well, do you take it off?
All this and still I'm none the wiser!

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my grandfather says i can weasr black bcuz its wat dakuz wea r

u guys are SOOO funny!!
this is why sikhi is going down hill!!!!
i dint know ppl gave thses sort of dumb answers that make no sense
oh god! help these fools so they can help other fools

Dear BhagatSingh Ji peace, is that your handsome face with the nice orange turban?

Sikh is not going downhill, it’s just the people. If I wasn’t born a whiteeee in England and bought up as an Anglo Saxon I would like to have been a Sikh.

So look positive, to be in Sikh religion is I think a wonderful privilege. No one can take that from you.

Right now do you take it off?

Peace and best wishes.

John

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Brother John,

A Sikh will keep the hair on his head covered, during the day this is with the Turban, during the night this is usually with a smaller piece of cloth.

I suppose my learned brothers have mentioned elsewhere in this discussion, that if a little more thought/logic is put into the questions asked today, then the answers are obvious.

In this case, if the answer to your question was no, then would that not really raise some serious hygiene issues ....

But then again, Im sure noone will begrudge any well intentioned questions.

My dear friend, mine was just a lighthearted question. I have a great respect for the Sikh religion and those who pay devotion to it.
The spiritual tenets of Sikhism are very appealing.

Best wishes

John c

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thecoopes singh ji,

Reading your posts is a great privilege. Thanks for your presence veer ji.

Regards, Arvind.

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Very interesting post. I think you missed one big point though. These incidents have happened to me many times:
1) Vegas -- on the strip -- guy yells "Osama".. that was the 7th time that night someone had yelled that. My singing the truth spirit had taken it's toll and I went up to him and almost got into a fight.

2) My college -- a guy comes up to me, trying to be smart asks me "Are you a terrorist?". That was such an obviously stupid question.. that I replied "What if I am?".. Things became worse..

3) Vegas again -- this guy yells "Osama" as I'm passing by. I walk back upto him as he tries to walk away. I ask him why would he say that. Why would he call me Osama? The guy stammers... "Coz you look like him".. I replied.. "you look like the back of my dog.. I didn't yell that at you!"


These are very extreme cases.. I was driven to aggressiveness everytime.. usually i'm more subtle.. but the ignorance is high.. I'm so happy with the movie "Inside Man" and the Sikh guy being treated as a terrorist. It was a good thing to show that..

Heya, Tej

Yeah, I can see how it can get kind of frustrating. When so many people ask the same question so many times...one starts to question the general level of ignorance in the world.

But the fact that we really are the smallest of the world's six major religions and the subsequent lack of media exposure we get as a result of that means that people aren't as familiar with our customs as with those of, say Islam. Living in a predominantly Caucasian society in the West means that these things are intrinsic inevitabilities.

It's nice to see that you've at least kept a sense of humour about it

I think you're doing just fine, but don't be too annoyed if they ask you questions like "do you keep it on when you go to bed". Don't forget, these people have had to put up with Muslim women eating spaghetti over/under/around/through their hijabs in public places (I kid you not, if I could find the videos, you'd pap yourself laughing), and I think they've done a pretty admirable job thus far to making such a secular and accepting society. The fact that these guys are tittering and nervous at least shows that they have respect for you as a human being...unlike the slightly less civilised thugs who'd rather smash your head in with a baseball bat than ask any questions about what's on it

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My none Sikh friends feel very priviliged that they have a Sikh friend who speaks so openly about his religon. I have known some of them for about fifteen years and there knowledge of my culture and religon has got to the point where we can have 'Sikh/punjbai' jokes with each other.

Religon is always talked about, Its just part of natural human life to enquire. Not many people know about Sikhism (hence the idiots all over the world who on september the 12th went harrassing sikhs thinking they were alqaeeda!). So I think it is a very honurable role to educate people in this. Would you not teach your children to be black and proud? so why not teach them to be Sikh and proud aswell?

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