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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sikh 'barred from Birmingham jury service' for religious sword⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  A Sikh with a kirpan is less of a threat than a Christian with a Bible

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sikh 'barred from Birmingham jury service' for religious sword⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Rolling over for a single religion

  Lmao this is so unhinged and dramatic. Kirpans are generally dull-bladed and less threatening than a sharp pen or pencil. The only religion I see public officials rolling over for is Christianity.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sikh 'barred from Birmingham jury service' for religious sword⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  TIL that adhering to the court’s own policy is “causing a problem.” Sure, let’s just let officials make up rules on the fly instead of applying their own policies fairly. Surely that won’t cause any further problems.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sikh 'barred from Birmingham jury service' for religious sword⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  The younglings: “Here we go again!”

  Seinfeld slap bass

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sikh 'barred from Birmingham jury service' for religious sword⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I tend to agree, but the place to start isn’t by targeting minority religions.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sikh 'barred from Birmingham jury service' for religious sword⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s actually an important part of their religious and cultural practices, and according to the article it appears that this man did follow the restrictions placed on these ceremonial blades by the court, so he should not have been denied entry.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My Review of Halloween IV: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I saw this a long time ago when I was young, and I really liked it, but I don’t think I noticed at the time how silly some of the plot points are or how formulaic it is.