We are good people.
Your regular man saves elderly gent from fire story.'Mr Rizkalla denied his actions were anything out of the ordinary.
"I was scared but I snapped out of it. Nah, I'm not a hero. Anyone with a heart would do it," he said.
"I'm Lebanese. I want people to know that and that we are good people."'
That he even needs to say it breaks my fucking heart.
690 days til the next election.
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Nice story. I was informed by a Brazilian colleague that the perception of being Lebanese in Brazil is the complete antithesis of it here. Over there, the implications of being Lebanese is that one is educated, successful and wealthy (Mayor of Sao Paolo is one, but then so is the Victorian Premier). But like all nationalities, you get your proportion of idiots, witness Jones and Bolt. But I guess they need to be controversial, cos to be ignored is professional death.
I don't know if this fellow was Christian or Muslim Lebanese (I have my suspicions), but to quote the brilliant PJ O'Rourke,
"There is a great lack of understanding between the United States and the Arab world just now," said the young man behind the counter.
"There sure is," I said.
"Why do you think this is?" said the sharp dresser.
The truthful answer would have been, "Because one by one and man to man the Arabs are the salt of the earth - generous, hospitable, brave, wise, and so forth. But get you in a pack and shove a Koran down your pants and you act like a footlocker full of glue-sniffing civet cats."
--P. J. O'Rourke, "Among the Euro-Weenies."
but if this occurred in Brazil and he has the need to state that he is Lebanese, then perhaps the stereotypes arnt only limited to Australia?
Matthew, it didn't happen in Brazil, it happened in Coburg. Didn't you read the story before posting a comment??
The other day i saw a fire and put it out with a massive 30 m hose i found. It was deliberately lit too.
This comment has absolutely no relevance to anything of note. Although it does have some fine opportunities for penis gags.
Gosh, that fire wouldn't have been at any church that happened to have been sited too close to a mosque, would it?
What a top bloke. I reckon a few people could learn a bit about how to treat others from him...
Especially our bloody politicians.
Somehow I just can't imagine Johnny boy risking his life to save an elderly person.
I love that even in the harshest of political climates, we can still find time for a cock joke or two. Bless you, ka. x
Well said. (Humble LJ) ping.
He's not a real aussie. Or a real hero aussie. Or a hero real aussie, or something...
If I was burning in a fire, I'd want some gutless bogan who gangs up and clubs people with beer bottles to be walking by.
Ideally with a mullet, that really inspires fucking heroic confidence.
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