Posted on 12/12/2005 6:56:38 AM PST by BostonianRightist
Lol ... guess you have never attended a British soccer match.
To judge all Lebanese by the actions of one misguided idiot who tried to take control of a bus is like me judging all Aussies to be like Steve Irwin who held his 1-month-old baby while feeding a snapping crocodile. As freeper Sandyeggo already pointed out, the majority of Lebanese are quite civilized in their manner and well educated. Lebanon did not earn the title "Paris of the East" by a spin of the wheel.
Time to check your prejudices at the door and re-evaluate your judgmental attitude. I just spent my entire day with many Lebanese priests and lay people, attending the ordination of a new Maronite Chorbishop. The big topic of disussion at the dinner which followed, was the assassination this morning of a major Lebanese figure - Gibran Tueni. May he rest in peace!
To tell you the truth, I've watched some hooliganism after the sacro-saint 23 o'clock closing hour of the pubs in London back in 1988. Some said it is usually a cheerful drunken party out on the streets but got out of control.
However, gangs are surely common in Australia as in other parts of the world.
The news regarding this particular event in Sydney do not shed any light on the true causes of the unrest or to which culture group (not to say community) belong these 'lebanese'gangs. May be it is part of the PC culture of the Aussies not to scratch the feelings of others by not telling the whole truth in their news.
Ne vous en faites pas, les chiens aboient et la caravane passe.
Bravo!
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