Hundreds upset after Calgary Punjabi concert shut down

"Considering Maan's Punjabi heritage and his wide popularity in India and abroad, some concertgoers were incredulous that security staff wouldn't have been better educated about the kirpan's importance to Sikhs."

Maybe Sikhs could understand why Canadians do not like weapons in crowds

Where were you when we were discussing concealed carry permits?

The retards who were running security should have been told to expect customers who might have brought a kirpan or two.

For all the terror talk, there's very few examples of the kirpan being used as a weapon.

I'm glad we finally agree on something.

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Seems very strange indeed.

They really are crappy little knives and that stupid curve in the blade makes them pretty pathetic. A balloon on a stick would be wholy terror by compaison.

Ooooooooh snap! You really told those silly people what you think of their religion.

Do you really have to do that even when we are agreeing about something?

Their knife isn't their religion.. and who's to say it's not mine also?
You really need to drop the spin back down from 11.

The cross isn't Christianity either, but you would hear from a lot of angry people if they weren't allowed to have it at a Billy Graham concert.

If this is true then there is a huge disconnect here. Either by Sikhs not educating the organizers about their religious rituals or the organizers not recognizing a cultural reality.

In that sense all Americans should be aloud to keep their guns with them in Canada as well, because its a cultural thing as well.

I do agree that there was some miss-communications here

I would call it a practice or tradition, not a cultural matter - in fact, most Americans do go around carrying guns.

Yeah? When I was 19, I played a summer of baseball in Montana. On my team, there was myself and another Canadian and 4 Dominicans. We six were the only ones un-armed. The rest of the team were Americans, 17-20 year-old kids, and they EACH had a gun.

Practices and traditions are part of culture.

there has to be more tolerance in this matter.

I shiver at the thought of security guards stopping kirpans from being worn inside a Sikh temple.