Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Howard's Legacy?

A group of aboriginal youths was asked to leave a backpacker hotel in Alice Springs because of the colour of their skins. Apparently the excuse was that there was complaints from “Asian tourists”. Strange that tourists going to central Australia would object to facing real life aborigines.

Australians are known for their ability to stand up and speak out and even defy world opinion, such as with Kyoto and the refugees issue. Why is it when asked to commit as racist act the person responsible is so quick to comply? Well trained by John Howard, perhaps ?