Hey Max, Tricky but all yours, how will you honour him? Start by asking hon, no one asked you mend him or bow to him.

Rhetoric? Max it’s me Jewely. Last wee aboriginal kids I had were trying to go through my rubbish bin for food when they turned up. Dad beat the crap out mum but the blood everywhere didn’t bother them, that was common place, the four year old was really upset telling me because in the process he spilt some yoghurt. She cried for the yoghurt.

I’m so there with blood, piss, and tears. In fact you can add pooh and mucus. The situations that surround them hurt but hey I am a NSW X Kiwi female now, I can take it.

Yes weirdly enough the indigenous are not required to assimilate. Values and who owns them and whom should follow who’s again?

“How does one “honour” them?”

Let me know.

I couldn’t reply to you before because I had to wait an hour then when I tried after an hour it said two hours. My message may be nuts Max but Runner is pretty clever and will make whatever sense out of it.

You heard of cycles, cycles that go through generations often getting worse and worse unchecked? That bottle was put in his hand before his grandfather was born. Nothing wrong with them being hunter gatherers but don’t let them be swallowed.

Belly that was a man thing with the Aussie girl stuff but that is stuff to let go. It’s good you had the experience because you should be able to understand how immigrants feel in return.

Is this the answer do you think Foxy, this is easy though aye?

“His government needs to implement a schools and university program promoting human rights and combating racism.”

Oh, so is being a WASP bad? I really thought it would have something about being a white Aussie. At least I am learning!

Same old, same old... Thanks to Antonios for reminding us of our uncomfortable underbelly, and also to the usual suspects for demonstrating it in no uncertain terms.

As I've said before, while Australia is a nation that was founded on racism and continues to foster racist sentiments among various minorities, it's probably no worse in that respect to any other contemporary developed country. However, that doesn't mean that we should be in denial about the fact that 1 in 10 Australians is apparently outwardly racist in their expression of their hateful bigotry.

One in ten is one too many, in my opinion. Earlier this week some racist prick came into my business and started spouting some racist bile about the "coons" in the next town. In front of a queue of other customers I told him in no uncertain terms to keep his racist crap to himself, or he wouldn't be served.

He looked a bit gobsmacked, but complied. We should all stand up to bigotry where we can.

Ahh there you are, Banjo baby I keep saying and saying I am trying to learn about Australia here on OLO and I am. It’s actually really hard learning about a whole nation, its politics and cultures.

Slang is an additional difficult thing to grasp and hard to understand at times, I also don’t notice a lot if slang has been used. Even here you have two different meanings for the acronym based on being a church follower or not. People who are well known is another hard one and I thought someone was going to say he played footy. I looked him up and read some articles.

I can go months without turning a TV or glancing at a newspaper or years not being online.

I didn’t say not to allow aboriginals alcohol. I didn’t say Lebs had a bad attitude because of religion either.

Banjo you know damn well your average Aussie lads do call your females sluts and whores if they wear short skirts, etc.

See I don’t know 41 years worth of Australia like if I was born here but I do know people. And the way you just talked to me as an immigrant was pretty amazing.

“You really are ignorant! If you don't know who Noel Pearson is or what a WASP is”
“It might pay you to look and learn before you show how foolish you are.”
“I suggest you find out a bit about us, our society, culture and history before you try to tell us about how racist we are.”

I didn’t tell you how racist you are the article did. I’d suggest you find out more about the immigrant you are abusing before you attack them. I arrived in Oz on the 6th of April 2006. I then proceeded to care for 28 Australian children to date and not one of them told me what a wasp was or who Noel Pearson was strangely enough.

Go one then STG – you racist?

Every country needs many more like you CJ, you are a treasure.

...just wondering how they can come to the conclusion Piper.

Same as all stats. Results will vary depending on who you ask and what demographic you ask.

Of course racists excist in Aus. But 10% sounds like they threw a dart at the board. Being Anglo in appearance you hear comments that can be labelled as racist all the time. I'm sure if you're Asian you'll hear racist comments against whoever, same with the Indigenous population you'll hear comments aimed at whoever, I'm sure the same goes for every other section of society.

The original poster chose the word 'Supremist'. I think if someone has made racist comments within their own group, or generalisations about other race's that can be labelled as racist, that doesn't necessarily mean they are fundamentally racist, or supremist.

All people from all race's make snarky comments and generalisations about eachother. I think the study is flawed unless everyone is asked.

Just my thoughts, anyway.

No, Symeonakis. I don't understand you at all; I don't think you understand yourself. You appear to have some serious problems. I think you should try to solve them rather than trying to blame Australia and Australians for them. On your own admission, you have done a lot of country swapping. I don't think that you will ever find a place to be happy in. I would have thought that your own socialist country would have been ideal for you, although most Australians of Greek background have fitted into Australia very well indeed.

A survey on how many Australians are self-flagellants would be interesting. It never ceases to amaze how many Australians jump at the chance to join other anti-Australians in ripping their country to shreds.

However, it seems that more and more people are getting sick and tired of the fifth columnists. It is hoped that this will continue before we turn into a rudderless and lost country as the UK has become, with its super-multicultruralism, political correctness and guilt about its own values and heritage.

Pied Piper,
Your ignorance is profound and made worse by the fact that you have been here 3 years. If it were 3 weeks it may be excused. Do you know who our PM is, or who John Howard is, Ian Thorpe, Ricky Ponting or what about our Governor General. It is amazing that you do not know who Noel Pearson is, yet you offer opinions and comments about how we treat aboriginals.

You do refer and comment about racism in all your posts and in relation to the Lebs you mentioned blame on religion in your second post here. On a previous thread you claimed that we had 'corrupted the Lebs'. I did ask how but you declined to answer.

So my assesment of your ignorance is correct and you comment on matters you have virtually no understanding about.

Maybe you need to get away from the kids occasionly and have some adult company which will give you some knowledge of 'current affairs' and our society. Or perhaps start a thread on child raising or dealing with problem kids. I am confident you have a wealth of knowledge in these areas and I mean that.

Aussie males may refer to a female as a slut, etc. while with their mates, but not call her such in the street or on the beach. Even today!

Oh, and WASP is usually used in the context that 'WASPS are the most discriminated against group in Aus today'. I do not agree, I think that smokers are and I do not smoke.