Motofixxer
Regular Member
aaaaaaaawwe poor wittle pawice man, couldn't go take take care of personal business on taxpayer time and carry his gun toooooo. Yep, sucks to walk the other side of the line sometimes.
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Just so long as he made it home safe at the end of his shift. Nothing else matters.SNIP:
"The officer said he left the civic center Friday feeling embarrassed and insulted. Dearing posted details of the incident on his Facebook page late Friday and immediately began receiving strong responses."
i'm certain the Sikh temple would frown upon or otherwise request that no weapons be allowed on their property.
Wow. Sounds a lot like what I hear us say our guns are supposed to be for.
Aren't Sikhs the ones who are required to carry a dagger? IIRC it's a symbol of their struggle with something. But if they're carrying, why can't other people?
(After a short search...) Yeah, it's called a kirpan. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirpan
But I was wrong about the struggle part.
"all baptised Sikhs must wear a kirpan at all times. Historically, the kirpan was a defensive weapon..."
"Kirpan literally means 'weapon of defence' "
"A Sikh's religion forbids the use the kirpan in anger or for a malicious attack. However, a Sikh may use it as a weapon for self-defence or to protect a person in need."
"The kirpan is both a defensive weapon and a symbol. Physically it is an instrument of "ahimsa" or non-violence. The principle of ahimsa is to actively prevent violence, not to simply stand by idly whilst violence is being done. To that end, the kirpan is a tool to be used to prevent violence from being done to a defenseless person when all other means to do so have failed. Symbolically, the kirpan represents the power of truth to cut through untruth"
Wow. Sounds a lot like what I hear us say our guns are supposed to be for.
Aren't Sikhs the ones who are required to carry a dagger? IIRC it's a symbol of their struggle with something. But if they're carrying, why can't other people?
(After a short search...) Yeah, it's called a kirpan. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirpan
But I was wrong about the struggle part.
"all baptised Sikhs must wear a kirpan at all times. Historically, the kirpan was a defensive weapon..."
"Kirpan literally means 'weapon of defence' "
"A Sikh's religion forbids the use the kirpan in anger or for a malicious attack. However, a Sikh may use it as a weapon for self-defence or to protect a person in need."
"The kirpan is both a defensive weapon and a symbol. Physically it is an instrument of "ahimsa" or non-violence. The principle of ahimsa is to actively prevent violence, not to simply stand by idly whilst violence is being done. To that end, the kirpan is a tool to be used to prevent violence from being done to a defenseless person when all other means to do so have failed. Symbolically, the kirpan represents the power of truth to cut through untruth"
Wow. Sounds a lot like what I hear us say our guns are supposed to be for.
Just because it's a polling place? No. But many polling places are schools or community facilities of some sort.
My polling place is in the Community Center and maybe ten yards from the school property.