>When I was in high school oh so very long ago a fellow pulled a knife on 3 of us.
>Before you could blink we jumped him and got hold of the knife with no damage done.
>We dropped the knife down a sewer.
>End of story.

There should have been no knife. What motivated your schoolmate to pull a knife can easily motivate a sikh to use his knife. If there is no knife there is no danger. The the "supreme" court justices are too stupid to see that is indicative of serious problems with the "justice" system.

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>The Supreme Court is not "dictating" anything that is not in OUR Constitution. That some of us, including me, finds distaste in some of their rulings does not mean their rulings are wrong.
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>>I agree with you Alan. These are teenagers we're talking about. What's to stop one of the non-sikhs from grabbing the dagger. If even one child is harmed it's too much.
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>>The supreme court is composed of a tiny insignificant fragment of the population. It's high time the stop dictating to the rest of us.
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>>>>http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060302/india_nm/india239031
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>>>>Doesn't this ruling open up a lot of "questions"?
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>>>we went through exactly the same arguments etc a number of years ago in Ontario, and with the same result. Kirpans are allowed beause they are required by the religion, and religion must be respected above all else.
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>>>My take? It's a knife and should not be allowed. But then, you know me; I have little respect for the delusions of religion.
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>>>When the laws of culture 'b' are in clash with an incoming culture 'a', then the laws of culture 'b' should take precedence. And I don't much care which culture is 'a' and which is 'b'.
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>>>In this case, Canadian laws (which bar the carrying of knives by students) represent culture 'b'.
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>>>I want to make it clear that I'm not talking about traditions here, only laws. When the mounties fought the 'big fight' to force Sikh officers to wear traditional mountie hats thus barring them from wearing their religious headgear when on duty, I thought they were being ridiculous. I mean, for crying out loud, they were arguing over a damn hat. That was just a tradition thing that meant little or nothing in the scheme of things.
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>>>This, however, is about allowing some students to carry knives, while barring others from doing the same, and the thought of allowing all students to carry them in the interest of fairness is too stupid to contemplate.