Race Riots in Cronulla, Australia!
Racial riots between the Lebanese-Australian and Anglo-Saxon Australians have broken out yesterday in the coastal town of Cronulla. I just saw some amazing scenes of mobs of people bashing other people on TV today.
According to the news, the riots were started when a Lebanese gang beat up three lifeguards on the beach there. Apparently this gang had also been causing a lot of trouble in that area lately, such as preventing other swimmers from swimming in a particular area where Lebanese women were swimming, and sexually harassing white Australian women on the beaches there. Some of the women there have received rape threats from them. This has finally sparked public outrage among the predominently white community there, and cumulated in an SMS being circulated which told white Aussies to gather on the beach at noon yesterday to ‘reclaim’ their beach. Chants such as “F**k off Lebs!” and the national anthem were song by the crowd.
Huge mobs of locals in the thousands then gathered there at the set time, and proceeded to find and attack any person of Middle-Eastern appearance that they could get their hands on (I pity the Singhs and Indians there man….). Disturbingly, for those of you who think that these people were all just Neo-Nazi skinheads, it should be noted that there were many young women, old men and even mothers participating in the riots. What does this show? On one hand, it could mean that some segments of Anglo-Australians do still hold racist views today. On the other, it should also be noted that the troublesome Lebanese gangs there were really an undesirable element there, and that they did cause the riots with their actions.
The Lebanese community today retaliated, gathering en mass in the Lebanese town of Lakemba. SMS messages were being circulated among the Lebanese urging them to gather on the same beach next week for revenge. Some of them have already started early, with groups of them smashing parked cars in the neighbourhood.
All in all, a frightening tragedy and embarassment to all Australians. Does this signal that the Lebanese community’s integration with the wider Australian community has failed miserably?
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Comment by Lord Vendetta — December 12, 2005 @ 1:43 pm
Blame this one on poor policing. If the police had been more efficient in nipping the actions of the obviously non-law abiding Lebanese in the bud, the community would not have had to take matters in their own hands.
Comment by IB — December 12, 2005 @ 2:14 pm
Lord Vendetta: Hi there! Welcome! Good question. And my answer is: Nope.
If I were to choose between some racist hooligans and some racist politicians, gimme the hooligans anytime. Here, we will arrest and punish those racist hooligans. In Malaysia, we make them our leaders.
IB: Definately
Comment by cyrix — December 12, 2005 @ 10:18 pm
Perhaps a clarification from you.
Let me paste your quote I found in another blog. I can’t remember now.. but your name is there and itr is linked to your blog:
“…I would choose racist hooligans over racist politicians anytime”
Have you ever been chased by a mob before? (I have not fortunately)…Or being shouted at? (Unfortunately I have been shouted at…)
Comment by amit — December 18, 2005 @ 3:48 pm
amit: Sure thing mate
What I meant when I said that was this: Even though Australia has some undesirable racist elements within its society, it is full-out NOT ACCEPTED by the authorities. See how now many of those rioters are being caught by the police now?
In contrast to Malaysia, where are the police when Jerai MP Badruddin Amilrudin told DAP’s Lim Kit Siang to “Keluar dari Malaysia?” (see Malaysiakini.com, under the MalaysiakiniTV sidebar for the video).
Or what about the time when he waved a May 13 book around, asking the Chinese to be ‘careful’?
Or what about UMNO Youth’s annual inflammatory racial rhetorics?
ALL these people are Malaysia’s policy-makers. They make new legislations with which we must follow and live by. They are also our LEADERS. Are you telling me that you prefer this to a dumb mob of hooligans? Hmmnn… Interesting choice…
And break out of the Malaysian-Matrix laa man, do you really think Malaysia’s race-relations are any better than Australia’s? Don’t let the BN propaganda fool you. Think hard. In fact, I’m of the opinion that in another generation or two, Australia’s race-relations will soon surpass that of Malaysia’s. Why else are so many non-Bumis migrating here?
Comment by cyrix — December 18, 2005 @ 10:05 pm
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