Sikhs allowed to wear kirpans to 2010 Olympic venues
 

http://www.unitedsikhs.org/US_News/sikh-knife.ap.jpg

source: http://www.news1130.com/news/local/m...5_160628_10148

that is BS.

Why is it BS?

You call that a knife? Now this, is a knife!

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9gn6KLa5xt...undeeWithKnife

They will still find a way!
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i know its a religious thing, but have there been many related cases of these being used as weapons? do they have to be kept so sharp even though they arent to be used? should just make dull blunt ones :\

why is this an exception? i thought it would be like ABSOLUTELY no weapons allowed, it's like saying "we'll let you have it if you promise not to use it"

^ True that,

must not be easily accessible.. simply upon entering maybe lol

why not scan their head with metal detetor ? and shave their hairs on the face as penalty

Your fucking stupid. Your going to disgrace them and their beliefs by doing that.

+1. But this is the Internet..shit breeds stupidity..

that's why i called it a penalty, idiot....

lame...............

You do realise that there are thousands of people at work, in malls and at school wearing one underneat their clothing. It is not a weapon, but simply a sign of their religion. My grandmother wears one, and I have only seen it a handful of times. This really not be a concern to anyone considering the number of attacks there have been using a Kirpan. Google it and let me know if you find more than 3.

must be worn under clothing...wouldn't that be like a concealed weapon?

i wonder what will happen if someone abuses this rule and uses it as a weapon during the olympics. seems like the authorities are playing with fire on this one

they are dull...my mom wears one and i bet a butter knife is probably sharper than it

Some are duller than the posts in this thread...

someone answer this:

how do sikh's board planes then? do they wear the kirpan on board? or do they put it inside their the luggage? if its in the luggage then.. won't they find the kirpan through the x-ray??

They put it in the check in luggage, like the big suitcases and let them know I guess.

the kirpan's that the average joe wears is so dull that you can't even cut an apple with it. people carry pocket knives all the time I don't see what the issue is. there is no fucken way that an average person has a kirpan as sharp as the one that is shown in the picture.

a lot just want to avoid the hassle and wear a really tiny one around their neck and put the actual one inside their suitcase.

Why don't you go find a random Sikh guy and do this and see what happens to you tough guy.


On a side note, Punjabi will be the 4th most spoken langauge in Canada by 2011. It'll pass Italian and German.

what is the 3rd?

1st is english obviously
2nd is french?
3rd?

Chinese.

I could see this being an issue if we didn't have a significant sikh population but here in Canada we've made accommodations for sikh police officers and motorcycle riders based on their traditional wear. Those are permanent conditions.

The olympics will last a few weeks at best.

With the Americans lending their security expertise in a post Atlanta Olympics and 9/11 world I really doubt that there'll be many problems at all.