'Unto us a saviour will be born and you will find him lying in a manger and he will be of Middle Eastern appearance' - Leunig, December 2005"Americans admire Australians as plainspoken, fearless "That's not a knife, now … THAT'S a knife" Crocodile Dundees.
Yet diversity is working its emasculating effect Down Under. It’s making Australians as pusillanimous as any Harvard faculty member shocked, shocked by Larry Summers's tactless honesty about sex differences.
For years, I've been pointing out that, although ethnic diversity is alleged to inspire the free interplay of multiple viewpoints, the reality is that it undermines our heritage of free speech.
Australia is a case in point: the presence of a few hundred Sudanese refugees in the country has apparently intimidated two universities into shutting down discussion of the wisdom of importing more sub-Saharan Africans into Australia.
As I reported in July, Macquarie University suspended law professor Andrew Fraser, a VDARE.com contributor, for the unforgivable transgression of writing a letter to the local newspaper suggesting that people of African descent have a higher propensity toward crime."
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| Australia: Racial Tensions Escalate in Sydney Report; Posted on: 2005-12-07 16:35:37 [ Printer friendly / Instant flyer ] |
| Whites Down Under facing Third World pressures The Sydney beach-side suburb of Cronulla has turned into a racial tinderbox, with whites calling for protests against Middle Eastern gangs this Sunday. A text (or SMS) message circulated to thousands of whites and read on Sydney's most popular radio station called for whites to "stand together as brothers and sisters midday this Sunday at North Cronulla" and seek revenge for a number of assaults on lifesavers and harrassment of white women over the past 12 months. Things escalated yesterday afternoon with a mob of males of 'Middle Eastern appearance' descending onto the beach after one of their own was arrested over the 10-on-2 bashing of lifesavers last weekend. Minor scuffles broke out with one photographer injured. The event was being broadcast live to Sydneysiders on a number of TV and radio networks and as a result, hundreds of white males descended on the beach. One reporter from radio station 2GB described hundreds of cars full of "Aussie males" combing the area looking for "Lebs" early yesterday evening. Local police are calling for whites to ignore calls for racial solidarity planned for this coming Sunday, fearing tensions could spill into other areas of Sydney. There is likely to be a huge police presence in the area, with thousands expected to gather in the vicinity of North Cronulla beach on Sunday. Local politicians may consider closing down the beach for the day, blocking roadways to the shire to keep warring factions apart. |
The first time I heard of Afghanistan was in 1998, year 10 modern history. It was described as the USSR's answer to Vietnam, a complete money sink and an embarrassment to half the world's super powers. A few years later it was making itself known as the host of Osama bin Laden, a man driven to usurp Ronnie Biggs’ claim to being ‘The World’s Most Wanted Man’(TM). Now it is appearing all over the shop, most notably… in every aspect of my life. It started slowly, appearing as case studies during my international politics courses at university. Then AIESEC Germany sponsored an expansion to Kabul. And then I was shown the literary world of Afghani novels:
Now five books may not seem like a lot, but given I read the first in June 2005 it seems that there is quite a wealth of material out there. Then there are the blogs:
Finally: Kyle has started planning her CEED, an internal AIESEC exchange, to Afghanistan in 2006. Yesterady’s shock was when we/she realised it is going to be a balmy minus 10 to plus 2 degrees in sunny Kabul come February next year.
