14 Year Old Sikh Girl Makes Our Country Look Stupid

[Bars Mar]

And Fat.

Seriously - Is She Really 14? She Looks Like A Lardy Bernard Bresslaw.

Which One Is Which? It's A Toughy, I'll Grant You

 

[barney]

she is a monster. another example of outrageous bending over backwards for the minorities

 

[Bars Mar]

she is a monster. another example of outrageous bending over backwards for the muslim community

Almost. Monster Yes. Muslim - Not By A Long Stretch.

 

[mattb]

I wonder whether students are allowed a chain round their neck with a cross on - I RUDDY DOUBT IT


(she looks about 30)

 

[barney]

Almost. Monster Yes. Muslim - Not By A Long Stretch.

apologies

 

[Brighton Breezy]

I suspect a lot of the comments soon to be left on this thread will make our country look a lot more stupid than this girl...

 

[Bars Mar]

apologies

No Skin Off My Nose Mate, No Need To Apologise. I'm Just Flabbergasted That Something That Big Is Only 14 Years Old. She's What? 5 Foot 8 And 14 Stone?

 

[barney]

I suspect a lot of the comments soon to be left on this thread will make our country look a lot more stupid than this girl...

why? how?

 

[mattb]

I suspect a lot of the comments soon to be left on this thread will make our country look a lot more stupid than this girl...

the difference, my friend, is that the worldwide community won't be reading this topic

 

[Bars Mar]

I suspect a lot of the comments soon to be left on this thread will make our country look a lot more stupid than this girl...

Maybe But She Still Looks Like Bernard Bresslaw.

 

[HampshireSeagulls]

I wonder whether students are allowed a chain round their neck with a cross on - I RUDDY DOUBT IT


(she looks about 30)

Nope, but in a previous Law Lords ruling, they are allowed to wear a small cross as a lapel badge.

 

[HampshireSeagulls]

A gift decision for the right wing(h)ers. The case was not brought by her, but by media-savvy parents and legal hangers-on. They saw the chance to push this one under "religious tolerance", and grabbed it. There is an enshrined right, in a Law Lords ruling from 25 years ago, for the right for pupils to be allowed to display discreet religious adornments. The trouble is that this sets another precedent that can be exploited in schools. It is hard enough stopping 10 year olds from having their skanky hair braided/spiked/gelled/coloured, when despite the school rules forbidding all of the above, legally we do not have a leg to stand on. The parents of some children are already aware of this, and unless we can make it a Health and Safety issue, parents can do pretty much what they please. This includes school uniforms, etc.

Not a good decision, and the school should have modified their rules and policies to allow this (in line with legal decisions already made) then it would not have been a high media profile story.

Of course, the best way to balance this is to ensure that those children who want to wear reglious adornments to show their faith are monitored to make sure that they do not transgress the teaching and tenets of that faith. If they are regularly smoking, drinking, etc, then they are no longer considered to be rigid practitioners, and legal decisions such as this are null and void.

 

[Juan Albion]

If they are regularly smoking, drinking, etc, then they are no longer considered to be rigid practitioners, and legal decisions such as this are null and void.

That's a bit of a downer for anyone who celebrates the Eucharist using wine on a regular basis.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Please...why does it make our country "look stupid"?

It's a bangle, the whole world will have forgotten about it by next week. Does that ruling impact in one tiny way in any of your lives??

For f***'s sake, worry about things that actually affect you, not futile bandwagons generated by right-leaning publicists.

 

[HampshireSeagulls]

That's a bit of a downer for anyone who celebrates the Eucharist using wine on a regular basis.

I meant anything which transgresses their teachings!

Do you think that includes my bottle of Vodka in the resources cupboard at the back of the classroom?

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Is it a case of her not wanting to take it off or that she can't physically take it off?

 

[Cian]

That's a bit of a downer for anyone who celebrates the Eucharist using wine on a regular basis.

Grand for cafflicks, as its not wine by that stage, allegedly

 

[Juan Albion]

Grand for cafflicks, as its not wine by that stage, allegedly

Don't matter. He said 'drink' which pretty much covers any liquid.

 

[Juan Albion]

I meant anything which transgresses their teachings!

Do you think that includes my bottle of Vodka in the resources cupboard at the back of the classroom?

I see, so who exactly is going to work out what transgresses their teachings? If only it was that clear cut that you could draw up a list!

 

[HampshireSeagulls]

Interesting to see that in the interview when she thanks "all the organisations that backed her" she is wearing a Claddagh ring. Which element of Sikhism does that represent then?