Comments on: Judge addresses Sikh exemptions from knife rules http://www.humanistlife.org.uk/2010/02/judge-addresses-sikh-exemptions-from-knife-rules/ Humanist perspectives on the here and now Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:47:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: savocado http://www.humanistlife.org.uk/2010/02/judge-addresses-sikh-exemptions-from-knife-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-376 savocado Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:50:31 +0000 http://www.humanistlife.org.uk/?p=1281#comment-376 this is basically arming a a particular faction of society. is this what we need? if casual police officers don't carry guns, why would Sikhs carry daggers? I bet the aren't allowed to have them on planes. this is basically arming a a particular faction of society. is this what we need? if casual police officers don’t carry guns, why would Sikhs carry daggers?

I bet the aren’t allowed to have them on planes.

]]> By: Isabel http://www.humanistlife.org.uk/2010/02/judge-addresses-sikh-exemptions-from-knife-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-374 Isabel Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:43:25 +0000 http://www.humanistlife.org.uk/?p=1281#comment-374 This is a example of the entrenched ridiculousness of those who interpret religious requirements which originated as a result of the historical circumstances in which the religion was founded, but which no longer apply. In the Sikh religious books, there is no requirement on the size of the kirpan (dagger) or the manner in which it should be worn; consequently, there is no excuse to allow anyone, particularly a schoolboy, an exemption to carry a 5 inch dagger into school, or anywhere else. There is a world of difference between insisting on positive discrimination (exempting Sikhs from the ban on knife-carrying) and on positive action (encouraging use of small symbolic kirpans on combs or necklaces), and perhaps those who prefer positive discrimination, like Sir Mota, should ask themselves what their religion is really all about. This is a example of the entrenched ridiculousness of those who interpret religious requirements which originated as a result of the historical circumstances in which the religion was founded, but which no longer apply. In the Sikh religious books, there is no requirement on the size of the kirpan (dagger) or the manner in which it should be worn; consequently, there is no excuse to allow anyone, particularly a schoolboy, an exemption to carry a 5 inch dagger into school, or anywhere else. There is a world of difference between insisting on positive discrimination (exempting Sikhs from the ban on knife-carrying) and on positive action (encouraging use of small symbolic kirpans on combs or necklaces), and perhaps those who prefer positive discrimination, like Sir Mota, should ask themselves what their religion is really all about.

]]> By: savocado http://www.humanistlife.org.uk/2010/02/judge-addresses-sikh-exemptions-from-knife-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-373 savocado Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:42:26 +0000 http://www.humanistlife.org.uk/?p=1281#comment-373 How is this not discrimination? How is this not discrimination?

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