St Denis and now Cronulla, only this time it's the "Aussies" beating people
up. Women and ambulance officers as well, they must be brave blokes... I
can't say how deeply this repulses me. Is it time to emigrate? I am
certainly, by this definition, un-Australian - ugly indeed.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2005/12/11/1134235951620.html
"Todd Russell, a concrete pourer from one of the apartments up the road from
the riot site, was among the first to arrive and was giving away sausages
cooked on a barbecue on the back of his ute, "to get everyone in the mood to
be a real Aussie". He had put up a sign saying "No tabouli".
"He was enthusiastically handing out brochures headed "Immigration out of
control" and "Your teachers are lying to you" to passers-by."Don't know what
this shit is, mate. It's just stuff. I agree with it, whatever it is,"
Russell said. "Look, these Lebs are coming here and giving us shit and we're
not going to take it any more."
Behind him, John Moffitt of the Australia First Party was smiling to
himself. He had been handing out political pamphlets to some of the flag and
beer can-bedecked teenagers most of the morning and they were merrily
distributing them to the committed, the curious and the repulsed. "This is a
great day. Australia is now seeing what the policies of the last 30 years
are reaping," Moffitt said."
Indeed -
Best
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Alison Croggon
Blog: http://theatrenotes.blogspot.com
Editor, Masthead: http://masthead.net.au
Home page: http://alisoncroggon.com
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