And stop Sikhs being allowed to carry knives as well.ElRazur said:Could we say the same to our Sikh brother who are exempt from wearing safety helmets or police hats?![]()
And stop Sikhs being allowed to carry knives as well.ElRazur said:Could we say the same to our Sikh brother who are exempt from wearing safety helmets or police hats?![]()
dirtydog said:And stop Sikhs being allowed to carry knives as well.
I think you mean against in the context of your arguments. They are right to ban it, it is not an integral part of her religion. Religion should be largely separated from the classroom.ElRazur said:I belive laws of the school are somehow biased towards christains.
ElRazur said:Since the dawn of men, preference has been given to religion over a social group imo. Are you suggesting she changes her belief so as to suit the need of a social group?
ElRazur said:It aint nosense, perhaps you mean you refuse to see what i pointed out. Yes you can belive what you want and practise as you see fit BUT lets not forget that others (religion) in this case is reported to be allowed to wear similar items. Again some would argue that this is a christain country and such thing shouldnt be banned anyway....
As for definition of religion by one person....Im guessing over 1 billion christain worldwide dont count in your books?
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/uk.cfm?id=816262002Justin said:They're allowed to carry knives?
ElRazur said:Agreed but iirc a picture of a kinve would do or some image of some sort. I would let a sikh comment on that.
platypus said:I think you mean against in the context of your arguments. They are right to ban it, it is not an integral part of her religion. Religion should be largely separated from the classroom..
Yep you mean against.ElRazur said:Could be, english not my strongest point.Im trygin to say that the law is probably biased towards christains as it would appear that other religion are allowed to wear similar items.
If the bible is the book christ followers belief in and she seem to quote part of the scriptures to support her actions, i would think that counts as an integral part of her religion. Now the question is how do you go about separating it from classromm without not making a move that would appear to ban it.
Irrelevant as far as I am concernedcleanbluesky said:Yes, they're called Kirpans. The DoE are pretty liberal and say that Sikhs can carry 2 in knives to school with little restriction but as yet I don't believe there have been any stabbings
platypus said:Yep you mean against.
Christianity is quite a divided religion, and the Bible is interpreted differently by each denomination. Now, you would not be able to find me a Christian, just one, who follows every scripture in the Bible. As with many aspects of religion, she is merely quoting a particular excerpt to support her argument in this specific case. If she dutifully followed every other scripture then maybe you could argue in her favour, but I highly doubt that is the case.
cleanbluesky said:Yes, they're called Kirpans. The DoE are pretty liberal and say that Sikhs can carry 2 in knives to school with little restriction but as yet I don't believe there have been any stabbings thanks to Sikhs taking a responsible attitude.
I think Pagans can also carry athames in public, although not sure about schools
dirtydog said:Irrelevant as far as I am concerned![]()
Gigi said:Omg, wrong thread. silly bugger.
Fair enough but I don't think we should pander to their delusional religion whereby they carry knives 24/7 and refuse to cut their hair, lest they upset their imaginary friend, sorry, 'god'cleanbluesky said:I'm not for it, I think the DoE are irresponsible but when examining the situation it would be inappropriate not to mention how responsible the Sikhs have been within it