Indian man attacked and burned alive in Australia

[Keyser_Soze]

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Actual Australians? You mean Aboriginals? My Word.

Hurr hurr hurrr

I like you that made me smirk at the irony.

OT: It just occurred to me if this whole thing was racially motivated wouldn't his wife have been in some way inflicted with pain?
I'm not saying I wanted that to happen and I do realise that there is a difference between hitting a man and a woman and it is actually more morally questioning but if these were hard line racist wouldn't they have done something to her?

And on another note couldn't she give descriptions on the men who attacked? So we can find which racial group committed this crime?

Since I do not know all the facts, I wont comment one way or the other. However as I understand it, during a police investigation, information may be withheld at the Police's discretion in order to either ensure that they are not hindered during the investigation or due to possible threats to law and order. *shrug* Considering that the man was being set on fire, he would have to be held down in order to pour the fuel on him, and its unlikely they would have the time to grab his wife as well. Or maybe she managed to escape before they did the same to her. Who knows.

 

[wooty]

Ok BETS ARE IN, how many days until they blame it on violent video games?

Yeah, was probably all a stunt paid for by Michael Atkinson "GTA & COKKING MAMA MADE ME DO IT"

 

[Bernzz]

What...the...fuck?

Who the fucking craphell would do that to someone? I mean...fuck the what hell, what.

That's just fucked up.

[sub]What is this I don't even[/sub]

I really don't know if it's directly a racist thing, or just targets of opportunity. It ain't doing too good for Australia's foreign reputation, though.

Well, that certainly illustrates the diversity of the word!.

I do however agree with you what are saying..in essence.

Well, you made me laugh my first laugh of Sunday morning (12:08 am). In essence?

Damn aussies! Lay of the pints for the love of crap, and straighten up this shit!

And if you find time, you could wrestle some crocs in the swamp I guess...

How very racist of you to stereotype an entire race and paint everyone from the country in a negative light because of the actions of a minority.

When I read and saw the news about Nitin Garg I was upset about his death and thought the circumstances, "suspicious." After this time the Victorian Police still rule out racial motivation, but they haven't actually said WHAT was the motivator. He had his phone and wallet on him when he was found, thus ruling out a robbery.

It pisses me off to think there's a racist and violent group of persons in Australia who's targeting innocent people. We don't yet know who is responsible or their true reasons for committing such acts, but I would like to see these bastards found!

Australia is a multi-cultural nation, it's one of our strengths that we have such a rich diversity of cultures and ethnicity's. The targeting of other cultures in my opinion is against the Aussie tradition of a fair go and respect for your fellow person.

I'm almost ashamed to call myself Australian if it means I'll be associated with violent racist pricks! But I must remind myself, and the world, that these violent and racist assholes who commit these crimes, do not represent the country I live in or it's people.

I hope the perpetrators of these disgusting acts of violence are caught and brought to justice. I hope the victims can if possible recover from their wounds and move on. And I'd like to see no more racially motivated violence in hatred in Australia, from any culture or race.

In the Australia I know and love, Indian's are our welcome friends and equals.

You, my friend, are a good representative of our nation. I hate being associated with racists, drunks and generally idiotic violent dickheads because I'm an Aussie.

 

[Koeryn]

Bah. It's not frigging racist attacks, its soft targets in the wrong place at the wrong time. Melbourne IS the crime capital of Australia, after all (though our Gold Coast is catching up fast).

Just out of curiosity, why is not a "racially motivated attack" when an Indian rapes or attacks a white woman (as has happened up here over 20 times in the last two years)?

Wait, you didn't know? It's impossible to be racist against white people. Seriously, it's like, a universal law or something. The white man is the only racial group capable of racism.

 

[Sven und EIN HUND]

Damn aussies! Lay of the pints for the love of crap, and straighten up this shit!

And if you find time, you could wrestle some crocs in the swamp I guess...

Ahhh christ, it's already happening. Listen you ignorant.... person, there are people like this in every fucking country, and the majority of people in every fucking country are normal.people.the.same.goes.for.Australia

Fuck.

EDIT: FUCK.

 

[BaldursBananaSoap]

This is all because of Alien Vs Predator being unbanned in Australia. Damn kids and their violent games!

 

[Azmael Silverlance]

meh im so happy i look like i could be from many nationalities. racial attacks n anything racial pissess me off so much -_-`
i truly wish there was no god damn rasism in the world :S
But honestly i think those 2 attacks just had the bad timing of happening a week apart which kinda sets the mood of governments and media to go all out on it as a racial issue.

 

[smudgey]

21 million people in Australia. 2 Indians are attacked. Apparently, that makes us all racists. (How many Indians are attacked in other countries?) The attack could have been over drugs or money or any other matter. I think people are jumping to conclusions when there are very few facts on the table.

 

[Zykon TheLich]

Indians are actually known for being a bit racist towards Australians. look into there culture and you can see why (they follow a classes system where certain people are basically better than others).

