OrangeDragon wrote: He's actually respecting my request of him to not further this argument any more by feeding dengaham's trolling. just as i no longer respond to his accusations that i'm an alcoholic or his fixation on the fact i used capitals for emphasis once because i was too lazy to type the bbcode for the bold command.

Rain Dog wrote:...As a result of September 11, some Sikh Americans have become subject to discrimination, often from individuals who mistakenly believe that they are Arab or Muslim. Balbir Singh Sodhi, a gas station owner, was killed on September 15, 2001 due to being mistaken for a Muslim. In a 2011 report to the United States Senate, the Southern Poverty Law Center reported several assaults and incidents of arson at Sikh temples after September 11. All were labeled as hate crimes that resulted from the perpetrators' misconceptions that their targets were Muslim.[12] In August 2012, a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin was the site of a shooting, leading to multiple Sikh individuals being killed.[13] On May 7, 2013 an elderly Sikh man (Piara Singh, 82) was attacked with an iron bar in Fresno, California. The crime is being treated as a possible hate crime.[14] On September 21, 2013 Dr. Prabhjot Singh, a Sikh professor was brutally attacked in Harlem by a group of 20-30 men who branded him as "Osama" and Terrorist".[15]
Bullying

A 2007 survey of Sikh students by the Sikh Coalition found that three out of four male students interviewed "had been teased or harassed on account of their religious identity."[16]

In 2014, the Sikh Coalition released a national report on the bullying of Sikh children in American schools. The report found that 55.8% of Sikh students surveyed in Indianapolis reported being bullied, while 54.5% of Sikh students surveyed in Fresno, California reported being bullied.[17] According to the surveys, Sikh students wearing turbans are twice as likely to be bullied as the average American child.

LTO wrote: Yes, but again, places like Fresno doesn't impress me as particularly "redneck."

LTO wrote:redneck

Rain Dog wrote:

OrangeDragon wrote: He's actually respecting my request of him to not further this argument any more by feeding dengaham's trolling. just as i no longer respond to his accusations that i'm an alcoholic or his fixation on the fact i used capitals for emphasis once because i was too lazy to type the bbcode for the bold command.

So it seems you two are working together then. You ask him to avoid because you don't want the controversial topic pursued further. In return you bury the thread in the asinine folder so fewer people see the unanswered questions put to him.

I am clarifying more than complaining now. As stated in my previous post it is better to drop it if he cannot address the topic --- because will just make things more personal.

Personally, given your community based approach here, it might be better if you just ban religious topics totally rather than allow him a soapbox to post hateful crap unchallenged.

That seems to be the issue -- he wants a soapbox to promote his worldview but any attempt to challenge it results in a lot of personal attacks and forum disharmony.

I am actually half serious. If people here cannot handle discussions or just want unchallenged POVs you might better of waxing the topic entirely so that you might have more social cohesion.

Rain Dog wrote:

LTO wrote: Yes, but again, places like Fresno doesn't impress me as particularly "redneck."

I think "Redneck" is a vague term that some people want to limit to Texans or Southerners in general -- but this is a fallacy -- plenty of rednecks in the north and west.

California is not a big red neck state -- but I think Fresno would be at the top of the list for Redneck hotspots in California with maybe Oakland second. It is certainly no Carmel or San Francisco.

Dara wrote:

Joker Poker wrote:

Dara wrote:

Joker Poker wrote:Well, I'm sorry that a potentially thought provoking thread has turned into such a morass.

Thanks Joker,

Did you notice that no one said, "What would Jesus say?" I speak here
for the Jesuits, who unfortunately can not speak for themselves.
Jesus would say that Islam is the closest thing to the true religion,
and that he would be Islamic.

There is no way that Jesus would be Islamic, regardless of what any Jesuit may think.

Tell me more about why you feel that way, Joker. I will be nice about
what ever you would like to contribute.