MitchG
02-19-2007, 03:06 AM
THESE are the faces of those who preach racist hate and taunt police by bragging that they will do as they please in Australia.
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Freely available on the internet phenomenon YouTube, the images and messages are contained in homemade videos that depict ethnic gang warfare, violence and gun-toting.
The videos incite racial attacks -- even killings -- and bait Melbourne police.
A video posted last week, titled DA nEW AUS, shows Lebanese youths posing with firearms, footage of bashings and robbery and illicit drug use.
The screen shows the slogan, "This is our new home and there's nothing you can do about it", all to the tunes of gangsta rap.
Another, from user "aussie123pride", posted on YouTube on Christmas Day, features images of Lebanese gangs over a rap song with lyrics that include threats to kill Australians.
Among the words are:
Scattered along the beach your friends and family,
Just like that war in Gallipoli,
We'll bring back that f---in' memory.
As the song fades, the lyrics threaten, "We'll blow ya up".
Another clip, 'lebanese pride', shows the Lebanese flag superimposed on a map of Australia and stamped, "Under New Management".
YouTube user "Risssie", strenuously objecting to the hateful input, has posted a reply: "This will never be your country. And the overwhelming majority of Australians hate you."
Other videos on YouTube glorifying violence include:
RIOTING outside the Telstra Dome by Melbourne Victory fans and anti-social behaviour inside the venue.
SEVERAL Melton videos featuring fights at a skate park, in front of an indoor cricket centre and of two young women brawling.
CLIPS of Noble Park's so-called Blockbuster riot.
G-20 rioters abusing and goading police, calling officers "f------ brownshirts".
Muslim leaders have called on police and parents to take more responsibility and work to stamp out the spreading gang culture.
Lebanese Muslim Association president Tom Zreika said police and the parents of youths must put a stop to the gang mentality.
"Any acts of violence against another person or property is of concern to us," Mr Zreika said.
"Most of the work we do is about building bridges with everyone, including the wider community and all this does is set us back many, many years."
Mr Zreika said it was worrying that the gang culture was spreading to Victoria.
"We don't condone that sort of action," he said.
"If there is someone or something inciting that behaviour, we will quickly put a stop to it."
Despite repeated efforts to reduce anti-Australian sentiment among Lebanese youths, Mr Zreika said it was not up to his association alone to discipline and educate the youths.
"I wish we had those sort of powers to do something about it, but really the onus is on, firstly, the parents to make sure their kids are behaving.
"Secondly, it's up to the police force to police these sort of activities and make sure that they're not in breach of the law.
"It's incredibly frustrating. Words can't explain it.
"All the good work we do just goes up in a puff of smoke.
"To be frank, we've just got to soldier on and make sure we do the right thing and that the police do the right thing, too."
Cyberspace Law and Policy Centre executive director David Vaile warned that filtering content before it hit the web was not an option because there were too many YouTube users posting videos.
"One of the problems with YouTube is that, as far as I'm aware, they don't have a preliminary filter before stuff goes on," Mr Vaile said.
"It's a complaints-based, after-the-fact regulatory system, where if someone says this is inappropriate, they'll do something to take it off."
Australian Family Association spokeswoman Angela Conway urged parents to exercise more caution when their children used the internet.
"The community, and families in particular, need to be aware that their children can be accessing material that our classification laws would say is illegal," she said.
YouTube terms of use ban unlawful, threatening, hateful and racially or ethnically offensive material.
YouTube parent company Google refused to comment on its website's content.
A YouTube spokesman said community policing of the site had proved effective.
"YouTube users flag content that is inappropriate and once it is flagged, YouTube promptly reviews the content and removes it from the system if it is in violation of our Terms of Use," the spokesman said.
"Real violence on YouTube is not allowed.
"If a video shows someone getting attacked, hurt or humiliated, it will be removed according to our Community Guidelines."
YouTube came under fire late last year when it was revealed several clips of the infamous Werribee DVD -- showing a 17-year-old girl being ******ly assaulted and humiliated by a gang of 12 youths -- were posted on the site. One clip, titled Pimp My Wife, was viewed by almost 2500 people.
It took more than three months before it -- and several others -- were removed from the internet. Victoria Police's *** crimes squad was forced to contact YouTube to have scenes from the DVD removed.
