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Posted by Disco Octopus on 11/19/65 11:34
Luigi Donatello Asero wrote:
> "Disco Octopus" <discooctopus@yahoo.com> skrev i meddelandet
> news:1jbhvmm4kuzrt$.snq44jeb1qfd.dlg@40tude.net...
>> Mark Parnell wrote:
>>
>>> Deciding to do something for the good of humanity, Luigi Donatello Asero
>>> <jaggillarfotboll@telia.com> spouted in alt.html:
>>>
>>>> Still, it would be interesting to know whether the social background in
>>>> Melbourne is similar to the one in Sydney.
>>>
>>> Australia as a whole is very multicultural. AFAIK Melbourne is much the
>>> same as Sydney from that perspective - lots of different ethnic
>>> backgrounds.
>>>
>>>> To put it in different terms, are you afraid that what happened in
> Sydney
>>>> could happen in Melbourne
>>>
>>> It *could* happen anywhere, but I would hope it doesn't. I'm inclined to
>>> think that this is an isolated incident. I doubt it will happen
>>> elsewhere, except perhaps as a result of the current situation in
>>> Sydney.
>>>
>>
>> If I didnt know the situation, and saomeone said to me that this stuff
>> happenned in Australia, and not mention a city, I would immediately think
>> that it happenned in brisbane.
>
>
> Are there often riots there?
No. No riots anywhere (usually) is Australia at all. The reason I say
brisbane, is *I find* that the locals are quite ignorant towards anything
that is not queensland. Some quite to the point of backwards thinking. I
have been living here for 3 years, and it is actually getting better as
more "outsiders" move in. However, it is not uncommon to hear some
derogatory remark to some "other" race, religion, sexual preferance, etc.
The interesting thing is, that these remarks are not slewn around as being
derogatory. They are in fact just common chit chat. Queensland has the
most race related organisations in the country.
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