I personally have seen very little racism first hand in Oz. I've heard stories from a few different sources, but nothing close to the scale you see or hear of in other countries (not naming any in particular). Of course the publicity given to the Cronulla Beach "race riots" would suggest otherwise. But then I saw very little of this. I think if strange that I saw no beatings, car burnings, looting etc... Considering I live just down the road from that beach.
I've lived in Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney, Cairns and Perth. I've visited Darwin on numerous occasions, and I've been to various places along the Eastern coastline. I've also spent time in western Queensland. And nowhere seems to harbour more racists than the next. I would say as a whole we are a very tolerant. I really don't like that word, as it suggests we merely put up with other races rather than embracing them.
Now to shoot down my own point, I am a white male in the upper-middle pay bracket. So I probably don't know what the fk I'm talking about.
There is a difference between censoring the results you get back from a search engine, and actually hosting (what is widely perceived to be) offensive material on a public space which you own.
If someone wants to put their prejudiced opinions in the public eye, let them pay for it out of their own pocket. No company should allow this sort of thing to happen.
But then that opens a whole new can of worms. Who will decide what should and should not be allowed?
good speed before the need of it? bah. I say 0.9 of a second is still too long for a page to load. I'm not sure if it works way, but how 'bout these guys release this tech, then drop the price on broadband. $5 a month unlimited down/up. that's what Willis was talkin 'bout.
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I personally have seen very little racism first hand in Oz. I've heard stories from a few different sources, but nothing close to the scale you see or hear of in other countries (not naming any in particular). Of course the publicity given to the Cronulla Beach "race riots" would suggest otherwise. But then I saw very little of this. I think if strange that I saw no beatings, car burnings, looting etc... Considering I live just down the road from that beach. I've lived in Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney, Cairns and Perth. I've visited Darwin on numerous occasions, and I've been to various places along the Eastern coastline. I've also spent time in western Queensland. And nowhere seems to harbour more racists than the next. I would say as a whole we are a very tolerant. I really don't like that word, as it suggests we merely put up with other races rather than embracing them. Now to shoot down my own point, I am a white male in the upper-middle pay bracket. So I probably don't know what the fk I'm talking about.
There is a difference between censoring the results you get back from a search engine, and actually hosting (what is widely perceived to be) offensive material on a public space which you own. If someone wants to put their prejudiced opinions in the public eye, let them pay for it out of their own pocket. No company should allow this sort of thing to happen. But then that opens a whole new can of worms. Who will decide what should and should not be allowed?
good speed before the need of it? bah. I say 0.9 of a second is still too long for a page to load. I'm not sure if it works way, but how 'bout these guys release this tech, then drop the price on broadband. $5 a month unlimited down/up. that's what Willis was talkin 'bout.