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Well, the discussion has begun... that's good.
I see how the article can read as you say it does. Being only about the Sydney Gang Rapes and not actually about the entire racial tension issue. But, in the end, this thread, if responded to, will probably go beyond just this particular case.
The article itself is merely an account of the events as they have been reported, mostly by The Sydney Morning Herald. No extra editorial liberties were taken to, for example, site other instances were racism towards the Muslim community in Australia occured and helped elevate the level of racial tension experienced in the country, and especially Sydney, these days.
It was not my intention to vilify the entire Muslim community in Australia, but you have to ask yourself, what in you, makes you think that that was the first intention of the article. Sure, ever since the September 11th attacks people from the middle east have all been painted with the same colour by many different media outlets, so I guess one would get used to expect that.
So yeah, the article only talks about the Sydney Gang Rapes, where very conservative Muslims were the criminals and had pretty much no excuse for what they did. Not even that racism experienced in the past drove them to commit those crimes, no, not in this case. But, racism in Australia is a current issue that is going both ways. So you've read the article on this particular case, the name of the thread is Racial Tensions in Australia. What is your take on that? What about the Cronulla Race Riots?
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