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dlish · 12-10-2005, 03:20 AM

as you guys might know, there was a melee at cronulla beach last week with some middle eastern youths laying into some surf life savers.

being a mid easterner myself, i was quite upset that these thugs would rough up surf life savers. especially since i was contemplating becoming one back in my youth.

what i dont dont understand though is the anger that this melee has caused. ihave heard of a few scuffles with 'lebs vs aussies' down at cronulla through the years, but i havent seen things get so out of hand as it has this week.

i woke up at 6am on monday morning to hear alan jones revving people up about it. i'd be surprised if anyone other than a 'pro-alan jones' listener would have boteherd to call... personally i think he lent a hand in geeing people up about it.. whether its the right thing or not is another question.

i also recieved that sms that has been going round. seems like its not just the 'lebs' that are the problem. now its lebs/wogs... which basically means that 80% of cronulla beach goers will either get bached or not go this sunday.

the sms was quite disturbing, but its not the anger or tone of the sms tha got to me..it got me thinking.. where is this anger all coming from? it must have been brewing for a while. the sms spoke about solidarity and taking back the 'shire' from the lebs/wogs.... i just dont understand the source of anger

i do however, understand the crap that the 'aussies' have been put through when dealing with 'lebs'. being a 'leb' myself, i despise myself everytime my nationality comes up. but i do understand the shit that aussies go through, and sometimes i think the lebs deserve it...really!

i just think that this whole thing has been blown out of proportion really.. basically some shock jocks thought they'd rev up some bored , semi educated unemployed people and see where it goes...

hope no one gets hurt this sunday...

12-10-2005, 03:20 AM	#1 (permalink)
dlish Currently sour but formerly Dlishs Super Moderator Location: Australia/UAE	cronulla fight club as you guys might know, there was a melee at cronulla beach last week with some middle eastern youths laying into some surf life savers. being a mid easterner myself, i was quite upset that these thugs would rough up surf life savers. especially since i was contemplating becoming one back in my youth. what i dont dont understand though is the anger that this melee has caused. ihave heard of a few scuffles with 'lebs vs aussies' down at cronulla through the years, but i havent seen things get so out of hand as it has this week. i woke up at 6am on monday morning to hear alan jones revving people up about it. i'd be surprised if anyone other than a 'pro-alan jones' listener would have boteherd to call... personally i think he lent a hand in geeing people up about it.. whether its the right thing or not is another question. i also recieved that sms that has been going round. seems like its not just the 'lebs' that are the problem. now its lebs/wogs... which basically means that 80% of cronulla beach goers will either get bached or not go this sunday. the sms was quite disturbing, but its not the anger or tone of the sms tha got to me..it got me thinking.. where is this anger all coming from? it must have been brewing for a while. the sms spoke about solidarity and taking back the 'shire' from the lebs/wogs.... i just dont understand the source of anger i do however, understand the crap that the 'aussies' have been put through when dealing with 'lebs'. being a 'leb' myself, i despise myself everytime my nationality comes up. but i do understand the shit that aussies go through, and sometimes i think the lebs deserve it...really! i just think that this whole thing has been blown out of proportion really.. basically some shock jocks thought they'd rev up some bored , semi educated unemployed people and see where it goes... hope no one gets hurt this sunday... __________________ An injustice anywhere, is an injustice everywhere I always sign my facebook comments with ()()===========(}. Does that make me gay? - Filthy