Posted on 12/14/2005 12:39:14 PM PST by knighthawk
NSW Premier Morris Iemma has called on people not to renounce their Australian identity in the face of intimidation by Lebanese gangs - even if it means being bashed.
His advice came after victims of rioting in Sydney told how they were asked if they were Australian before being attacked by large groups of Middle Eastern men.
Mr Iemma said that if approached, people should say: "I'm Australian and this is Australia and this is a country that is here to be shared by all.
"(We are) Australian and proud of it and they're not going to - with baseball bats or with those kind of questions - change the response they get."
He said if he were approached by such a gang he would say he was "proudly Australian", even if it meant being attacked.
Mr Iemma also warned troublemakers that a 500-strong anti-riot squad would be in place over summer to deal with the violence.
"These people have effectively declared war on our society and the values that we hold dear to our hearts, and their behaviour will not be tolerated," he said. "Force will be met with force."
His comments came after NSW Opposition Leader Peter Debnam said tough new police powers to be rubber-stamped with Coalition support in parliament today did "not go far enough".
Trumpeting his new laws, Mr Iemma on Tuesday said rioters' cars would be confiscated.
But Mr Debnam said he had been told at a private briefing with government officials that instead of being confiscated, cars would be impounded only for seven days. "Seven days is an inconvenience, not a punishment. The cars should be sold," Mr Debnam told The Australian.
But he said the Coalition would support the laws.
NSW Police Minister Carl Scully said the police presence would be increased this weekend, as SMS messages encouraging more violence circulated last night.
Deputy Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione said text messages urging violence were "a form of terrorism". But he said whole SMS networks could not be shut down, as they were used by emergency services.
The police response to the riots came under the spotlight last night when it emerged that officers were ordered to stay away from a gathering of Lebanese men in Sydney's west on Monday.
The Seven Network said a police incident report instructed officers to stay clear of Punchbowl Park, from where gangs later travelled to the riot hotspot of Cronulla.
Superintendent John Richardson denied the allegations.
"We received information that cars had started to gather at Punchbowl Park. A car crew was sent and reported back that there were 10 cars and approximately 40 men there," he said. "There were no offences being committed and the car crew was ordered to withdraw and observe from afar. There was no trouble and sending police in would only cause trouble."
You are right about what will happen here if they start that crap.
I know what would happen if a gang of them tried in this little town. We aren't quite as passive as they are in some parts of the country. It would look like the Little Big Horn.
Someone put up a link to a Sydney talk radio station. All they could talk about was how embarassed they were by the Australian reaction to the moose limbs being shown all over the world.
Not much happenning at present, but at 6, Ray Hadley comes on...He's a bad mo fo...
When you get to the site, "Live Feed" link is center on top...
6 EST is 10 AM over there tomorrow...
"These people have effectively declared war on our society and the values that we hold dear to our hearts, and their behaviour will not be tolerated," he said. "Force will be met with force."
I couldn't have said it better...kudos to the Aussies...the French might want to take notice.
*Re: the French - once castrated, always castrated.
Bwaaaahahahaha ...talk about'cher famous last words...
Let your Rem 870 do your talking....
Hey Dasher, I'm an Aussie.
Next they allowed and encouraged the muslims to come to OZ where the pickens were now easy...
The govt will still coddle the wogs and let them to continue to prey upon their women and children
Wonder what the girles who fought so hard to force their men to give up their weapons are thinking now...
This will be America if the govt and leftists have their way with us...
Guess the new world order 3rd way types will have to figure out a different fate for us...epidemic perhaps?...
imo
That's just great. Tell the "bashers" that you just want to share your country. Liberalism is a suicide pact for western civilization.
Oops, it says "tell BASHERS..."
Sorry.
The chi coms will be all too happy to sell to them and the Saudis always seem to have endless supplies of petro dollars to hand out to terrorists as they have the PA...
Of course we give money to the PA and to Egypt as well and many other Muzzie nations..
Wonder how much will find its way in the form of terror in Oz?
Course in the states we are really lucky we have them (narco terrorists, MS13 & 18,Chi Coms,Central & South American terrorists as well as former comblock gangsters and many others) just walking and driving across our borders as well as being welcomed as students and disappearing tourists...
imo
A mental patient who was not allowed to own a firearm killed a large number of people on the island of Tasmania some years back.
In response, the Aussie parliament banned almost all personal ownership of firearms.
There is no concealed carry of any kind.
*Well then, how do Aussies kill those deadly brown snakes?
I would say with a hoe, but Paris Hilton doesn't live in Australia...does she?
*Well then, how do Aussies kill those deadly brown snakes?
I would say with a hoe, but Paris Hilton doesn't live in Australia...does she?
Rolling on the floor...LOL!
Aussie Pride PING.
My husband was chatting with an Aussie kid yesterday while playing an online game. The kid said, "tell them it's not 'white supremists,' it's war...civil war." Doesn't sound good.
Based on this item, it seems like it's time for Australian citizens to put an end to the unwanted intrusions of Lebanese gangs or of any other foreign muslim agitaters. It seems sad that the government doesn't know what side to take in this unfortunate situation.
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