racist comments

i know everybody has seen the racist riots in parts of sydney.

i don't know the backgroud or the reasons but nor do i care, you don't beat people up who look different to you, it's a rule
even if they were horrible ignorant people
you don't beat them up

now what concerns me most it i was reading the story on bbc and i read on down through the readers comments. when you read each comment you can recommend it ie. click on it and say you agree.

the comments that focused on the riot's being wrong received in general less than 20 recommendations
the ones in support of the racists received in some cases 3 or 4 times the amount of recommendations.
bare in mind these comments are coming from all over the world


read for your self

http://newsforums.bbc.co.uk/nol/thread.jspa?
sortBy=1&threadID=581&start=15&tstart=0&edition=2&ttl=20051213004652&#paginator


im worried
should i be