melbourne

[feather]

Re: melbourne

I'm glad I don't keep up with the news.

[floridaorange]

Re: melbourne

ok so now im home... stupid airplanes make my back sore! just heard from work that i have to be quarantined cos of swine flu... fair enough = im going to stay home, get hammered and play world of warcraft

I use a pillow for my back, roll a blanket up for behind my neck and then another pillow to fold my arms over...this seems to work the best, I don't fly anymore without that setup

[feather]

Re: melbourne

Don't you need another blanket to cover up with?

[Kamal]

Re: melbourne

why can't everyone just hug and run through rainbows.

It is happening both here and in Sydney I'm ashamed to say. Unfortunately I think the media have made it worse. I think it started more as nasty people picking on soft targets, i.e. students travelling alone on public transport, a lot of whom are Indian. But when the Indian part was emphasised they became a more specific target. Nasty people went , "That's a good idea ! " It's a vicious circle. The police here have reacted well and are patrolling public transport etc. But there is no shadow of a doubt that we do have a strong racist element in some parts of the population.

I really hope it can be worked out. India and Australia have many areas of mutual advantage.

I think the tension in sydney is mainly between the lebanese & the indian communities. The indian kids were probably targeted because of a lack of situational awareness, travelling alone at night in the dodgier western suburbs of sydney listening to ipods, carrying laptops etc. Definately not a situation that I would want to put myself in. Then the media blew it out of proportion and it got turned into a political issue - I think the Chinese government took the oppurtunity to have a crack at us, ironically on the anniversary of the tiananmen square massacare

[pipey]

Re: melbourne

ffs people are stupid.

the more we think were different, the more we realise were all the same.

im not racist - i hate people of all races :P

[Life on Other Planets AKA Johns]

Re: melbourne

hope u had fun in Melbourne Pipey sorry i am late