Racism At Cronulla (country, exploited, Europe, French, show)

12-12-2005, 03:38 AM

For all you Australians, you will have seen this in the news. For others, here's a link.

Basically, a couple of young, white lifeguards got attacked by a mob of people of Middle-Eastern appearance. As revenge for this initial attack, a mob of 5000 people went and bashed anyone who looked remotely Middle-Eastern. This mob ran riot with Australian flags while chanting racist slogans. 31 injured, 22 arrested, 2 stabbed, cars destroyed as well as police threatened with beer bottles and having objects thrown at them.

Personally, I think this is appalling to have happened somewhere as visible on the world map as Sydney and in this day and age. I'm pretty much speechless...

12-12-2005, 03:38 AM	#1 (permalink)
pastor of muppets Guest Posts: n/a	Racism At Cronulla For all you Australians, you will have seen this in the news. For others, here's a link. Basically, a couple of young, white lifeguards got attacked by a mob of people of Middle-Eastern appearance. As revenge for this initial attack, a mob of 5000 people went and bashed anyone who looked remotely Middle-Eastern. This mob ran riot with Australian flags while chanting racist slogans. 31 injured, 22 arrested, 2 stabbed, cars destroyed as well as police threatened with beer bottles and having objects thrown at them. Personally, I think this is appalling to have happened somewhere as visible on the world map as Sydney and in this day and age. I'm pretty much speechless...