STRAYA DAY Racism - as predicted.

[weemadando]

Turns out that I picked wrong and it was surfer dickheads in NSW again.

Racist violence mars Australia Day celebrations

By Justin Vallejo, AAP

January 26, 2009 07:26pm

IT was a day to celebrate all things Australian but it quickly descended into an afternoon of violence and racism echoing the ugly stain of the 2005 Cronulla riots in NSW.

Once the embodiment of all things good about the country, Australia Day today became a scene of brawls and vandalism across NSW - with anger spreading from Shellharbour in the south to Port Macquarie in the north, The Daily Telegraph reported.

In Manly hundreds of youths draped in "Aussie pride" livery wore slogans declaring "f--k off we're full" as they smashed car windows and ran up the famous Corso targeting non-white shop keepers.

A 18-year-old Asian female in one of the cars was showered with shattered glass, giving her numerous cuts to her arms. She was treated on the scene by ambulance officers.
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A taxi driven by a Sikh Indian was also targeted while an Asian shopkeeper was reportedly assaulted.

Groups of men jumped up on cars chanting race hate to the terrified passengers within, and were heard singing "tits out for the boys" at passing girls and yelled "lets go f--k with these Lebs".

What started as chants of "Aussie Aussie Aussie" at 1pm (AEDT) had in an hour had developed the potential to resemble Cronulla Beach in 2005.

By 3.30pm (AEDT) Manly Police called in the public order and riot squad and PolAir in an attempt to control the crowd, made up of a core group of troublemakers estimated by police about 80 drunks teenagers from out of town.

By 4.30pm (AEDT) the rain came and the cooled tensions as police began to regain control.

By the end three cars were damaged, one 16-year-old boy was charged with assaulting police, two 16-year-olds were cautioned for offensive behaviour and one cautioned for jumping into the water infront of the ferry.

Manly Superintendent Dave Darcy said group of teens came in from out of town.

"We are significantly ramping up our investigative response and we're determined to hold these people to account for their behaviour," he said.

"We've brought in some police from the areas where these people are from with their local knowledge in identifying these people.

"If they came over to manly seeking anonymity for their behaviour they're sadly mistaken."

Police were called to a report of a 30-person brawl on Shelly Beach Road at Port Macquarie while another 30 people were reportedly fighting on Towns St in Shellbarbour.

Read more at The Daily Telegraph.

[thejester]

Once the embodiment of all things good about the country, Australia Day today became a scene of brawls and vandalism across NSW - with anger spreading from Shellharbour in the south to Port Macquarie in the north, The Daily Telegraph reported.

Lol, like in the 1938 150th celebrations when they re-enacted the landing of the first fleet but without convicts and with indigenous stand-ins dragged from out of town and thrown into jail cells overnight?

Australia Day has always been an outlet for the worst sort of STRAYAN nationalism, this is just living up to tradition.

[Stark]

Turns out Australia is massively racist and a fair slice of the population doesn't even think that it's a problem? In the last month it's become clear to me that a great many people I know in a peripheral sense are at very least seriously bigoted or proper crypto-racists, so shit like this doesn't surprise me.

But remember, media coverage of 'racism' is why it's the 'enemy press' and is not valid.

[mr friendly guy]

Hey, my prediction came sort of close. I said that racist kids armed with stolen knives would assault police and be shot to death. Police arrested some racist fuckers, but I see these ones weren't dumb enough to challenge police like that Tyler Cassidy kid.

That shit happened at Manly. Fuck, I was only there 2 months ago. While the beach had mainly white people, I saw a few Asians as well enjoying it as well. These "out of towners" most probably picked the wrong place to pick a fight. I suggest Camden.

And I thought over here at West Australia we are the mean spirited racists. But I am starting to see rants against Aborigines don't hold up anything against the mob violence in NSW.

fuck off we're full

I believe they meant to say, fuck off, we're full of shit.