Could you care to elaborate?

Assuming you were asking about the caste system, this is a good point to start your studies:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caste_system_in_India

 

[Ushario]

I think you mean you agree with Khada. Its so nice to see that generalizing about people is applicable to Indians but not Australians. [dspace.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/41761/3/dunn_paper.pdf]

Yes I did mean Khada, thank you.

I think you've misunderstood my message, I wasn't supporting or condoning racism in any way.
My comments are based on the history of Australia and while I'd love to dig up some supporting links its 3am and not that high priority.

Not to mention that I agreed with a generalization about Australians and a very nasty one at that.

We've actually got a history of racism towards everyone really.

 

[Pandairon]

Holy fuck.

The major political parties can't keep denying these are racially-motivated attacks. This will have a major impact on the financial model of universities. Already, a significant percentage of foreign student enrollments in Australian universities for 2010 has dropped. Beyond that, there's no telling how this could effect the relationship between Australia and India.

What's that you say? The Australian government is somehow incompetent and handling an issue extremely poorly? Well that's something I'd never expect to hear.

Oh wait... how's the internet in Australia. Man, that country needs a bloody election.

Don't they have an upcoming election of the presidential variety or is that me trippin balls?.

 

[SnipErlite]

It's weird. I didn't know Australia had a history of racism towards Indians.

Neither did I - although there will be racism in every culture tbh......stupid people

 

[Tommo1992]

I genuinely believe that while some of these attacks are racially motivated, a majority of them can be explained with statistics. For example, if the majority of students at a particular school are Indian and street crime is being committed around these Universities, it is very likely that the victims will be Indian. However, no one seems to want to accept the fact that they could be racially motivated. Look at the choice of language within the article: " It's alleged he was RANDOMLY approached by four men who burned his car and set him on fire".

http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/local/6660657/indian-govt-angry-after-attack-on-man/

I do not believe that the media or the police are dealing with this situation well and by denying the probability of a racist attack, they are perpetuating and ultimately condoning intolerant and xenophobic views in Australia. Views of which are quite frequently and passionately expressed. For example, the police stated that there was no flamable liquid found in the car or on the man's body. Upon talking about this to a neighbour, they assumed that the man was lying. Apparently it is easier to believe an outrageous concept like 'conspiracy to spark a race war' than it is to believe that a man was indeed lit on fire and it may have been a racial attack. Furthermore, the Channel 7 news report interviewed a few onlookers most of who, stated that they did not hear a struggle, shouting or running, only an explosion. I believe the media and the policec have been very cunning in this particular incident in order to convince most people that racial attacks are not going on and persuade them to think that it is meerely a problem of the fundamental Indian community.

 

[johnnybwoy]

I genuinely believe that while some of these attacks are racially motivated, a majority of them can be explained with statistics. For example, if the majority of students at a particular school are Indian and street crime is being committed around these Universities, it is very likely that the victims will be Indian. However, no one seems to want to accept the fact that they could be racially motivated. Look at the choice of language within the article: " It's alleged he was RANDOMLY approached by four men who burned his car and set him on fire".

http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/local/6660657/indian-govt-angry-after-attack-on-man/

I do not believe that the media or the police are dealing with this situation well and by denying the probability of a racist attack, they are perpetuating and ultimately condoning intolerant and xenophobic views in Australia. Views of which are quite frequently and passionately expressed. For example, the police stated that there was no flamable liquid found in the car or on the man's body. Upon talking about this to a neighbour, they assumed that the man was lying. Apparently it is easier to believe an outrageous concept like 'conspiracy to spark a race war' than it is to believe that a man was indeed lit on fire and it may have been a racial attack. Furthermore, the Channel 7 news report interviewed a few onlookers most of who, stated that they did not hear a struggle, shouting or running, only an explosion. I believe the media and the policec have been very cunning in this particular incident in order to convince most people that racial attacks are not going on and persuade them to think that it is meerely a problem of the fundamental Indian community.

hahahahahah.... and in recent news:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5h_U6ucyX9UrJjFlWxM8sL_-rEKWQ

 

[lacktheknack]

Yes it is sad. Australia does have a large population of bogens and wankers on the east coast. It makes me want to move to Canada.

Come on over! Over here, the local freaks only set latinos' cars on fire!

Really, you can't get away from it. This is life.

 

[Enzeru92]

What the hell that's clearly some racist motivated attacks against Indians, come on Ausseis start acting better

 

[RebelRising]

Oh no! We wouldn't want to offend the Indian Government! They might stop phoning us with all those holiday and credit card scams.

I hear the fluid they poured on him was deodorant, because.. y'know.. Indians.

Racism? In Australia?! Such a thing is unheard of...

I just noticed that your avatar is, coincidentally, carrying lighter fluid. Just a little thing I felt like pointing out.

Yeah, I don't have a whole lot to contribute. The attack is pretty harsh, I wonder what could have fueled such rage.