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   From: pablo_virgo@blueyonder.co.uk   
      
   Australians are (by and large) human beings and therefore capable of racism.   
      
   What about all the 'Leb' stuff  - that brought out a lot of racism in   
   people.   
      
   "Don"  wrote in message   
   news:1160676277.826938.256440@h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...   
   >   
   > Sampath wrote:   
   >> Mel Gibson, Lleton Hewitt ?   
   >   
   > Hewitt is of English origin and so by nature could be racist. :)   
   >   
   >> Still think aussies are not racists, don ?   
   >   
   > AFAIK, i have read about only one really racist instance coming from   
   > Australia - that   
   > of Paula Hanson. Hanson has Swedish(North West European origins)   
   > and hence could be racist by nature.   
   >   
   > Most of the Aussies seem to insult and foul-mouth others (like Mcgrath   
   > and   
   > Waugh) but they don't seem to be racist (the word has other   
   > connotations   
   > other than insulting or foul-mouthing). In my opinion anyway. Racism is   
   > a much more mentally dangerous phenomenon of making others feel   
   > inferior by birth   
   > than pure insulting which btw almost every human being does to others.   
   >   
   >   
   > Don   
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