Subjected to 'racial abuse' while kilted - sorry if length and/or content offends

**Ozman1944** · 12th September 07, 07:40 AM

As a fellow-Aussie (now in the U.S.) You handled it perfectly. "Slur for slur' does not have the same connotations there as it does here in the U.S. Racism is endemic in U.S. history, and is still alive & well-even if improving. Australia is only just beginning to have interracial problems, which ironicaly are actually being instigated by certain Middle Easterners of a certain religion & culture.
Mature Aussies tend to use their tongues first, and fists as a reluctant last recourse. Many fights are avoided with a buit of verbal one upmanship.
Good on yer mate! You told him - & he backed off.

**Kiltman** · 20th September 07, 07:10 PM

Originally Posted by Ozman1944

As a fellow-Aussie (now in the U.S.) You handled it perfectly. "Slur for slur' does not have the same connotations there as it does here in the U.S. Racism is endemic in U.S. history, and is still alive & well-even if improving.

To judge from today's news (Sept 20, 2007) racism is still a major part of the US. Emmett Till's fate is all too immediate still.

Australia is only just beginning to have interracial problems, which ironically are actually being instigated by certain Middle Easterners of a certain religion & culture.
Mature Aussies tend to use their tongues first, and fists as a reluctant last recourse. Many fights are avoided with a buit of verbal one upsmanship.
Good on yer mate! You told him - & he backed off.

Won't it be great when all this disappears and we all can get on with being humans?