Third World Troubles
Updated On: 05 June, 2009 09:51 AM IST | | Prahlad Nanjappa
Ever think about what would have happened if the "foreigners" targeted in Australia were American? Or English? Or French?
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Ever think about what would have happened if the "foreigners" targeted in Australia were American? Or English? Or French?
Their governments would have come down heavily on the Ozzies. Worldwide-by-the-minute-updates of the grave law and order situation Down Under would have been prime time news. Hourly coverage on the weeping families, who had been so deeply distressed, would have done the rounds. And Oprah Winfrey would have turned scarred students into overnight celebs who were heroic in staving off the attacks of the Kiwi desperados. Book and movie deals "My Days As An Australian Beach Boy Were Cut Short" (Cut As in Knifed? Get the obvious pun that helps makes bestsellers out of toilet paper?)u00a0u00a0u00a0
Their governments would have come down heavily on the Ozzies. Worldwide-by-the-minute-updates of the grave law and order situation Down Under would have been prime time news. Hourly coverage on the weeping families, who had been so deeply distressed, would have done the rounds. And Oprah Winfrey would have turned scarred students into overnight celebs who were heroic in staving off the attacks of the Kiwi desperados. Book and movie deals "My Days As An Australian Beach Boy Were Cut Short" (Cut As in Knifed? Get the obvious pun that helps makes bestsellers out of toilet paper?)u00a0u00a0u00a0
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