[Zac Naloen]

Turns out Australia is massively racist and a fair slice of the population doesn't even think that it's a problem? In the last month it's become clear to me that a great many people I know in a peripheral sense are at very least seriously bigoted or proper crypto-racists, so shit like this doesn't surprise me.

But remember, media coverage of 'racism' is why it's the 'enemy press' and is not valid.

Was having an excellent discussion with a Brit talking up how great Australia is at racially integrating it's immigrants.

My response was "Yeh and what about the Asians and the Aboriginies"

his response?

"Yeh well the Asians don't want to be integrated and i'll admit they're horrible racist towards their aboriginies. The Italians and other Europeans integrate well though"

Could that be because they are White by any chance?

[mr friendly guy]

Speak of Brits and their view of Australia, I will like to add another prediction to the Australia day racism.

Soon we will have another British migrant writing in saying how nice UK was before those damn Muslims and "Pakis" came along. Blah blah blah ethnic ghettoes where white people can't enter, blah blah these people don't want to adopt the culture. No wonder British people want to come to Australia. Use Australia day as a excuse to whine about how it will happen to Australia if we don't do something NOW.

Lets not forget them missing the ironic points about not leaving cultural identity behind but expecting migrants to the UK to do so and wanting as a migrant to change a country after complaining about their own country behind changed by migrants. Come on, you come to one of the most multi cultural countries in the world and have the gall to bitch about it while at the same time complain that immigrants to the old country have ruined your way of life. What hypocrisy.

Come on, the last letter to the West Australian which said this was only last week. I expect more to follow. They inevitably do, with this tired tune.

Oh, I also predict some poster who shall not be named to have a knee jerk reaction and whine about how I am being nasty to British people or something. That only happen a few years ago.

[Zac Naloen]

A lot of Brits see Australia as a haven where things are like the good old days.

You know, where you could be racist and get away with it.

[Twoyboy]

wore slogans declaring "f--k off we're full"

Over here in WA I've seen bumper stickers with that on. I'm not entirely sure how legal that is, but the fact that they feel self-assured enough to do it makes me realise how racist Australia really is.

Come on, the last letter to the West Australian which said this was only last week.

The funny thing is they all start their letters with "I'm not racist, but..."

[hongi]

I've seen 'Like it or leave it' shirts as well. But hey, I can like the country and not like you.

I don't even get why it's called Australia Day. We're celebrating the British landing here, setting a British flag on our shores, establishing British colonies.

[Stuart Mackey]

I've seen 'Like it or leave it' shirts as well. But hey, I can like the country and not like you.

I don't even get why it's called Australia Day. We're celebrating the British landing here, setting a British flag on our shores, establishing British Prisons

Corrected.

[bobalot]

It's been trending towards jingoism for some time. I do remember about 10 or 15 years ago, that most people were very laid back and took time to take the piss out of ourselves. We are trending towards the obnoxious patriotism we used to tease the Americans about, perhaps a bit unfairly.

It's like every time Australia is mentioned, it's expected by the media, shock jocks & politicians that I have to have a green and gold erection. Everything Australian is automatically assumed to be the best, and everybody must act a particular way on special days (Like Australia day).

[apocolypse]

I have to have a green and gold erection.

Not that I'm trying to be particularly curious about your erections or whatnot ( ) but for a non-Aussie such as myself, what's the significance of green and gold?

[Flash]

I have to have a green and gold erection.

Not that I'm trying to be particularly curious about your erections or whatnot ( ) but for a non-Aussie such as myself, what's the significance of green and gold?

They're our national colours. They're also the colours worn by pretty much every major sports team (one day cricket, the Wallabies, the Kangaroos, etc).

[hongi]

Hey guys, while we're talking about national stuff, this is puzzling me. On our coat of arms, we have the emu and kangaroo holding up the shield, but how is the emu doing that with no arms?

[Flash]

The roo is doing all the actual work. The emu got in because he used to play for the Wallabies.

