mothra wrote on Aug 3
rd, 2023 at 10:36am:
Grappler Truth Teller Feller wrote on Aug 3
rd, 2023 at 10:26am:
chimera wrote on Aug 3
rd, 2023 at 8:37am:
Gnads wrote on Aug 3
rd, 2023 at 7:24am:
The Court of Appeal judgment stated the kirpan “comes in a variety of different shapes, sizes and degrees of sharpness/bluntness”.
'In NSW, A baptised Sikh student may wear a Kirpan at school provided:
it is of a small size, full length of 16.5cm (around 6.5 inches) or less, with no sharp edges or points;
the blade is secured within the sheath so that it cannot be withdrawn, and
it is worn under clothes and secured so it cannot be used.'
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Hockey sticks and cricket bats are checked for sharp edges but football violence is gang warfare.
Well - what a relief - only 6.5 inches long - enough to penetrate heart and come out near spine... good to know our 'courts' are on the ball again.....
If it has a blade someone will find a way to get it out and use it.... watch this space.
And it has no point and is to be carried in a nigh on impenetrable sheath under several layers of clothing.But don't let me get in the way of you all becoming hysterical.
What would Pauline say!?
Prove it.
There is not one photo of a secure kirpan in any of these hundreds of images.
https://www.google.com.au/search?q=kirpan+&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwjiuN_G2cGAAxXEmmM...It's a complete nonsense for you to say that a knife has "no point".
If it has no point it is not a kirpan/knife.
These letters to the Editor addresses the stupidity of the High Court in ruling to invalidate a law preventing them being worn in public or at schools.
A knife is a knife.
Quote:Knife call concerning
It is concerning that Sikhs in Queensland, including children, are to be allowed to carry concealed sharpened knives in the name of religion.
These Sikhs are armed in public and for the Court of Appeal to say this is permitted because of their religion is not OK.
If that is the law it needs to be changed.
Religious beliefs should not take priority over the law.
Isn’t this discrimination against other Queenslanders who wish to carry a concealed knife but would be arrested if they did?
There is a big difference between a religious belief requiring someone to cover their head and a belief which says you must carry a knife.
Anyone coming to Australia whose religious beliefs have some aspects that are against the law need to accept that there are some parts of their beliefs they cannot have and choose whether they still want to stay here.
Jenny Weir, Ferny Hills
Quote:When are the authorities at any level going to understand that the basic right of all Australians is to be equal in the eyes of the law.
This also requires those citizens to obey the law.
Why are Sikhs going to be able to have knives in school?
There was great consternation when the citizenship test was going to carry questions like, “Who was Don Bradman?” etc.
The question needs to be short and simple, “Do you realise you are required to obey the laws of the country?”
Along with that your religious beliefs should not override the country’s laws.
You may wear whatever hats you like; pray to any point of the compass you feel like and have your own places of worship as part of your religious freedoms.
But that does not give you rights to usurp the laws of the country.
The appeal authorities and courts etc need to understand this.
They are contributing to discrimination.
When people get used to preferential treatment, equal treatment seems like discrimination.
Peter Still, Glenore Grove
Quote:Legislation banning the carrying of knives (in schools or elsewhere) is not racially discriminatory against Sikhs or any other particular groups.
On the other hand the overturning of the ban by Queensland’s highest court is discriminatory because it introduces special rules for special people.
Apart from opening Pandora’s box, Sikhs and all other migrants, such as me, voluntarily chose to migrate to this wonderful, welcoming land.
If any person or group finds the common laws meant for all to be against their tenets, they have chosen the wrong country to migrate to.
Is this issue any different from that of a woman of any strongly patriarchal religion wanting to enter a bank or go through airport passport control or security without raising her veil and disclosing her identity?
Just practise your religion as you like, in your own home.
There are no restrictions on this.
Kaiyomerz Sattha, Eight Mile Plains
Don't let me get in the way of you being an ideologue idiot Mothballs.
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