Militant Sikhs smash up Sikh Cultural centre in Dudley

[MellySingsDoom]

if I have got it wrong, then the sikhs who educated me on all this are extremely confused too!
e2a; not saying I haven't, but alcohol has been there, and unremarked on, every time I've spent time in Sikh circles

My experience exactly too, Streathamite - drinks with Sikh mates, glasses of whiskey shared with their parents, alochol raffled off at Sikh do's for charidee etc. I'm genuinely interested to find out how Sikhs square this seemingly confusing "gurus say no to alcohol/drinks ahoy in the community" circle.

 

[BlackArab]

I'm confused now as a Sikh recently told me that alcohol was forbidden although he admitted the rule was widely ignored.

 

[pk]

Sikhs love the booze - don't believe the hype. They party hard.

 

[The39thStep]

Sikhs love the booze - don't believe the hype. They party hard.

All of them or some of them? Do any other religions party as hard as them?

 

[Streathamite]

All of them or some of them? Do any other religions party as hard as them?

i know quite a few, have been to many occasions/parties/what-you-will with a large sikh presence. not one was booze-free. dunno 'bout other Faiths. HTH

 

[The39thStep]

Yes but do all Sikhs by virtue of being Sikh 'party hard'? Seems a daft thing to say, but Pk obviously knows what he is talking about.

 

[pk]

Yes but do all Sikhs by virtue of being Sikh 'party hard'? Seems a daft thing to say, but Pk obviously knows what he is talking about.

I do know what I'm talking about, thanks. Sikhs have a warrior mentality - clearly not ALL of them as that would be a daft thing to say - but you can be sure most of them aren't afraid of boozing it up well into the small hours.

 

[Spanky Longhorn]

Hopefully not in any pubs in Epsom, they seem to have a tendency to go up in flames...

 

[The39thStep]

I think the Amish or something like that have a year out to experience the rest of the world before deciding whether to return to the community and are notorious for going on drug and drink benders?

 

[The39thStep]

I do know what I'm talking about, thanks. Sikhs have a warrior mentality - clearly not ALL of them as that would be a daft thing to say - but you can be sure most of them aren't afraid of boozing it up well into the small hours.

What about the women?

 

[nino_savatte]

wiki's got the hooch thing a tad wrong. Sikhs are not allowed intoxicants when in a place of worship or during any other tradition/practice that is viewed as an Act of their Faith

Admittedly Wiki isn't a great source but it was the closest thing I had to hand.

 

[Mrs Magpie]

I know Sikhs who drink, and Sikhs who don't.

 

[Streathamite]

Sikhs have a warrior mentality

That's true - that's part of their history and culture, and the Sikhs built an empire by military conquest. Many military historians regard their army, the Dal Khalsa, as the toughest enemy the British Imperial forces ever faced

 

[Streathamite]

I think the Amish or something like that have a year out to experience the rest of the world before deciding whether to return to the community and are notorious for going on drug and drink benders?

do they really? well, you learn a new thing etc.

 

[Pickman's model]

a sikh i used to know runs an offie and he told me that they're allowed to drink beer but spirits are beyond the pale.

 

[FridgeMagnet]

a sikh i used to know runs an offie and he told me that they're allowed to drink beer but spirits are beyond the pale.

How much of a warrior mentality would you say he had? From 1 to 10, where 1 is Louis Theroux and 10 is Leonidas I of Sparta.

 

[_angel_]

What about the women?

Not publically, at least, at the wedding I was at anyway.

 

[Pickman's model]

How much of a warrior mentality would you say he had? From 1 to 10, where 1 is Louis Theroux and 10 is Leonidas I of Sparta.

7 or 8

 

[pk]

Hopefully not in any pubs in Epsom, they seem to have a tendency to go up in flames...

Really? Where did you hear that?

 

[Spanky Longhorn]

From someone with a warrior mentality

 

[Streathamite]

Admittedly Wiki isn't a great source but it was the closest thing I had to hand.

fairy snuff mate!

 

[kenny g]

I do know what I'm talking about, thanks. Sikhs have a warrior mentality - clearly not ALL of them as that would be a daft thing to say - but you can be sure most of them aren't afraid of boozing it up well into the small hours.

Are you Sikh then?

 

[pk]

No. I'm just Sick.

 

[Pickman's model]

No. I'm just Sick.

been boozing it up into the small hours?

 

[souljacker]

a sikh i used to know runs an offie and he told me that they're allowed to drink beer but spirits are beyond the pale.

I've been to a couple of sikh weddings and at one of them, the Sikh men worked thire way through 2 or 3 crates of Bacardi. They are also quite partial to a line of Columbia's finest too.

However, although they consider themselves Sikh, they aren't exactly devout. Of the 20 or so lads I know, only one wears a turban.

 

[The39thStep]

From someone with a warrior mentality

 

[pk]

been boozing it up into the small hours?

Yes, actually, I had been on Friday, best mates 10th wedding anniversary, booked a function room and I supplied the sound system, free drinks with 50 or so good friends, all dressed up to the nines and all the ladies sporting elegant tans from all the hot weather, I had a really good laugh with really good people and didn't even have to spend any money.

What did YOU do on Friday night? LOL

 

[Spanky Longhorn]