz

Immigrants don’t have to move to Australia. They could just stay in Lebanon. If they do move to Australia they should leave their bad attitude behind and try and integrate into the Australian way of life (isn’t that why they’re going there?) or they should just leave. Same goes for people moving to NZ.
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December 12, 2005 6:31pm
Logix

Thanks for the “context” carudo. A sobering read.
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December 12, 2005 6:34pm
Kent

Hey AntiHippy — are you [names deleted by DPF upon request]
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December 12, 2005 6:43pm
GeniusNZ

The rioters rioted (charging around beating people burning cars and such) – there is no excuse for that sort of behaviour. the fact it may have had somthing to do with racism is no excuse (strangely some people seem to be hinting that it is).

A seperate issue is if there is a problem with lebanese gangs (rather like saying is there a problem with white criminals – it is true pretty much by definition)
and more generally are lebanese more violent than whites and whites more violent than asians or men more violent than women or tall people more violent than short ones.
(if you are going to have a riot agains one of them you might as well riot against all the former catagories)
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December 12, 2005 6:49pm
exkiwiforces

Russell Brown

I no longer live in Sydney, as i’m in the RAAF living in Brisbane. I don’t buy any State based newspaper as they are full rubbbish and bloody ads. The OZ paper is OZ wide paper without all the state bullshit and the ads. So i don’t know if there has been anymore rapes committed by the muslims in Sydney of late.
The reason why they give us the tough jobs to us Kiwi’s is because of who we are and we don’t take any shit from nobody,ie we didn’t take our fists to a knife fight put it that way and they (lebs/muslims) are all a bunch cry babies when u stand up to them just like some skinheads i know back in NZ or the TNI from East Timor. Hence why they go for soft targets but anyone in a group will take the soft option.
No i’m not a maori or someone from the islands but a half oz,half kiwi.

Allen
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December 12, 2005 7:08pm
exkiwiforces

Russell Brown

I no longer live in Sydney, as i’m in the RAAF living in Brisbane. I don’t buy any State based newspaper as they are full rubbbish and bloody ads. The OZ paper is OZ wide paper without all the state bullshit and the ads. So i don’t know if there has been anymore rapes committed by the muslims in Sydney of late.
The reason why they give us the tough jobs to us Kiwi’s is because of who we are and we don’t take any shit from nobody,ie we didn’t take our fists to a knife fight put it that way and they (lebs/muslims) are all a bunch cry babies when u stand up to them just like some skinheads i know back in NZ or the TNI from East Timor. Hence why they go for soft targets but anyone in a group will take the soft option.
No i’m not a maori or someone from the islands but a half oz,half kiwi.

Allen
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December 12, 2005 7:10pm
exkiwiforces

Russell Brown

I no longer live in Sydney, as i’m in the RAAF living in Brisbane. I don’t buy any State based newspaper as they are full rubbbish and bloody ads. The OZ paper is OZ wide paper without all the state bullshit and the ads. So i don’t know if there has been anymore rapes committed by the muslims in Sydney of late.
The reason why they give us the tough jobs to us Kiwi’s is because of who we are and we don’t take any shit from nobody,ie we didn’t take our fists to a knife fight put it that way and they (lebs/muslims) are all a bunch cry babies when u stand up to them just like some skinheads i know back in NZ or the TNI from East Timor. Hence why they go for soft targets but anyone in a group will take the soft option.
No i’m not a maori or someone from the islands but a half oz,half kiwi.

Allen
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December 12, 2005 7:11pm
woppo

Enoch Powell’s “rivers of blood” speech was made in his dotage. Senility seemed to set in early with the old chap – a couple of decades earlier he was advocating armed force force to quash Indian independence in order to maintain the Empah.

Whatever, the expression was used in relation to the UK, and it has come nowhere near even remotely been borne out by subsequent events – despite what certain festering little pieces of arrested development might wish.

BTW, Enoch taught Latin & Greek at Sydney Uni in the late 1930s – Gough was one of his pupils.
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December 12, 2005 7:12pm
exkiwiforces

Russell Brown

I no longer live in Sydney, as i’m in the RAAF living in Brisbane. I don’t buy any State based newspaper as they are full rubbbish and bloody ads. The OZ paper is OZ wide paper without all the state bullshit and the ads. So i don’t know if there has been anymore rapes committed by the muslims in Sydney of late.
The reason why they give us the tough jobs to us Kiwi’s is because of who we are and we don’t take any shit from nobody,ie we didn’t take our fists to a knife fight put it that way and they (lebs/muslims) are all a bunch cry babies when u stand up to them just like some skinheads i know back in NZ or the TNI from East Timor. Hence why they go for soft targets but anyone in a group will take the soft option.
No i’m not a maori or someone from the islands but a half oz,half kiwi.

