On Thu, 2004-12-02 at 21:14 -0700, Siri Amrit Kaur wrote:
> > > >>> But to go around spitting
> > > >>> on people who don't happen to support your agenda makes me wonder if
> > > >>> you wear a towel on your head.
> > > >>>
> > > >>>--Phil M.
>
> Personally, I'm not looking for offensive comments, but I know when I'm being
> slapped in the face. As a Sikh who is sworn to respect and defend religious
> freedom for all people, I must say that I resent "towel-head" comments
> against people who wear turbans.
>
> "Towel-head" is definitely a derogatory term for "turban-wearer." If you had
> ever had someone scream it at you from a passing car while they throw their
> drinks at you, you would know that. It's something you never forget...
>
> The hijackers on 9/11 did NOT wear turbans. They had cut hair and shaved just
> like most American men. My husband proudly wears a turban. A gentle,
> peace-loving, turban-wearing Sikh was murdered here in the valley after 9/11
> just because of ignorant hatred against turban-wearing people. I never
> expected to encounter that bigotry here in my PLUG email.
>
> With every decision we make every day, our words and deeds can be healing or
> hurtful. Please choose wisely.
----
As you could tell, his sentiments do not reflect my thinking nor do they
reflect the majority of people on this message base. I would like to
think of it as a rather poorly chosen reference to me as someone similar
to Taliban or al-Qaeda and not at all referring to religious/territorial
Sikh's, Persians, Arabs or Indians. I think I referred to his slinging
confused generalizations too freely to be taken seriously.
Craig
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