Archive for January 9th, 2010
More police powers won’t stop racist attacks
Posted by John, January 9th, 2010 - under Indian students, Overseas students, Racism, Students.
Tags: Australian politics
Comments: 3
In Melbourne Indian students are 2 1/2 times more likely than non-Indians to be beaten up or knifed. Indian student societies claim they are less likely to report assaults than non-Indians. If as appears likely that is the case the figure blows out even further. Why are Indians so much more likely to be attacked? Let’s go back a bit. Education is one of […]
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Humour, sport and politics
Posted by John, January 9th, 2010 - under Nick Dyrenfurth, Palestine.
Tags: Cricket, Humour
Comments: 26
This is a letter to the editor I wrote in response to some ‘lighten up’ suggestions Nick Dyrenfurth made to me in The Weekend Australian. Letters Editor Resident ‘left’ reactionary at The Australian Nick Dyrenfurth takes me to task for daring to write on my blog En Passant with John Passant (https://enpassant.com.au) that Ricky Ponting lives off the […]