Racism ????? WTF
Today's TOI carries a news article which links to a Times Now new clipping, with the headline 'No Apology, Only Insensitivity from Aus'.
To this is say - WTF ????
There has been some Indian students being beaten up in Australia. I know nothing of what led to those beatings - thanks to our bullcrap media machine which churns out sensationalist news after sensationalist news [On an unrelated note, I saw a THIRTY MINUTE news feature the other day in a restaurant which was discussing a dormant volcano under the Himalayas the other day in a restaurant. Really.] All I can assume is that Indians are as safe in Australia as in the US or UK, or any other developed metropolis outside India. I have a few friends who have lived for years there and I didn't hear a peep out of anyone claiming that the country was racist.
Can Times Now please point their self righteous fingers at the Government of Goa from time to time, what with comments from the chief minister there asking tourists to follow 'codes' and such like. Rarely does one hear such unadulterated rubbish. If anyone should be apologizing, it should be the Government of Goa apologizing to the country - for not removing the corrupt inbreds who call themselves policemen in the state, and for allowing a beautiful state to be vandalized by land sharks, and for allowing the state machinery to languish while conducting rape investigations, and for who knows what else. But nooo....we want to the AUSTRALIAN government to apologize.
Self righteous rednecks is what we are if we support this line of thinking.
To this is say - WTF ????
There has been some Indian students being beaten up in Australia. I know nothing of what led to those beatings - thanks to our bullcrap media machine which churns out sensationalist news after sensationalist news [On an unrelated note, I saw a THIRTY MINUTE news feature the other day in a restaurant which was discussing a dormant volcano under the Himalayas the other day in a restaurant. Really.] All I can assume is that Indians are as safe in Australia as in the US or UK, or any other developed metropolis outside India. I have a few friends who have lived for years there and I didn't hear a peep out of anyone claiming that the country was racist.
Can Times Now please point their self righteous fingers at the Government of Goa from time to time, what with comments from the chief minister there asking tourists to follow 'codes' and such like. Rarely does one hear such unadulterated rubbish. If anyone should be apologizing, it should be the Government of Goa apologizing to the country - for not removing the corrupt inbreds who call themselves policemen in the state, and for allowing a beautiful state to be vandalized by land sharks, and for allowing the state machinery to languish while conducting rape investigations, and for who knows what else. But nooo....we want to the AUSTRALIAN government to apologize.
Self righteous rednecks is what we are if we support this line of thinking.
Yes... I am impressed with your comments regarding the Indians in Australia. I am Australian and the media here have also applied so much hype to the situation. How are we ever going to be a unified, peaceful world if our media is intent on creating dissent and friction? How easy would it be to focus instead on the thousands of positive occurences of those who are bridging gaps and setting a positive precedent for others. The media has so much to answer for... and I can't believe so many people fall victim to such propaganda!
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