"irwell" wrote in message
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> On Thu, 07 Dec 2006 06:25:41 GMT, "Calif Bill"
> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Alan S" wrote in message
>>news:tkoen2hjr72275qaqi11nlads0i8pltfpt@4ax.com...
>>> 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.
>>
> Check your history. The Moghul Invasion of India
> came from the Middle East in the 16th/17th centuries.
And The Moghul's created Somalia, Irag, etc.
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