Thread: Sikh

Great... it seems like it's another hate crime, sigh. A neo-Nazi ex-military no less.

BBC News - Wisconsin Sikh temple gunman named as Wade Michael Page

What can you say?

Very sad,another example of the downfall of American society

Originally Posted by EisenFaust

- the abuse they receive as a result of mistaken identity is truly shocking -

As an educated guess, I think you mean that they are being mistaken for Muslims. It's wicked to attack anyone because of their religious faith or cultural background.

Well, lets face it there has been a growing ground swell of anti Muslim sentiment in the Christian west since 911 and this is the despicable natural outcome in extreme cases. I would almost bet that in his own mind he was a fervent Christian to boot making it all the more distasteful. I am beginning to be extremely worried about religious extremists of any persuasion and their intolerance of others.

Bob

Another terrible event takes a toll on the innocent. At least Police Officers arrived quickly and did not hesitate to do their duty. I wish all the victims and their families the strength to carry on.

Originally Posted by earcutter

Great... it seems like it's another hate crime, sigh. A neo-Nazi ex-military no less.

BBC News - Wisconsin Sikh temple gunman named as Wade Michael Page

What can you say?

FBI says it is not a hate crime but rather an act of "domestic terrorism".

It absolutely pisses me off that the FED will use an act of hate against such wonderful and gracious people as the Sikhs to further their own agenda.

My heart goes out to families and the survivors.

Originally Posted by Wullie

FBI says it is not a hate crime but rather an act of "domestic terrorism".

It absolutely pisses me off that the FED will use an act of hate against such wonderful and gracious people as the Sikhs to further their own agenda.

My heart goes out to families and the survivors.

I could be way off base Wullie, but by definition I think the feds might have it right. They sure have it right (as you allude to) in that now they can investigate all groups the dufus was associated with by calling it an act of DT. Sad.

I understand your anger over the Fed definition of the hate crime Wullie and I respect your feelings absolutely. I think the
current, often changing, definition of "domestic terrorism" fits this nightmare well. The sick individual who commited these these terrible acts did so against American citizens in an effort to rationalize some neo-nazi or white supremist views that he held.
These kinds of event are heart breaking at the very least.

sikhs are so peaceful. this sucks. i am a former soldier. i am upset by this.

Muslim Taliban, Judaic Taliban, Christian Taliban, they're all bad. Whatever our faith is, we need to focus on the preachings of tolerance in order to avoid getting to such a mindset.

Signed,
Moderate member of one of the above faiths