"Alan S" wrote in message
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> On Wed, 06 Dec 2006 16:33:44 -0800, irwell
> wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 07 Dec 2006 10:25:15 +1100, Alan S wrote:
>>
>>>On Wed, 06 Dec 2006 23:32:33 +0100, Martin
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>>The score so far
>>>
>>>A very limited score indeed, focused on riots and racism
>>>between Caucasians and the rest.
>>>
>>>The real list goes on and on around the world. In fact,
>>>when looking at real racism, and the misery and death that
>>>results, the nations your source lists pale into
>>>insignificance.
>>>
>>>Kurds by Iraqis, Turks and Russians; Hutus and Tutsis in
>>>Rwanda; Ibos and others in Nigeria; Sikhs and Hindus; Sikhs
>>>and Muslims; tribal minorities in Asia (the Hmong, the Ainu
>>>and many others); the multitude of Chinese minorities -
>>>Tibetans etc; Jews and Gypsies through history; even Indians
>>>and Fijians leading to the 1987 coup and associated with the
>>>present one etc. etc.
>>>
>>>Just a few examples of many omissions:
>>>
>>>Singapore: The 1964 Race Riots were a series of riots that
>>>took place in Singapore during two separate periods in July
>>>and September between Chinese and Malay groups. The first
>>>incident occurred on 21 July during a Malay procession that
>>>marked Prophet Muhammad's birthday. In total, the violence
>>>killed 36 people and injured another 556. About 3,000 people
>>>were arrested. The riots are also known as the Prophet
>>>Muhammad Birthday Riots, 1964 Racial Riots, and 1964
>>>Sino-Malay Riots. At that time, Singapore was a state in the
>>>Federation of Malaysia.
>>>****
>>>Malaysia: The May 13 Incident is a term for the
>>>Chinese-Malay race riots in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on May
>>>13, 1969. The riots continued for a substantial period of
>>>time, and the government declared a state of national
>>>emergency, suspending Parliament until 1971. Officially, 196
>>>people were killed as a result of the riots between May 13
>>>and July 31, although journalists and other observers have
>>>given much higher figures.
>>>
>>>The government cited the riot as the main cause of its more
>>>aggressive affirmative action policies, such as the New
>>>Economic Policy (NEP), after 1969.
>>>
>>>On its formation in 1963, Malaysia suffered from a sharp
>>>division of wealth between the Chinese, who were perceived
>>>to control a large portion of the Malaysian economy, and the
>>>Malays, who were perceived to be more poor and rural.
>>>However, it was foreign individuals and organisations, not
>>>the Chinese, who held the largest portion of total corporate
>>>equity in the country.
>>>****
>>>Japan: Eighty years ago, on September 1, 1923, a large
>>>earthquake, the Kanto Quake, hit many parts of Japan
>>>including Tokyo. During the week following the Quake, some
>>>6,000 Koreans resident in Japan were murdered. Many
>>>Japanese blamed falsely the Koreans for the calamity. Recent
>>>studies show that the Japanese military was directly
>>>involved in the killing spree, and evidence is mounting for
>>>the Japanese government's sanction of the massacre.
>>>****
>>>Japan: 171 attacks on Korean schools, students reported
>>>since July
>>>Wednesday, November 8, 2006 at 07:10 EST
>>>
>>>TOKYO - A total of 171 cases of verbal or physical attacks
>>>directed at Korean schools and their students have been
>>>reported across Japan since North Korea test-fired ballistic
>>>missiles on July 5, a pro-Pyongyang group said Tuesday.
>>>****
>>>Cheers, Alan, Australia
>>
>>Calcutta 1946, and all the other mayhem murderous
>>assaults in the Indian Peninsula.
>>The Partition into Pakistan/India was supposed to have
>>cost over one million lives.
>
> Yep. At least.
>
> Cheers, Alan, Australia
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Mostly the results of European Colonialism. Combining warring tribes into
nations. for ruling purposes.
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