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... until tomorrow:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-18/sikh-community-react-to-nsw-education-religious-knife-ban/100145496



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Going to have to ban the Christians wearing crosses and Muslim women wearing head covering and the Hare Krishnas wearing orange.   Sikhs already get an exemption from wearing bike helmets as their turbans are religious garb.



-- Edited by Izabarack on Tuesday 18th of May 2021 05:26:51 PM

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Nothing that you mention Iza is relevant as the Kirpan is a weapon religious or not it's still a weapon and other Australians would be charged for carrying a weapon.


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Queer bloody religion that sees a knife as a religious icon. Ban them for sure...however to appease the Sikhs...just make a much smaller one (say 60mm long) and wear it on a chain around their necks. No wonder I find all religions farcical..


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I'm getting fed up with this. All the violence and unrest. We don't need it. Its not the Australian way.

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msg wrote:

I'm getting fed up with this. All the violence and unrest. We don't need it. Its not the Australian way.




if it wasn't for the bullies some of these kids would not feel the need to carry weapons of any description . a pair of scissors can do a bit of damage and security at airports confiscate nail files an nail cutters as they can be considered as dangerous

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My Grandmother was from Arbroath, can I have one of these please?, in my sock SGIAN DHU.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sgian-dubh

Any size knife is banned to "any NSW Citizen " when carried outside their work place .

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Kebbin wrote:

.......the Kirpan is a weapon......

 Nothing is a weapon until the object is used in a particular way.     A knife in my fishing tackle box is not a weapon.    The blade in my gardening stuff is not a weapon.    A length of string is a weapon when used offensively and aggressively.  It is only the act of use that changes the abstract category of a tool or object.    A Kirpan in a religious context is the exact equivalent of a Christian cross, a Muslim head covering, or a Jewish Kippah.    The objects are symbolic and disclose to an observer that the wearer follows a requirement of their religious praxis.   The form of the symbol is distinct from its range of practical uses.



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If we exempt anyone from any law on religion grounds then where do we stop? No. We are all Australians and should ALL be subject to the same laws.

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Izabarack wrote:

Going to have to ban the Christians wearing crosses and Muslim women wearing head covering and the Hare Krishnas wearing orange.   Sikhs already get an exemption from wearing bike helmets as their turbans are religious garb.

 Huh?



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If you ride a unicycle there is no requirement to wear a helmet. Another anomaly.

 

Having said that, around Manly, the number of bicycle riders not wearing helmets is pretty much all of them.



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We lived in Glenwood for 15 years. It became another Woolgoolga!!cry

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This exact thing happened at a primary school near me where my grand-daughter goes, the PC orientated Principal let Indian Sikh kids brings their 'religious knives' the school, nec minnit a kid has had one the 'religious knives' held to his throat

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littledick wrote:

We lived in Glenwood for 15 years. It became another Woolgoolga!!cry

Dick.

The elders could walk the street with ceremonial swords.hmm 

Now if I tried that!!hmm

Dick.



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