Originally posted by Cobaltic1978
These things are daggers, not mini swords,
It is a peaceful religion in general, but they will fight if provoked and rightly so.

I have never heard of these Sick people before, but that is not relevant to the rest of my comment.

A stab wound does not care what the attacker calls his blade.
A 6 inch blade, that I call a noodle, will make the same cut as a 6 inch blade that I call a knife.
If they are so peaceful, then why do they carry blades at all?

Originally posted by BrokenCircles

Originally posted by Cobaltic1978
These things are daggers, not mini swords,
It is a peaceful religion in general, but they will fight if provoked and rightly so.

I have never heard of these Sick people before, but that is not relevant to the rest of my comment.

A stab wound does not care what the attacker calls his blade.
A 6 inch blade, that I call a noodle, will make the same cut as a 6 inch blade that I call a knife.
If they are so peaceful, then why do they carry blades at all?

The knife (kirpan) is a symbol. It does not necessarily have to be a functioning knife. It's symbolic of the "saint/soldier" commitment of the religion.

I have a lot of time for Sikhs. A very interesting religion with a great deal of fascinating history behind it.

The sikhs took the striking miners and their families into their temples during the UK Miner's strike and fed them without seeking any return. A very peaceable religion. Dont mistake the knife as a symbol for them wanting to fight every five minutes...

Originally posted by BrokenCircles

Originally posted by Cobaltic1978
These things are daggers, not mini swords,
It is a peaceful religion in general, but they will fight if provoked and rightly so.

I have never heard of these Sick people before, but that is not relevant to the rest of my comment.

A stab wound does not care what the attacker calls his blade.
A 6 inch blade, that I call a noodle, will make the same cut as a 6 inch blade that I call a knife.
If they are so peaceful, then why do they carry blades at all?

I appreciate what you are saying but the press should get it right if they claim it was Kirpans being used. That is what I was trying to get over. If they were used for this purpose, then they shoudn't have been.

There are millions of Sikhs living in the U.K and there have never been any attacks using these weapons to my knowledge. They are not sick people, far from it actually. It is a religious requirement and it is always carried in a sheath upon their person.

Note: I have just taken a look at the video relating to this incident and it was not Kirpans being used. I believe someone was carrying a small knifr in their hand and it looks like some larger type sword was being used. Also the dissident sikhs used a fire extiguisher and a microphone stand.

The Sikhs are sick

Originally posted by stellify

Originally posted by BrokenCircles

Originally posted by Cobaltic1978
These things are daggers, not mini swords,
It is a peaceful religion in general, but they will fight if provoked and rightly so.

I have never heard of these Sick people before, but that is not relevant to the rest of my comment.

A stab wound does not care what the attacker calls his blade.
A 6 inch blade, that I call a noodle, will make the same cut as a 6 inch blade that I call a knife.
If they are so peaceful, then why do they carry blades at all?

The knife (kirpan) is a symbol. It does not necessarily have to be a functioning knife. It's symbolic of the "saint/soldier" commitment of the religion.

yes i have a few indian friends whom explained to me why they carry it, they also pointed out how much they did for britain during ww2,im not saying that its right i even said to my friends you will cop flak for this some people wont listen its a knife to them...but if you check the facts in all sikhs fights its always between themselves and there own familys..

I have a lot of time for Sikhs. A very interesting religion with a great deal of fascinating history behind it.

The sikhs took the striking miners and their families into their temples during the UK Miner's strike and fed them without seeking any return. A very peaceable religion. Dont mistake the knife as a symbol for them wanting to fight every five minutes...

Sikhs are pretty cool guys who doesn't afraid of anything

They're often successful businessmen and politicians, at least in my country. They're probably te most prominent immigrant community in Canadian politics besides/including the Chinese communities, and I don't know how anyone can fault them for being peaceful, democratic and law-abiding citizens. The individual should be punished for a crime, IF a crime occurs, not the community.

P.S. they have the best beards

Some religions can carry weapons and do all manner of weird things, yet can a Rastafarian child carry a bong to school?
Here in South Africa we still have school uniforms and there are still pending cases where Rasta boys were suspended or expelled for having dreadlocks.
I think the world is full of double standards that still favor violence above all.