David
“And for the record I've known a lot of decent Lebanese guys who have held down good jobs, worked hard and obeyed the law all their lives. Why should these guys be smeared by anti-Lebanese sentiments that emerge from the actions of a fairly small group of people”

I agree 100%. It should never have got that far but it did because ....DENIAL. Yet you support a repeat of that.

Here is an attempt to start a witch hunt based on one person and you agree with article author! Make up your mind.

Your quote : who really are life's losers - will take over our country.”

Take over the country? I find majority all people hold down good jobs, work hard and obey law, not only Lebanese.? True?

So this one homeless, mentally unsound social outcast is representative of Australians and these ferals are going to over run the country soon – hysterical much?

I see no need to reprint what already has been said, done and dusted and I certainly do not mean it to be inflammatory but seems everyone is having a field day irregardless so for defence rather than vilification..

“The journalists, academics, legal brains and politicians who tried to claim last August that the gang rapes of south-western Sydney were just a run-of-the-mill police blotter story being beaten up by racists, scaremongers and political opportunists don't ever want to acknowledge the truth about that ugly episode in Australian history. They don't want to acknowledge the fear and tension that ran through a part of Sydney they rarely visit and can never understand. “
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/07/13/1026185124700.html

I have never been so disgusted in my life and yet still denial from some. Everyone trying to shout for justice and protection screamed down as racist, xenophobic and evil while their children hosed down in between rape sessions. I will never forgive Australia for that. Never!

That was a crime against humanity.

Where is the train trip symbolism for these crimes?

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Quote Indian Student Website

“Indian students must remeber Australians of Anglo Saxon backgrounds aren't perpetrating the violence and therefore not slander them which only increases the negative perceptions of the Indian community.”
http://www.fisa.org.au/content/safety
How prophetic!

Arrested for race hate crime against Indian Students.
A gang of racist youths nearly killed a man during an armed rampage in an Indian grocery store in Melbourne's west for the "sheer thrill" of the attack, a judge said today...Hussien described : The court heard he had migrated to Australia from Somalia, aged about six, with his older brother and mother, who were both later diagnosed with bipolar disorder.
http://www.theage.com.au/national/man-jailed-over-racist-attack-on-indian-student-20091023-hcnr.html

Indians Say Lebanese behind Race Attacks

SYDNEY: Indian students on Thursday alleged that Lebanese youths were behind the attacks on them here as they took to streets for the third consecutive night protesting against racial attacks.

The spate of racial attacks against Indians spread to Sydney after members of the community were targeted in Melbourne.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Indians-in-Australia-say-Lebanese-behind-race-attacks/articleshow/4646950.cms

Article author wants the police to protect minorities, perhaps that is what they are doing. Ethnic leaders have requested race not be disclosed when an offender is born in Australia. They have complied. They want to suppress details of crimes to protect minorities. By tracking down these crimes and whipping up a witch hunt I only say one thing “be careful what you wish for”.

The reaction from across the board automatically blaming “whites” has incited hate against Indians. Very sad because it was simply not there before apart from the odd thug or drunk, people not worth being offended by. Threats against each other now because of prejudicial unsupported claims and witch hunts.

Article sub heading - Victorians need to send a message of aggressive intolerance towards the racist and prejudiced bottom crawlers in our society.

Seems the message was sent to the wrong address – again.

Save the vilification for the attackers.

Lucy Montgomery
Indian students have blamed a lot of races for the crimes, including Pacific Islanders and Aboriginals. So what does your post prove?

The Missus,

You cite Miranda Devine's article in the Sydney Morning Herald in support of your position. But shortly after writing that aricle the NSW Police provided her with some information and she has since modified her position.

Nobody is suggesting that all the perpetrators of the attacks are white. But that some of them are non-white in no way supports your allegation that the attacks are being done "in the main" by non-whites.

You have still failed to substantiate your claim that Indian students are pre-disposed to certain types of crime. Care to explain?

It seems to be a running theme in your posts that commentators and others have inferred that only whites can be racist. I do not think that any intelligent person holds that view.

I'm not suggesting that the homeless person that Tim encountered represents all Australia. But as Tim notes, the others in the train were cowed into silence by the acts of two distasteful individuals. It seems reasonably clear that the acts of violence, along with all the other acts of violence, including those against Indian students, are diminishing the freedom of all Australians including our visitors.

Runner, I wish he had been secular, rather than easily swayed by shallow religious boilerplate, as are you.

Rusty.

Phil the Hasbeen

Congratulations for ensuring that your son has some ability to defend himself. The amount of violence in our society will never reduce while these thugs can pick fights every week without much risk of losing. Fighting is only fun while they are winning. The parents of the 'soft targets' should hang their heads in shame. They have failed their children.

benk, "The parents of the 'soft targets' should hang their heads in shame. They have failed their children."

I don't think that many people could handle thugs who spend their lives in backyard gyms and have been living hard by their wits all of their lives. Remember too that thugs are always careful to pick their targets and opportunities to get the drop on you and are likely to have mates spread around the vicinity.

If you haven't seen the problem coming you are unlikely to be equal to the task of dealing with it, so a better approach is to be aware and cautious to reduce the likelihood of something negative happening. That means choosing transport, times, train carriage and so on. It is a real pity because this isn't the Australia of twenty or thirty years ago.

I agree with you that people ought be able to defend themselves, especially in their own homes. However the laws, except perhaps in NSW, are very much on the side of the offenders and they know that. Offenders also know you are defenceless (by law), have no chance of police assistance and it is unlikely they will ever be apprehended.