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unusualmusic_lj_archive ([personal profile] unusualmusic_lj_archive) wrote2010-01-13 10:15 am

Indian students are being murdered in Australia

Why are Indian students being attacked in Australia?


The Autralians are claiming that its not racism


In fact, one Tim Colbach, columnist for the The Age claims that Indian TV needs to stop whipping up hysteria because there are far more killings of Indians in India than in Australia, and India has dowry deaths too!! So let some common sense reign, eh? Kids? If you don't know what derailing is? There is a classic example. Indian blogger Madhavi brings the subject back on track



And then Mr. Colbach pulls out two instances of Australians murdered in India over a ten year period. You all do it too!!!


Nevermind that in 2008, at least FIFTY ONE foreign exchange students, nearly HALF of them Indians, were killed. Never mind that coroners were deliberately suppressing and under reporting murders. What I want to know is...What were the stats in 2009?

[identity profile] cobecat.livejournal.com 2010-01-13 09:56 pm (UTC)(link)
"Australia has reason to worry about the attacks too. Education is the country's biggest export - after coal and iron ore - and international students contribute $13bn to the Australian economy every year. Australia, by one estimate, could easily lose $70m because of the attacks."

What the FUCK. This is, in the entire article, the only stated reason why Australia should care about these attacks. Yeah, it'd be a real damn shame if you LOST INCOME because PEOPLE ARE BEING KILLED, wouldn't it?