I know that Lebs have a bad image coz a few dickheads spoil it for everyone but whats happening is that ANY middle eastern looking person is thought to be from Lebanon or have Lebanese background. I was told about a group of assyrians who bashed a bloke in fairfield and after they had finished, they said "that's what u get for messing with the lebs". The guy who told me was assyrian himself and explained that they said this to give the lebs a bad name.
I know that a few Lebs like to hassle girls and pick fights with people, and its these idiots who have given Lebs a bad name. Whats happened now is that any middle eastern looking guy is called a LEB and is at risk of getting bashed! If u speak to the real Lebs from Lebanon, they are some of the nicest and friendliest ppl u will ever meet and the reason for this is coz they have lived in war for some many years and now desire peace.
The other thing is that Lebs are being associated with terriosts and more so, ppl are associating religious groups, such as Islam, with Terrorism. This is not fair. Also, the government continually says it is speaking with "community leaders" about this issue but seem to all be Lebanese Muslims. Now I was born here in Aust and I am married to a South American girl and we have two kids. But my parents are Lebanese Christians. I look nothing like a typical middle eastern guy, i.e. I have green eyes, fair skin and hardly any hair on my body, I have nothing against any race or religion, and I stay away from trouble as much as possible but now I am afraid to say that I have a Lebanese background and need to emphasize that I am Christian not Muslim or I maybe seen as a trouble maker or possible terriost. This shouldn't be the way. Nobody should care where u are from or what ur beliefs are!!!
I guess, all I'm trying to say is that please don't judge all lebs on a few idiots....but in saying this, its not going to help the current situation is it???