Lets kick the Black C--ts Out!

Now that I have your attention, I just wanted to get off Blood Bowl today and onto the biggest pet peeve I have at the moment and that is the increasingly racist behaviour that has been reported in our media.  The fact that a thousand or two yobs can beat the crap out of passing Arabs at Cronulla on a Sunday afternoon, the fact that hordes of Lebenese can organise themselves for a coordinated rampage on the basis of racially motivated revenge, the fact that South Africans and Sri Lankan cricket players are sledged with racial abuse, the fact that friends of mine of Indian descent are abused by “Australians” at the cricket and the fact that now in the media non-Anglo-Saxons are denominated by their racial background are all clear indicators that this country is descending into an attitude that being racist is OK.

Then we have the biggest bigot of them all, John Howard, spruiking that “Australia does not have a racism problem”.  Well take a look around Johnny, we are an increasing xenophobic lot that sees non-Anglo-Saxon culture as “wrong” and that people should conform to “good Australian values”.  Well eating vegemite sandwhichs and saluting the flag are not “good Australian values” Johnny.  Good Australian Values are treating people well, everybody pitching in and “having a go” be it in the work, sport or academic fields and everyone appreciating that this nation was founded on external settlement and that we truly are lucky for being here.

You can stick your Queen and Anthem at the moment Johnny, I prefer to go out to my local Indian or Thai restaurant with friends of a mixed multi-cultural heritage and kick back and have a good time.  No need to “conform” to your ideals to “be Australian” – there’s a lot more to it than that.