OFFBEAT MAIL

A hot and sensitive issue to tackle, indeed. This is one reason why other people just don't want to get involved. Or are they pretending to be ignoramus on the subject matter that is causing so much stir the world over. In the first place, why bother at all to get involved on such a hot topic? We should be aware that racial discrimination is so flagrant, especially in Europe, where the royal families have took roots for centuries before its influence on the political system has ebbed out after many decades of existence. Exactly, nobody knows who was behind the propagation of this ungodly practice, which all the more tends to take sides on those who have excellent physical and mental attributes. Is racial discrimination meant for those who are ugly, and those who are handsome since birth, or whose birthrights have descended from the royal bloods in Europe or any countries in the West for that matter, have carved spots in heaven? While those who are not, are surely doomed to hell? So...

It is frustrating to see how some, if not many, of the immigration rallyists were subjected to harsh treatment by the members of the Los Angeles Police Department. The United States is a country that strictly subscribes to the tenets of international human rights. But last Tuesday's event, wherein thousands of people marched through the downtown L.A. to showcase their grievances over the snailpaced process by which the comprehensive immigration bill is being tackled, appeared to have gone out of control. As a result, LAPD chief William Bratton has ordered investigation as to how the situation got out of hand. For him, the TV footages that showed how his officers dispersed the immigration rallyists by using batons and some 240 less-than-lethal rounds to the demonstrators and mediamen. He called these tactics "inappropriate." What happened during that day was no different from any Third World country's demonstrations where the police oftentimes overreacted to uncalled c...