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To: tejek who wrote (266508)	12/29/2005 9:53:11 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1575535

When you go out of your way to invite people to your country, the people have a right to believe they will be treated fairly. The Australian government didn't just allow the Lebanese to immigrate but aggressively promote the immigration?? Even if they did I don't see how you can say the government victimized them. The government didn't require that they live in certain "special neighborhoods". I doubt the government aggressively discriminated against them for jobs. It may have failed to prevent the discrimination but that isn't the same thing. So under the circumstances, I see the gov't to be the one at fault here. If I accept some of your statements and assumptions I can see why you blame the Australian government for helping to create the situation, but even if I did accept these statements I don't see how that means that they are the victims of the government. The government didn't attack them, the rioters did. The lesser acts of discrimination and hostility where also not for the most part committed by the government. While the governments actions are part of the chain of events that led to the circumstances in which the attacks and discrimination occurred I think someone is the victim of the actual perp, and the government isn't it.