Jump to content

Animal fat in new £5 note offensive, says Sikh activist


singhbj singh
 Share

Recommended Posts

39 minutes ago, Berserk said:

Does cocaine in notes cause more animals to be slaughtered for it? Whether animals are used in notes or not does not matter to you, so you shouldn't mind that some of us care. 

Fair enough. But I think it should clearly be a vegan/vegetarian issue and definitely not  made into some Sikh issue because as this thread itself demonstrates, not all Sikhs feel the same way about it. And many of us feel that there are bigger, more important issues we need to deal with than this. This is not to undermine your own (or anyone else's) feelings on the matter - but that's just the reality of the situation. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

3 minutes ago, Akalifauj said:

No one here has suggested what you claim.  Instead people here including myself have been saying animals don't need to be killed for making currency. 

It's been said before. Animals get killed and used for all manner of things like clothes, shoes, wallets, making instruments, and there has been no hue and cry about that, but all of a sudden, people are aghast when they get used for making money. I hear that substances from dead creatures are used in other ways too, like dyes. Why have people latched onto this issue like it is some new phenomena?

Link to comment
Share on other sites

3 minutes ago, dallysingh101 said:

Fair enough. But I think it should clearly be a vegan/vegetarian issue and definitely not  made into some Sikh issue because as this thread itself demonstrates, not all Sikhs feel the same way about it. And many of us feel that there are bigger, more important issues we need to deal with than this. This is not to undermine your own (or anyone else's) feelings on the matter - but that's just the reality of the situation. 

Here comes the fallacy, my issue is bigger than yours, so I'm make other issues frivolous.  The crocodile is crying again.  The suffering of animals to make currency is related to a bigger issue; the way you think it's okay to kill animals for making currency.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Just now, Akalifauj said:

Here comes the fallacy, my issue is bigger than yours, so I'm make other issues frivolous.  The crocodile is crying again.  The suffering of animals to make currency is related to a bigger issue; the way you think it's okay to kill animals for making currency.

Why the big issue now? What about all the other things animals get killed and used for? I'm genuinely baffled. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Just now, dallysingh101 said:

It's been said before. Animals get killed and used for all manner of things like clothes, shoes, wallets, making instruments, and there has been no hue and cry about that, but all of a sudden, people are aghast when they get used for making money. I hear that substances from dead creatures are used in other ways too, like dyes. Why have people latched onto this issue like it is some new phenomena?

Who said or told you killing of animals for shoes, wallets, etc  is not treated as a big issue.  You make up things as you go.  This matter has not been blown out of proportion.  It only seems this way because you have a fanatical view toward meat and want to stop everyone from discussing meat related topics when it's against consumption of meat.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

23 minutes ago, Akalifauj said:

Who said or told you killing of animals for shoes, wallets, etc  is not treated as a big issue.  You make up things as you go.  This matter has not been blown out of proportion.  It only seems this way because you have a fanatical view toward meat and want to stop everyone from discussing meat related topics when it's against consumption of meat.

And just to add, you can easily avoid buying things that have involved animal cruelty. If people kept quiet like how (most) sikhs are experts in, there would never be animal cruelty free alternatives. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

13 minutes ago, Akalifauj said:

Who said or told you killing of animals for shoes, wallets, etc  is not treated as a big issue.  You make up things as you go.  This matter has not been blown out of proportion.  It only seems this way because you have a fanatical view toward meat and want to stop everyone from discussing meat related topics when it's against consumption of meat.

Have you gone nuts?

I've not stopped anyone discussing the issue, I've just joined in with the debate. You'd better get used to interacting with people with different views to your own, it's a big world out there. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Just now, dallysingh101 said:

Have you gone nuts?

I've not stopped anyone discussing the issue, I've just joined in with the debate. You'd better get used to interacting with people with different views to your own, it's a big world out there. 

You have been on forums for the last 20 years.  Taking all of your 20 years into account on this topic.  It's more than fair to say you have tried to stop/divert the meat debate when it comes to not consuming meat. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

Loading...
 Share


  • advertisement_alt
  • advertisement_alt
  • advertisement_alt


  • Topics

  • Posts

    • yeh it's true, we shouldn't be lazy and need to learn jhatka shikaar. It doesn't help some of grew up in surrounding areas like Slough and Southall where everyone thought it was super bad for amrit dharis to eat meat, and they were following Sant babas and jathas, and instead the Singhs should have been normalising jhatka just like the recent world war soldiers did. We are trying to rectifiy this and khalsa should learn jhatka.  But I am just writing about bhog for those that are still learning rehit. As I explained, there are all these negative influences in the panth that talk against rehit, but this shouldn't deter us from taking khanda pahul, no matter what level of rehit we are!
    • How is it going to help? The link is of a Sikh hunter. Fine, but what good does that do the lazy Sikh who ate khulla maas in a restaurant? By the way, for the OP, yes, it's against rehit to eat khulla maas.
    • Yeah, Sikhs should do bhog of food they eat. But the point of bhog is to only do bhog of food which is fit to be presented to Maharaj. It's not maryada to do bhog of khulla maas and pretend it's OK to eat. It's not. Come on, bro, you should know better than to bring this Sakhi into it. Is this Sikh in the restaurant accompanied by Guru Gobind Singh ji? Is he fighting a dharam yudh? Or is he merely filling his belly with the nearest restaurant?  Please don't make a mockery of our puratan Singhs' sacrifices by comparing them to lazy Sikhs who eat khulla maas.
    • Seriously?? The Dhadi is trying to be cute. For those who didn't get it, he said: "Some say Maharaj killed bakras (goats). Some say he cut the heads of the Panj Piyaras. The truth is that they weren't goats. It was she-goats (ਬਕਰੀਆਂ). He jhatka'd she-goats. Not he-goats." Wow. This is possibly the stupidest thing I've ever heard in relation to Sikhi.
    • Instead of a 9 inch or larger kirpan, take a smaller kirpan and put it (without gatra) inside your smaller turban and tie the turban tightly. This keeps a kirpan on your person without interfering with the massage or alarming the masseuse. I'm not talking about a trinket but rather an actual small kirpan that fits in a sheath (you'll have to search to find one). As for ahem, "problems", you could get a male masseuse. I don't know where you are, but in most places there are professional masseuses who actually know what they are doing and can really relieve your muscle pains.
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

Terms of Use