In all seriousness, the original coat of arms had the emu standing on one leg, and holding onto the shield with the other.

[thejester]

It's the colours of the national plant (wattle) and it's what athletes wear in international competition overseas etc.

[apocolypse]

I have to have a green and gold erection.

Not that I'm trying to be particularly curious about your erections or whatnot ( ) but for a non-Aussie such as myself, what's the significance of green and gold?

They're our national colours. They're also the colours worn by pretty much every major sports team (one day cricket, the Wallabies, the Kangaroos, etc).

Ohh....thanks for that (and to jester too). I thought that they'd be primarily the flag colors, but then I also realized that they're the same colors as USA's and GB's, which could lead to quite a bit of confusion.

[Big Orange]

Speak of Brits and their view of Australia, I will like to add another prediction to the Australia day racism.

Soon we will have another British migrant writing in saying how nice UK was before those damn Muslims and "Pakis" came along. Blah blah blah ethnic ghettoes where white people can't enter, blah blah these people don't want to adopt the culture. No wonder British people want to come to Australia. Use Australia day as a excuse to whine about how it will happen to Australia if we don't do something NOW.

Oh dear, you're talking about the more vocul Daily Mail readers, aren't you? I really hope that the reasons most British people who came to Australia came mainly due to economic reasons with supposedly more jobs, infrastructure in better repair, and more efficient public services. Not to set up a British Isle theme park on the other side of the world because they thought 'the darkies' supposedly ruined the real one. Also what also annoys me about Australian racism is the weird Mel Gibson types who call the British 'Poms', which is an irritating pseudo racist term even without the Australian accent.

[Kanastrous]

Also what also annoys me about Australian racism is the weird Mel Gibson types who call the British 'Poms', which is an irritating pseudo racist term even without the Australian accent.

Pseudo-racist?

Isn't the accepted origin of 'pom' from the pom-poms decorating Royal Navy uniform caps, when the term was coined?

Doesn't seem particularly racist, pseudo- or otherwise...

[Stark]

Wow, AU is xenophobic? Amazing! Comparing the semi-friendly rivalry with the UK with the utter scorn for African nations or the stomach-chilling fear of south-east Asia is absurd. The way racism has driven short-sighted AU policy for like, a century is actually quite funny, particularly with regard to Asia (lol Japan didn't like AU pissing on them after WW1 that's for sure).

[hongi]

In all seriousness, the original coat of arms had the emu standing on one leg, and holding onto the shield with the other.

Huh, goes to show what I know. Thanks.

One more thing that ticks me off. I want to ask the older generation, especially the war vets, what they think of people running around with the Aussie flag wrapped around their shoulders like Superman. Maybe I'm a bit of a prude, but I'd prefer it if the flag stayed on the pole.

[Darth Wong]

Is this some kind of social trend in Australia or is this just a reflection of a longstanding attitude in the Australian population?

[loomer]

It's a bit of both. We've got an ugly history when it comes to racial matters, but the level of blatant violent antiminority sentiment is more of a recent trend. I blame the Howard administration for a significant part of it.

[apocolypse]

Also what also annoys me about Australian racism is the weird Mel Gibson types who call the British 'Poms', which is an irritating pseudo racist term even without the Australian accent.

Funny enough I was just talking to my co-worker about the word "pom" the other day (she's an Aussie). I originally thought it was some sort of slur against the Brits too, but she said that for them it doesn't have that sort of connotation at all.

[Fingolfin_Noldor]

It's a bit of both. We've got an ugly history when it comes to racial matters, but the level of blatant violent antiminority sentiment is more of a recent trend. I blame the Howard administration for a significant part of it.

Well I think it doesn't help that the Australian government in the 60s and 50s(?) encouraged migration from Britain and S. Africa to suppress the natives? You have a whole generation of racism, and given the refusal to confront it for much of the last decade or so, it will take ages to get rid of it.