Racial attacks: Amitabh rejects Australian honour - Page 4

The argument that India is also a racist country & hence he should not make a big hue & cry of this issue is just ludicrous...........all Indians have every right to object to such atrocities. I for one will be glad if he refuses to accept the honour. Anyways as many have pointed out he will be bashed regardless of what he does so he might as well do something he deems right.

Man I fail to understand the attitude of some people. Its the duty of the press to highlight atrocities so that justice can be delivered. It doesnt matter in which part of the world this happens. Do you remember what happened when Rev Staines was murdered in India? Do you remember the uproar a single killing caused in the west? My friends babhi who is a white catholic cancelled her visit to her in-laws house in India fearing for her life. Such was the hysteria caused by the western press.
Just because India happens to have a some racist idiots it doesnt mean that every such attack should be swept under the carpet. Why are such incidents on the rise in Australia because the perps get away with a slap on the wrist. Hopefully with the uproar this incident raised those teenage boys will be punished severely.And Mr B accepting or declining this award will not affect this issue in anyway but he didnt accept it - its his choice. As for his blog, who cares what he writes, its not that he is making everyone read it at gunpoint - if reading his blog raises your BP so much its better to not go to the site - might help your health in the long run too 😛

Why does he need to have a poll about it? If he is against the racist attacks in Australia, he shouldn't accept the award. period. The poll just dilutes his stand that is if he actually has one! He could have blogged about why he decided not to accept the honor.

Originally posted by: qwww

Man I fail to understand the attitude of some people. Its the duty of the press to highlight atrocities so that justice can be delivered. It doesnt matter in which part of the world this happens. Do you remember what happened when Rev Staines was murdered in India? Do you remember the uproar a single killing caused in the west? My friends babhi who is a white catholic cancelled her visit to her in-laws house in India fearing for her life. Such was the hysteria caused by the western press.
Just because India happens to have a some racist idiots it doesnt mean that every such attack should be swept under the carpet. Why are such incidents on the rise in Australia because the perps get away with a slap on the wrist. Hopefully with the uproar this incident raised those teenage boys will be punished severely.And Mr B accepting or declining this award will not affect this issue in anyway but he didnt accept it - its his choice. As for his blog, who cares what he writes, its not that he is making everyone read it at gunpoint - if reading his blog raises your BP so much its better to not go to the site - might help your health in the long run too 😛

First of all, what happened with the Indian student was disguisting. It's a sad but true that many Asian students get racially attacked when they leave home to study abroad. It's terrible.

Originally posted by: nilsum

Why does he need to have a poll about it? If he is against the racist attacks in Australia, he shouldn't accept the award. period. The poll just dilutes his stand that is if he actually has one! He could have blogged about why he decided not to accept the honor.