I'm not talking about censorship here I am talking about tact and manners and human decency.
For instance, if you saw someone on the street you hadn't seen for a while who had gained a large amount of weight, would it be socially acceptable for you to go running up to them and publicly humiliating them?
The radio announcer was being particularly rude about the fact that in his opinion the entire population of one ethnicity are all crap drivers. This may be true or not but you get a bit sick of the arrogance of some people.
Said radio announcer drives a large, extravagant petrol guzzler because he thinks it makes him look like a big man.

StG: "It's interesting how you can't make ascertations towards a particular race without being called a racist"

Um, StG - if by "ascertations towards a particular race" you mean something like 'ascribe particular characteristics to a category of humans distinguished from everybody else on the basis of some half-baked biological definition', then that's exactly what racism is.

Most Australians are racist, but tend to be quite shocked when this is pointed out to them, and why.

Of course, that's one reason why Lawsy et al are so popular.

Do you all remember the song sung by Kermit the frog?
Why are there so many songs about rainbows?
Well, why are there so many pigs in the media and what's on the other side. Radio is audible yet only illusion and radio has nothing to hide.So I've been told and I choose to believe it, it's nothing that I want to be......someday we'll find it the realist connection,
the lovers the dreamers and me.

I do not like him yet he is right, the only crime? he should have the right to say what Sydney is saying every day.
It is not racist it is not evil it however is quite true.

Goddess
I can imagine working with him would be difficult. Hes a typical old school tell it how it is Aussie with most most probably a bit of a ego to go with it.
He doesnt seem to care- to a point if he upsets Howard or anybody else.
Most real Aussies are like that.

However I reject his claim to be as straight as a gun barrel and that hes not run or gagged by anybody through personal experience.
John Laws cow tows to the Media Giants and owners of large companies.
His is dishonest- or his producer is dis honest if he is unaware.
John Laws was sent footage of barbaric trament to animals in the live animal exports trade after speaking with me on the phone.

Along with it was information taken over a long period of time.
He wrote back saying he wanted to invite us on his show to expose this cruelty once and for all.
However each time we contacted his office as arranged his producer refused to put us on air. One one ocashion when he had run out of excuses he simply hung up.

Why? Well I am guessing because he knows Packer Murdock and many other high profile people are involved in the barbaric trade.

To this day he has not spoken ONE word about the distrurbing footage he saw.
As for Asian Drivers- Mmm it about on the money so hes only being honest.
Rude if you like but honestly they put peoples lives at risk.

"The eyes have it".!

Goddess, if you are not talking censorship then have fun. If it's Laws then like most talkback hosts there seems to be no room for honest representation of opposing views.

So glad Graham does not run OLO like that (despite what some might claim).

R0bert