SOURCE: http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,21243032-661,00.html
http://www.news.com.au/common/imagedata/0,,5391691,00.jpg
Freely available on the internet phenomenon YouTube, the images and messages are contained in homemade videos that depict ethnic gang warfare, violence and gun-toting.
The videos incite racial attacks -- even killings -- and bait Melbourne police.
A video posted last week, titled DA nEW AUS, shows Lebanese youths posing with firearms, footage of bashings and robbery and illicit drug use.
The screen shows the slogan, "This is our new home and there's nothing you can do about it", all to the tunes of gangsta rap.
Another, from user "aussie123pride", posted on YouTube on Christmas Day, features images of Lebanese gangs over a rap song with lyrics that include threats to kill Australians.
Among the words are:
Scattered along the beach your friends and family,
Just like that war in Gallipoli,
We'll bring back that f---in' memory.
As the song fades, the lyrics threaten, "We'll blow ya up".
Another clip, 'lebanese pride', shows the Lebanese flag superimposed on a map of Australia and stamped, "Under New Management".
YouTube user "Risssie", strenuously objecting to the hateful input, has posted a reply: "This will never be your country. And the overwhelming majority of Australians hate you."
Other videos on YouTube glorifying violence include:
RIOTING outside the Telstra Dome by Melbourne Victory fans and anti-social behaviour inside the venue.
SEVERAL Melton videos featuring fights at a skate park, in front of an indoor cricket centre and of two young women brawling.
CLIPS of Noble Park's so-called Blockbuster riot.
G-20 rioters abusing and goading police, calling officers "f------ brownshirts".
Muslim leaders have called on police and parents to take more responsibility and work to stamp out the spreading gang culture.
Lebanese Muslim Association president Tom Zreika said police and the parents of youths must put a stop to the gang mentality.
"Any acts of violence against another person or property is of concern to us," Mr Zreika said.
"Most of the work we do is about building bridges with everyone, including the wider community and all this does is set us back many, many years."
Mr Zreika said it was worrying that the gang culture was spreading to Victoria.
"We don't condone that sort of action," he said.
"If there is someone or something inciting that behaviour, we will quickly put a stop to it."
Despite repeated efforts to reduce anti-Australian sentiment among Lebanese youths, Mr Zreika said it was not up to his association alone to discipline and educate the youths.
"I wish we had those sort of powers to do something about it, but really the onus is on, firstly, the parents to make sure their kids are behaving.
"Secondly, it's up to the police force to police these sort of activities and make sure that they're not in breach of the law.
"It's incredibly frustrating. Words can't explain it.
"All the good work we do just goes up in a puff of smoke.
"To be frank, we've just got to soldier on and make sure we do the right thing and that the police do the right thing, too."
Cyberspace Law and Policy Centre executive director David Vaile warned that filtering content before it hit the web was not an option because there were too many YouTube users posting videos.
"One of the problems with YouTube is that, as far as I'm aware, they don't have a preliminary filter before stuff goes on," Mr Vaile said.
"It's a complaints-based, after-the-fact regulatory system, where if someone says this is inappropriate, they'll do something to take it off."
Australian Family Association spokeswoman Angela Conway urged parents to exercise more caution when their children used the internet.
"The community, and families in particular, need to be aware that their children can be accessing material that our classification laws would say is illegal," she said.
YouTube terms of use ban unlawful, threatening, hateful and racially or ethnically offensive material.
YouTube parent company Google refused to comment on its website's content.
A YouTube spokesman said community policing of the site had proved effective.
"YouTube users flag content that is inappropriate and once it is flagged, YouTube promptly reviews the content and removes it from the system if it is in violation of our Terms of Use," the spokesman said.
"Real violence on YouTube is not allowed.
"If a video shows someone getting attacked, hurt or humiliated, it will be removed according to our Community Guidelines."
YouTube came under fire late last year when it was revealed several clips of the infamous Werribee DVD -- showing a 17-year-old girl being ******ly assaulted and humiliated by a gang of 12 youths -- were posted on the site. One clip, titled Pimp My Wife, was viewed by almost 2500 people.
It took more than three months before it -- and several others -- were removed from the internet. Victoria Police's *** crimes squad was forced to contact YouTube to have scenes from the DVD removed.
SOURCE: http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,21243032-661,00.html