aussies by and large are not overtly racist but they do object to some people because of their behaviour and this is often construed by the media wind-bags as racism.

in sydney noone likes lebanese because of their behaviour and their foul attitude and lack of civility.......unfortunately the actions of a few can tarnish the reputation of a whole group.

there is a retard sub section of the lebanese population which causes all the trouble in sydney......they are deliberately provocative and obnoxious towards aussie skips. this antagonistic anti social behaviour has been evident for at least 15 years and culminated in the recent riots.

this isn't racist behaviour by skips merely an signal to our useless labour gov that the law abiding citizens have had enough.

it is my experience that the vast majority of skips treat people as they find them......if ethnics are nice and friendly towards them then aussies will recipricate.

Rage can be provoked in most people when the right buttons are pushed. You have provoked it in me! I’m a very peaceful white Australian, antiracist, law abiding citizen.In my circle of family, friends, and acquaintances I am not aware of one racist. My dearest group of friends includes a Muslim of Middle Eastern appearance and a white Australian Bahai. We all strive beyond tolerance to acceptance. Misguided and over zealous youth spurred on by a lunatic fringe element is what went wrong in Sydney. This lunatic fringe element exists in all the countries of the globe. Australia’s democracy affords this element the same rights and freedoms that the rest of us appreciate. You need to recognise this element for what it is, and not accredit the ideologies of various minority groups to the rest of the Australian public. Your personal dissatisfaction with the current government’s political policies does not equate to Australia being a racist country. I see your credentials Greg Barns, and I am so damn sick of the likes of you printing lies like these for the rest of the world to read. Today, to my own surprise my tolerance is not being extended to fools. Wish you were here.

Australians have succumbed to materialism, fear, racism and xenophobia?

NOOO. You're Dreamin'.

Australians have succumbed to global capitalism ably abetted by the wet-dreams of politicians of the day like Howard, Iemma, Carr and Sartor.

The aim of the game is to stick as many consumers into big cities as possible. Don't provide proper government services. Let the consumers fight it out for who gets the best slice of the action which through savage competition provides bigger markets for Telcos and other global companies. The rat race becomes more intense. Enshrine the governments of the day with unquestioned power based on fear and uncertainty. Endow government officials with a right to retire from office at the head of some goddamned obscene Dynasty and sit as royalty over the social mess and melee they have created.

Like I said a wet-dream. The reality is as we all know quite different. Because of a loss of democratic and moral values in the above dreamscape, politicians have forgotten that we are smarter and inherently more powerful that they are. Their branch stacking and shoe-horning of mates into safe seats that skews politics in this country also renders our political leaders degenerate and ill equipped to cope with the reality of concerned citizens with real problems. It endows us with a willingness to fight and even riot and rebel to solve those probems and the only global capital winners are baseball bat sellers.

Of course Howard says: everything is OK, full steam ahead with immigration and global capital. Don't wake me from my dream.

But someomne please: 'Tell him his DREAMIN'.

What we want is a moratorium on immigration and TIME to stabilise our society and where we belong within it. To spread the wealth from increasing commodity prices and burgeoning commodity exports from OUR country fairly and equitably among all Australians and not just those who have done the deals behind closed doors and closed eyes.

You must understand Gregs problem before putting him down. Kalweb, please we have got rid of him from tas, he lives in Melb. We have yet to ban him from coming back, but legislation is in the pipeline, which is yet to be laid.

Greg suffers from one of those little problems called addiction and he can't cope with the realities of life. One only has to read his record revues to realise how far of the planet he is. The we must consider those that live on anti depressants, really haven't much of a brain and what remains is vitamised by the constant input of drugs. When you align this to inept stupidity, you have a reflex action called ignorance, which places one in yhe category of useless twit.

When you categorise and label these ingredients, you have a syndrome called akerman-barns complex. It appears that akerman-barns complex is exempt from sedition laws. Could that be because they carry the prestigious symbol of elitist reverence, deeply browned noses.

Racism is really just a belief that race accounts for differences in human character or ability and that a particular race is superior to others.

Discrimination or prejudice based on race is not racism as such, as that is an ACTION - not a belief or thought.

We need to expand the Australian vocabulary so as to differentiate a belief from a negative action.

Putting everybody and everything in the same basket in order to not be seen as discriminating is causing the problems we are seeing today.

We need to differentiate.

Remember this article next time you agree with something Greg Barns says or writes.

As numerous posters have already given great and obvious reasons why this article is rubbish, all I have to add is that I too think Greg Barns is an idiot.