Bob, at 13:47 on Mar 05 1996, you wrote to Bill Grimsley ...

BG>> Despite what you believe, Australia is still one of the 
BG>> most racist countries on earth.

BL> CRAP!!! Australia is *the most tolerant nation on Splong. I 
BL> could name you dozens of other countries starting with the 
BL> USA and the KKK, or England and its Birmingham riots, or even 
BL> the Paris anti-Ariab riots a year ago (Franxce is almost 
BL> totally non-racist... not to mention the obvious Germany, 
BL> South Africa, Ireland, Israel, Signapore, Japan... the list 
BL> goes on. Hundreds!

BL> There has *never* been anything like that in Australia.

BG>> Remember the "White Australia Policy" that your Liberal 
BG>> mates promoted in the '50s?

BL> So what? It was 50 years ago! Are you living so far in the 
BL> past that you think nothing has happened in the last 
BL> half-century? Even then, Australia was *less* racist than 
BL> other countries. No one burned Abos here, or shot them out of 
BL> hand, or whipped them or enslaved them.

Where are the Tasmanian Abos?

David
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