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I would say soemthing about Sen fans, but you already think I'm a dick, so I won't....

I'll let it go.


I don't,

*shot*

   

Either way what I'm saying is that I dont think any kid should be allowed to wear a knife to school in Canada. I dont care if his/her religion says they should be allowed to.

So if this town is ingoring the SC ruling, they get my support for standing up and saying .... pas de couteau dans nos ecoles

   

I wonder what would happen if this happened in Vancouver or Toronto, I could hear the screams of outrage from NS.

   

It's funny because abroad, Sikhs can carry kirpans if they wish(only Khalsa members are required), and there have been no reports of people getting killed or intimidated by these daggers(which are usually blunt).

   

I've been around sikhs for a long time(since childhood). I've never known anyone to carry a Kirpan.....especially to school. I think that when a community relocates to another part of the world, and are cut off from their home culture, they become more rigorous in following their customs...if only to preserve them.

Honestly, I dont have a problem with the Kirpan since I know that its just symbolic....and not really an effective weapon. I wanted to point out how the cultural timeline stands still for people who are isolated from it. Ironically, the results are that the first gen immigrants are more rigid in the observance of cultural practices than their peers in their homelands.

Many immigrants are often surprised to find that the cultures and values of the people in their homelands have evolved to something different than what it was when they left.

   

I don't have a problem with knives at school, and I don't have a problem with guns in school, either - I envied stories I'd hear of a shooting range being set up in the gym after school for kids to practice.

But to say that a certain religion is more trusted with a weapon is just wrong. If a kid wanted to bring his souvenier sword from his trip to Japan to show-and-tell, would that be considered ridiculous? It's the double standard that gets to me.

   

Arctic ... what about another scenario... what about the kid with his 9mm Glock.....

Whatsa matter ociffer, it has no ammunition and the firing pin is blunt, and it's my religion.

Weapons, any type of weapon have no place in school.

   

There's a reason to differentiate between a gratuitous weapon in the city and a side arm in the country. It would be wise to differentiate a small ceremonial blunt knife from a weapon.

   

So could Jonny Macintosh carry around a small blunt ceremonial knife in school?

   

Well, that would depend. Was he deprived of the right because the school was a religious free zone? no kirpans, no crosses, no veils? Or, was it because the nail clippers were considered a lethal weapon and the school has a zero tolerance policy?

   

Then please tell that to the kids who don't know how to differentiate.

   

I sing my little song, dance my little dance.... I do what I can.

   

double post

   

I see the suns a long way past the yardarm.

   

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