[Griff]

But, inevitably, it's the heavy sentence that's "controversial." After September 11th, Americans were advised to ask themselves, "Why do they hate us?" Now Australians need to ask themselves, "Why do they rape us?"

Its an interesting premise, but I don't think I buy it. Depending on your view the WTC event was either driven by Bin Ladens megalomania, simple retaliation for America using the mid-east as our playground, or some combination of those and other cultural factors. Whatever the reason, it was a highly symbolic, though horrifyingly real, event stemming from events outside our borders. The rape of individual Australian women is more likely a reaction to life inside Australia. If you can't respect Western values and norms you shouldn't be living in the West (not geographical). To me, the next logical question is should we be mucking around in mid East countries whose values disgust us?