From: Dhu on Gate <campbell@neotext.ca>
Newsgroups: can.politics
Subject: Re: Sikh-Hindu bickering comes to Canadian parliament
Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2024 05:25:22 -0000 (UTC)
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
On Fri, 13 Dec 2024 12:04:50 -0800, Eric@ wrote:
> In article <Vx05P.48117$ihZ7.7602@fx14.iad>,
> adavid.smith@sympatico.ca says...
>>
>> On 2024-12-06 7:32 p.m., Eric@ wrote:
>> >
>> > "Liberal MP Chandra Arya is accusing his caucus colleague Sukh
>> > Dhaliwal of threatening him in the House of Commons on Friday.
>> >
>> > The incident allegedly took place after Dhaliwal, MP for
>> > Surrey-Newton in B.C., attempted to get unanimous consent from
>> > the House on a motion to condemn the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in
>> > India as 'genocide'.
>> >
>> > A number of MPs - including Arya, who represents the Ontario
>> > riding of Nepean - called out 'no' before Dhaliwal was able to
>> > finish reading his motion, denying it unanimous support. Arya
>> > later claimed he was the only one to say 'no.'"
>> >
>> > https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/chandra-arya-suhk-dhaliwal-
>> > house-of-commons-1.7404052
>> >
>> >
>> > Don't let the fact that they're both Liberal MP's get in the
>> > way of a good internecine squabble...
>> >
>>
>>
>> I would call that an internal problem for India to deal with. The Sikhs
>> had been pushing for autonomy and were becoming increasingly violent.
>> The Indian army stormed thee Golden Temple a Sikh holy place had housed
>> too many fighters and weapons to warrant protection as a house of
>> worship. PM Ghandi was murdered by her Sikh body guards and there were a
>> couple bombs on Air India planes.
>>
>> Things got a little out of hand. It appears that a lot of violence
>> rained down on the Sikhs in response to their violence.
>
> Funny thing is, this is hardly an issue anymore in India.
> There's no great wave of support for an independent Khalistan
> there.
>
> The movement is centred here in Canada. Just wait until they
> start talking about taking Brampton or Surrey...
"Kalistan" is a nutbar creed that runs horrifically opposite to
the traditions established by gurus Nanak, et al. Sikhism is
was an intentionally syncretic creed emphasising human intellect
and the value of Islam AND Hinduism to humanity. We need to
keep the nuts in a box here in Canada to "keep them safe".
Dhu
--
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C'est une esp`ece de sauvage: ne obliviscaris, vix ea nostra voco;-)
Duncan Patton a Campbell