Quote Originally Posted by Archangel View Post
I like this story better than the other ones.

The mouthpiece in the initial story had a group of friends trying to silence him. Avoid your own racism by recognizing that 80% were trying to keep the peace. Hmm, that sounded harsh, wasn't intended that strong.
I get your point, Archangel, but I must stress that I am not racist, even if one of the responses I made to this little fool was unfortunate. The only reason I mentioned that these young fellas were Middle Eastern is that the antagonist used that fact as a springboard from which to attack me. I happen to live in an area of Sydney with a large Lebanese Muslim population and I have rarely had any problems - even walking, while kilted, through a group of Lebanese "homeboys" at the train station.

I make no assumptions about anyone's character based on their ethnicity or religion, but I have enough street smarts to know this - one day soon the aggressive and venomous little scroat who took a shot at me will be at the receiving end of a flogging at the hands of someone far less tolerant than me. Unfortunately, however, as is the way of the streets his innocent mates will probably cop it with him. (I speak from experience, having been on the receiving end of a severe kicking as the result of a stupid comment made by a smartmouthed friend.)

Sorry for the rant, but I just wanted to clarify my position.

Regards,

Troy