That is exactly my point.Santhosh wrote:Maybe if you were here you would understand more the intense feelings growing here and why I'm reacting like this.
This makes me so mad that i can't put everything i want to say into a nicely formed argument, but why don't you consider putting yourself in my, or Cmaza or Wally's position? If YOU were HERE, you would understand that your argument is rediculous. I have never denied that the attacks have happened, but i will deny that ALL were racially motivated. Particularly the attacks on students at Newcastle University, which i know A LOT about. I went to Newcastle University for two years. Students get attacked there. Students are vulnerable and easy targets. Foreign students are even more vulnerable because they do not know the area. They are EASY targets because of their dislocation but are not targeted primarily for it.
The attacks on cab drivers are similar. Cab drivers are vulnerable - they pick up drunk youths and drive them around alone. Many cab drivers are attacked every night because of anti-social behaviour and drunken youths being unable to afford fares, or wanting to rob them. The fact that many cab drivers here are Indian, increases the chances of one of these incidences involving an Indian.
Your statement about the attacks involving racial slurs does not neccisarily confirm a racial motivation behind the attacks. When a person is angry or hoping to threaten someone they will choose offensive words. If they were attacking a woman, they may use words like [MA15+] slut, or whore. This does not mean that the woman was targeted because of her sex. This is just ammunition to use against her.
I'd also like someone to supply you with the statistics of how many Australian's were killed in your country last year. Then maybe you can think about how the Australian members of this forum have treated you, and spoken about your country? We respect you, and your country, regardless how many Australians have died on your shores at the hands of your countrymen.
And to say that our Government is refusing to do anything? Every person apprehended for these attacks has been sentenced in a court of law. An article in my local paper this morning discussed the shame these individuals have made Australia feel.
Finally, should we judge you for the worst of your country? There are attrocities in your country that we do not hold you, or your government personally responsible for. I am highly offended by the way you have acted. You have shown blatant and unreasonable hatred for a country which you have not visited, and disrespect for Australians in this very forum who have been nothing but kind and supportive of you.
The reason i have stayed in this community for so long (going on 7 or 8 years now) is because i believe that we are a true example of multiculture. I've spoken about how much this forum brings together different cultures and bridges gaps created by media and the loss of truth. I strongly believed that my generation would grow up interconnected with other countries via this sort of interpersonal communication and would change the world because we understood one another... But this has made me realise i was being naiive. Someone like you, personally knowing so many Australians should not be able to say the things you have. It really upsets me that you haven't learned anything about us or our country by being here.
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