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
Kebbin said
05:34 PM May 18, 2021
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.
Dicko1 said
06:37 PM May 18, 2021
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..
msg said
06:48 PM May 18, 2021
I'm getting fed up with this. All the violence and unrest. We don't need it. Its not the Australian way.
dogbox said
07:37 PM May 18, 2021
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
Any size knife is banned to "any NSW Citizen " when carried outside their work place .
Izabarack said
08:54 PM May 18, 2021
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.
bgt said
09:18 PM May 18, 2021
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.
dorian said
03:12 AM May 19, 2021
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?
Whenarewethere said
06:36 AM May 19, 2021
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.
littledick said
08:45 AM May 19, 2021
We lived in Glenwood for 15 years. It became another Woolgoolga!!
Dick.
Trevor 57 said
08:54 AM May 19, 2021
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
littledick said
12:57 PM May 19, 2021
littledick wrote:
We lived in Glenwood for 15 years. It became another Woolgoolga!!
Dick.
The elders could walk the street with ceremonial swords.
... until tomorrow:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-18/sikh-community-react-to-nsw-education-religious-knife-ban/100145496
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
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..
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
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sgian-dubh
Any size knife is banned to "any NSW Citizen " when carried outside their work place .
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.
Huh?
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.
We lived in Glenwood for 15 years. It became another Woolgoolga!!
Dick.
The elders could walk the street with ceremonial swords.
Now if I tried that!!
Dick.