Like many other infants who migrated to Australia in the mid-1950's I look Australian, I sound Australian, I eat vegemite - to all outward appearances I and my fellow infant migrants are Australian but many of us travel the world on non-Australian passports.

"Multiculturalism" allows new migrants to display their points of cultural difference but I bet more of them travel only on Australian passports.

The sad fact is that Australia is becoming a divided society with the elites earning international salaries and able to parttake of all Sydney has to offer and then to the west of Harbour Bridge live the Australians whose average wage is $38000. In times of high unemployment like now, employers can be vey picky in their choice of employees and youths with "attitude problems" just slide to the bottom of the pile.

This problem is only going to be resolved by creating an Australia where every one has a chance of a fair go and policing is done impartially by the paid police force.

Kactuz,
Would love to meet you face to face but i doubt you'd have the nerve to look into the eyes of someone who isn't scared of the truth.

Sorry Steve... sensible and logical arguments like that, will not be tolerated in OLO. :P Please blame minorities for ALL of society's problems, and most importatntly of all, label anyone who disagrees, a bleeding heart, do- gooder, lefty, etc.

Ooops,
Hey You Lebo hating neo-fascist scum. Leave the poor bleeding heart, lettuce eating, tree hugging, labor voting, lefty greenie, democrat voting, whale whatching, wheatgrass snorting, bob brown supporting, rainbow loving Joseph alone.

Is that better silent? (Grin)

Yeah that'll do it. Seriously, demonising particular groups isn't doing anybody any good. Its only natural for groups of people who get blasted by the rest of us to band together in groups for defence and solidarity. Some people may enjoy the notoriety ( is that spelt right?) and wear it on sleeves. Who knows? All I know is that all this violence can be blamed on both sides, and it doesn't matter who is supposedly "more at fault than the other". Retaliation is dumb, and blaming political correctness is even dumber.

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