wolverine wrote:
I will not be posting in this thread anymore, it will simply break out into an argument. Adios.
That's a shame wolverine...I love a good argument; and besides, we are just getting started.
I believe racism is universal to all races and cultures, and Australia is about average in terms of dealing with it. I was born and bred in Melbourne, the third largest Greek city in the world.
My Landlord is Greek, most of my next door neighbours are Greek. Many of my closest friends are Greek. For years, I worked in low paid jobs beside Indians, Vietnamese, Somalians, blah, blah, blah; you get the idea. On the whole, I think that our society is multi-cultural, accepting, and tolerant.
I am not saying that Australia is not racist; that would be a ridiculous thing to say, but to suggest that we are a global pariah of racism is equally ridiculous.
To sum up my position: Yes, Melbourne has a BIG problem with increasing violence. No, I don't agree that Australians in general are the racist pariahs that some are accusing us of being.
To focus on the racist aspect of recent attacks is to ignore the big picture of the general raising of the level of violence: eg: the increase in knife attacks.
I read that Blog Post, on your recommendation, Modecko.
Then I read Tim Watts, previous Blog Post, the forerunner to the one to which you linked.
Then I read 40 or so of the replies.
I just didn't get it; and some of those replies were absolutely vacuous!
gregorius wrote:
Beleive me wolfverine I have been on the recieving end of more ugly white australian nationalistic 'racism' than anyone. Of course aussies are prone to the mentality. Anglo cultures are so inclined because of their puritanical christianity [fascist theology] where as southern meditearanean peoples religion is far less puritanical and probably race based but I wouldnt be so sure!
But believe me when I say I hate ignorance and especially when it comes from white australia. its scary and invariably destroys artists and creative folk [much like when all the gays and dykes take over and controls the arts too actually which has been happening for last 30-40 years].
Well, fuck me, and the little white Anglo culture horse I rode in on!
Good to see you are not leaping to a racist generalisation there, Gregorious! Please tell me more (as I am an ignorant-anglo-celt) about how I am genetically, and culturally, predisposed to "puritanical christianity". This "Southern Mediterranean Peoples Religion" you speak of sounds wonderful. But it couldn't include the "puritanical christianity" that's currently centred in the Vatican could it? You know; the Vatican...in Rome...in the Southern Mediterranean?
So, you pigeon-hole me as a racist, by using a form of racism to do so. Nice!
Then, you frame yourself as being "on the recieving end of more ugly white australian nationalistic 'racism' than anyone". That's a little ambitious isn't?
I can think of dozens of people have suffered horribly at the hands of White Australia. Some of them lost their lives as a result. Your statement shows patronising disrespect to them.