A redneck poster pointed out recently that the homeboy (American gangster rap) culture has been adopted by the Muslim terrorists in London. Muslims in the know have also argued that the Cronulla Muslims aren't responding to Muslim scripture but some other sub-cultural influence.

The same applies to the Anglo-thugs and their mates who are being fed a load of emotive redneck nonsense. The vigilante thugs and their supporters are not responding to Australian culture but one, I thought was, foreign to this land.

In my local paper there is a report on attitudes to rape of British men. One-third of British men think that if a women gets raped she is partly to blame. We saw the schoolies riots that were reported in non-racist way. No racist headlines no "Anglo-Saxon, Christian Man Assaults Schoolie". No "Rich White Private School Prats Invade Beaches." No "British Christian's Say Raped Women are at Fault." Not to mention the atrocious amount of reported rapes that have been discusses in OLO.
Now these groups supposedly offended by such behaviours only respond to those behaviours when people of other cultures are associated with that behaviour. Given that they(immigrants) are usually and easily identified by their ethnicity and appearance I would say there is racism involved.

There is also a hell of a lot of hypocrisy from those that support the violence. They seem to following the rather silly logic of they do it, it is wrong but let's do it just the same. No one is worried about the cultural mores of fairness and kindness here. No mention of the rule of law.

Gotta sign off but before I do I recall a South African mate musing on the old aparthield days. You see the coloureds weren't allowed on the beach. Now that is irony. Whites on the beach sunbathing to look darker refusing access the beach because they were already dark.

So all you fellas better keep your shirts on or off in case you are mistaken for one of them and end up on the receiving end of a ten to one flogging. (Manners).

Medea ALL medea is beating up this issue multiculturism has not failed in Australia nore will it.
Some Lebernese who are also Muslim have turned on us and use the term Australian as an insult.
For far too many years insults and threats have been leveled at us because we are different?
Yes I am an Aussie but my best friends are from nearly all over the world may I question why none are both Muslim and Lebanese? or has truth no part to play in Australia?

This is the worst article yet on the Cronulla riots. Do you have an editorial policy here or is it just a case of printing any navel-gazing twaddle that gets mailed in?

"Asian studies programs in universities are constantly under threat and enjoy no special support from the Australian Government"

This was the funniest line of the whole craptacular piece. There's a good reason why asian studies programs aren't supported: They aren't really about studying asia at all, but rather just another name for studying socialism and left-wing talking points disguised as something that sounds vaguely useful.

See here http://www.gravett.org/yobbo/?p=594 and here http://www.gravett.org/yobbo/?p=652 for the kind of rubbish Mr Kell is lamenting. "Marxism with asian characteristics", to paraphrase one Chinese guy who you probably won't learn about in a modern "asian studies" course.

Lies,distortions and deliberately ignoring the facts.I don't believe we pay taxes for dinosaurs like Peter Kell to suck off the public purse.If Australia is so bad ,why not move to Saudi Arabia?

We don't care what the rest of the world and your lying lefty mates think Peter.I think you and your ilk are a national disgrace and should be charged with sedition.

heres a good coverage of Sydney multiculteral riots

It's not about "dialogue between communities", our "communities" understand each other perfectly well. That's the problem.
http://romeomikes.blogspot.com/

Don't forget Iemmas seat is Lakemba, we need to keep asking why lakemba isn't in lockdown like the Eastern Beaches etc.

The most sickeing thing was the supposed peace pact with the Comancheros...
The "Comancheros" are a leb majority bikie gang (Milperra massacre) now thats a GANG! The word “Bra Boys” means lifesavers…rough maybe, but not Milperra massacre rough. Bet that was a genuine peace agreement, Peace our way or we kill you.

The student union having its deluded anti racism ralley is a joke, Australia is a nation of convicts, not french whaaa whaaaaaa shoddy art pussys.

If you are wondering why muslims are so disliked here in Australia, ask the rest of world they are intensly disliked world wide, even by themselves at times.

thanks for the lovley summer guys. If you want to share my beaches hope you are "nice" about my bikinis and pet pig when we sunbake at Lakemba mosque cuz you locked our beaches down.

Peter thank you for your article.

No, I don't thank you for your article.

Sorry Peter, thank you for your article.

Gosh, I am so ambivalent.

I am ambivalent because you used the term ambivalent so many times in your article - I can't count them - because I am so ambivalent.

I found your article at the least - offensive.

I am not benign = silent = nothing.

I wish you an ambivalent and benign MERRY CHRISTMAS!