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    Quote Originally Posted by BoldHighlander View Post
    I don't know about that. I use to work with some Sikhs, and they were bad @ss mofos! Just ask Indira Gandhi, she found out the hard way!
    Quote Originally Posted by cajunscot View Post
    And the Axis Powers in WWII...
    Indeed Todd!

    Quote Originally Posted by Canuck of NI View Post
    Yes and the Sikhs have been responsible for some pretty spectacular killings in Canada, including but far from limited to the 1985 bombing of an Air India airliner that killed 329 people (including 280 Canadian citizens) off the coast of Ireland. They are far from being a pacifist group but I personally still don't see that the kirpans worn by average Sikhs are a huge security risk.
    Nor was I implying they were (the kirpans that is...or the Sikhs for that matter). Just replying to the post (from my own personal experience) that implied that getting into a tussle with the Sikhs was "like getting in a fistfight with Gandhi." That's all.
    Last edited by BoldHighlander; 21st January 11 at 03:15 AM. Reason: Clarifying my post.
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