Utah girl's pierced nose: US-Indian culture clash

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[JoeProBono]

To 12-year-old Suzannah Pabla, piercing her nose was a way to connect with her roots in India. To Suzannah's school, it was a dress-code violation worthy of a suspension.

To other Indians, the incident was emblematic of how it can still be difficult for the American melting pot to absorb certain aspects of their cultural and religious traditions.

Suzannah was briefly suspended last month from her public school in Bountiful, Utah, for violating a body-piercing ban.......

[JoeProBono]

Captain Kamaljit Singh Kalsi, and Second Lieutenant Tejdeep Singh Rattan

[JoeProBono]

[353FMG]

I propose that only sikhs and ghurkas should be allowed to run for congress.

[Disambiguator]

The trouble is, their religion dictates that the men never cut their hair and must always keep it wrapped up in a turban. This causes them to be confused with Muslims, and some people are unjustly prejudiced against them because they imagine that if a guy is wearing a turban, he must necessarily be a Muslim.

The turban issue is not difficult to understand. Sikhs wear their turbans over their ears, and Muslims wear theirs above their ears.

[MarkL]

I keep waiting to hear of a Sikh male child, going to a public school, demanding to wear a turban and a knife.

I have no doubt it’s coming, though it seems to me if a parent is trying to raise a child to be that observant, he or she should be in a private school... But I wonder what state laws would be, if all the male children in a Sikh school were to be carrying knives...

Mark

[MarkL]

That photo reminded me of a guy who had his nose, ear, and eyebrow pierced, and had a chain linking all three, disappearing into his shirt, where he later told me that it terminated at his nipple piercing...

One day, while he was running down a hallway he went around a turn, and somehow the chain got caught on something.

It wasn't a pretty sight...

Mark

[LussaO]

..he had spikes coming out of his face”

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I don’t think anyone will be punching him in the mouth anytime soon. OUCH!

[Bigg Red]

Thanks for explaining.

You are right, of course. And I am usually rather broad-minded, but, lately, I am getting sick of all of the sensitivity we are expected to exhibit.

This particular guy sounds like a whiner, also.