Allen
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December 12, 2005 7:13pm
exkiwiforces

sorry guys the internet over here is playing up at my end bloody Telstra and there dial up no broadband where i am.
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December 12, 2005 7:31pm
TheProphet

Lance – You really are a dickhead aren’t you.

It was a genuine question that I was asking from my observations of some of these sites. You seem to be suffering from some (as yet undiagnosed) form of paranoia. Not a Dutch South African by any chance?. Why do you think I’m trying to set YOU up?. What possible reason would I have to set up someone as obviously lowbrow as yourself.

I mean get over yourself bro.

One thing I did notice about you is that in all your comments on this thread you are critcising others for thier views and ideas rather than actually saying anything.

Do you know what that says about you?

Lance = TROLL

Allah protect us.
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December 12, 2005 7:31pm
exkiwiforces

sorry guys the internet over here is playing up at my end bloody Telstra and there dial up no broadband where i am.
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December 12, 2005 7:35pm
Keith

“I think it’s probably very relevant to point out that conservatives have been in power in Australia for a lo-o-ong time. And they’re the ones who haven’t fixed the problem – not the bleeding heart fruitcake left.”

ALL State governments are Labour. State governments are responsible for policing.
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December 12, 2005 8:05pm
carudo

Dave’s train picis are apparently serious stuff….NZ functions with less provincial angst than most.

From Tim Blair….
“From Adrian the Cabbie, some great reporting:

…On arrival [at Prince of Wales Hospital Emergency] I was greeted by a middle aged couple. The fella helped the woman into the front seat. She moved gingerly and had a bandaged forehead.
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December 12, 2005 8:29pm
A.J.Chesswas

“maybe those people of Middel Eastern origin going about their lives should actually take some responsibility for the ones in their communities running amoke”

This comment sums up the situation well, and illustrates why a “racist” interpretation of the situation is not only valid but merely natural. A person’s appearance and colour communicates to whom they belong; when one misbehaves they draw the whole family into disrepute. This is a very necessary understanding of accountability, to ensure parents, grandparents, aunties and uncles actually fulfill their role, do their duty, and raise the next generation with standards, decency and civility.

Also, as Anti-Hippy said;

“As for racism, its hardly surprising given that the Lebs are viciously racist themselves (Anyone remember the gang rapes of a couple of years ago?) Their attacks are all racially motivated, so its not surprising that the reaction is also racist”

When it comes to standards, decency and civility, it seems the Leb gangs have none for Australian Brits. They won’t respect Law and police; and their culture and religion allows them a seemingly legitimate anti-West expression. I suspect it will not be long before it is apparent to all how irrelevant is the bleeding-heart rhetoric. It is already starkly obvious the failure of “multiculturalism”. The institution of race is deeply embedded within thousands of years of cultural identity, and it is not about to disappear anytime soon.
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December 12, 2005 10:09pm
Logix

The institution of race is deeply embedded within thousands of years of cultural identity, and it is not about to disappear anytime soon.

Perfectly so, if the “institutution of racism” does not dissapear…. we will. Nuclear weapons makes the logic of this inescapable.
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December 12, 2005 11:42pm
Mr Nobody

It surprises me that among all the raciest blather in this thread today that nobody is actually asking what can we learn from the Sydney Riots.

The same racial tensions exist presently here among a variety of different groups and personally I believe it is simply a matter of time before we see a similar display of discontent with the situation.

Most likely this is will occur in South Auckland which arguably contains the greatest mix of enthnic groups in NZ, is already a leader for racial based conflict, suffers from high levels of povety and has some of the lowest levels of policing.

Governments can’t elminate racism. If I’m going to hate somebody for the colour of their skin, the country they come from or any other reason, then legislating against it isn’t going to stop me. What Governments can do is ensure that all persons are treated equally and are punished appropriately if they fail to do that.

Social and community leaders however can elminate racism (not easily but a hell of more easily than what Governments can). For them to be leaders they already have the respect of their relevent communities can speak out against racism etc.
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