Nov 17, 2010: Dumalla

[monster]

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

I have a good friend ....snip.....
Right after 9/11 I felt uncomfortable around him due to the stares of nearly everyone. A mutual friend of ours begged him to not wear his turban for a while and it was difficult for him. I think he wore a ball cap for a few months.

poor guy.

I can't believe someone who claimed to be a friend would ask a person not to wear something that's so important to them.

I'm getting really pissed off with this anti-Muslimism. There are Christian, Jewish an atheist assholes too. And all of them represent a tiny proportion of the population as a whole. Timothy McVeigh -an American Veteran-fucked up a whole load of lives, but there isn't an outpouring of hatred for US Vets or even people from New York..... Hell, yeah, they're harder to spot on the streets. Male muslims aren't even that easy to spot. let's pick on the Sikhs and pretend they're muslims.... is that how it goes?

[footfootfoot]

Originally Posted by monster

poor guy.

I can't believe someone who claimed to be a friend would ask a person not to wear something that's so important to them.

The friend was concerned for the Sikh's safety, not for his own comfort. IT wasn't me, btw. I didn't weigh in on the issue.