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californiasardar1

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  1. I just passed through Leicester Square and there were some Punjabi “street performers” dancing to the “3 peg” song. I feel sorry for the British Sikhs. You guys probably can’t escape from such buffoonery!
  2. Poetic genius? You have got to be kidding. Lyrically he was very simplistic. How often can one rhyme thug/drug/slug/etc.? It’s no wonder he was so prolific: he obviously put very little time into his lyrics. Illmatic era Nas set the standard for street poetry.
  3. His fatal error was that he started to believe in the thug image that he manufactured for himself, got gassed up, and assaulted a known gang member without thinking of the consequences.
  4. And yet all of the Sikh actors in the movie prefer to look more like Gobind Ram in real life than like Bhai Jagraj Singh Toofan. Also, notice how when monay/trimmers play singhs in movies, they don't have enough respect for the role to actually grow out their beards. They will instead wear a laughable fake beard. Contrast that with many non-Sikh actors who will show real respect for their roles by growing out their beards and striving for authenticity. Is there a more pathetic community than ours?
  5. Can somebody explain why Thakur Singh erroneously claimed Bhindranwale did not die in Operation Blue Star? Thanks.
  6. I think you are worrying too much about "what's coming" in places like the UK and US. Don't be so negative. And in any case, where would you even go? If the UK and US are hell on earth, where is the utopia that I have somehow overlooked?
  7. You make a good point, but I would take it a step further and argue that the need for community leaders and role models is itself a failure. Ideally, our role models growing up would be the people who brought us into this world. What kind of person would fit your description? Whoever this hypothetical person might be, if they existed, there would probably be a thread about them on SikhSangat pointing out their various deficiencies. And that is unavoidable because everyone has deficiencies, and it shows how problematic the need for leaders and role models is in the first place.
  8. In both cases, the government (US in the case of American blacks and Indian in the case of Punjabi jats) is undoubtedly behind the scenes trying to push the community in a certain direction. But at the end of the day, people have to take responsibility for their own actions. If Sikhs were stronger in their practice of Sikhi, none of this would matter.
  9. Tupac making a few positive/thoughtful songs here and there does not change the fact that his overall contribution was very negative. Whatever caused him to go down that path is irrelevant. It is what it is. I did not solely (or even partially) blame rap for the bad condition of the American black community. That condition existed before hip-hop. What I am saying is that the fact that many in the black community hold up a destructive, ignorant, negative figure like Tupac as someone who should be admired and was some sort of leader is an indication that the community has some serious issues. (What has caused these serious issues is a long story and perhaps better left for another discussion.) I see some parallels with the types of people who the Punjabi community rallies around these days, and to me, it is an indication of some very serious problems.
  10. You need to get a grip. People are joking in this thread about Tupac and Biggie. But the sad thing is that there are some black people who go overboard about the significance of their deaths. Some of them act like a destructive, ignorant, hot-headed m0r0n like Tupac was some sort of hero who was going to uplift the black community. Why? Because he would occasionally say something thoughtful, while 95% of his music was pure ignorance and hate? Tupac had a far greater negative impact than positive, and he died because he was an idi0t who tried to live up to his ignorant lyrics. When a community is ready to make a hero/martyr out of someone like that, it is indicative of some very fundamental problems with the community. I am guessing you are Canadian or British, but FYI the black community in the US is not in good shape. Similarly, it is ridiculous that so many Punjabis are making out these recent Sidhu deaths (why are they all Sidhus? lol) to mean so much. I don't know why Punjabis worship these stupid celebrities. Let us please try to raise our standards.
  11. I don't know why anyone is feeling sad for Sidhu. If he knew ahead of time that he would die in a similar fashion to his idol Tupac, he probably would have been thrilled! You should feel happy for him!
  12. Yeah. The reaction to this death on a forum for religiously inclined Sikhs basically illustrates why the Sikh community is a joke. A guy spends his life making music and videos with messages that are very explicitly anti-Sikh, and his death is somehow a huge loss for the Sikh community?
  13. This guy spent his time on Earth singing vulgar songs, selling poison and degeneracy to Punjab's youth. Did the world lose something?
  14. Anyway, I am eager now for @MisterrSingh to provide examples of UK Sikh families living in complete isolation who showed the world how tough they are and gave him an opportunity to beat his chest.
  15. The fact that you think Americans go around driving through different states regularly again shows your ignorance. It is much easier to travel from the UK to various European destinations than it is to travel between American cities that are far apart. Also, I know what you meant by "Europeans" through your British lenses, but saying "most Europeans" don't easily move around from one separate nation to the next is actually kind of funny considering how regularly continental Europeans do just that. You are much more likely to see British Sikhs on holiday in various European capitals where the local Sikhs are in precarious situations than you are to see a Sikh from southern California visiting Milwaukee (why on Earth would someone visit Milwaukee?). Anyway, all of that is really beside the point. And you bringing up language and customs to try to deflect is pretty lame. My comment was clearly meant to illustrate how absurd it is that you people think that Sikhs living thousands of miles apart from each other can somehow act together as a community in the same way as Sikhs living in high density a few miles from each other. I had to use different countries in the example because I can't find any two points on your island that are far enough apart.
  16. DELETED (I hit "submit" too many times and the same post got replicated).
  17. By the way, I'm sorry I didn't recognize all of the UK Sikhs who live in "heavily mixed non-Sikh areas." It must be incredibly isolating not living in Southall, but instead living a whopping 5 miles away from it!
  18. The obvious reason why American Sikhs are unable to respond as a community to various things is staring you right in the face: no population density, nothing resembling a "community," and in turn no power or influence. But rather than accept the obvious answer, you want to take this opportunity to engage in some pointless chest-beating. Is there something in the water there that makes you people (who come from the same culture and same pinds) different? Let me ask you something about UK Sikhs. Why can't you do anything about the sorry state of Sikhs in France? No, don't tell me that France is a different country. It is a hell of a lot easier to get from London to Paris than it is from my family's home to the various places mentioned in this thread. And while you are at it, why don't you put on your mask and cape and go sort out the Italians mistreating Sikh farm workers in Italy? I would have to travel twice as far to get to Milwaukee as you would to get to Rome. Sikhs in France and Italy and Germany are MUCH more a part of your community than Sikhs in New York or Milwaukee are a part of mine. That's how ludicrous you guys sound when you talk about the US.
  19. Sikhs don't have a "rich history" with "great contributions" to the Milwaukee area. Sikhs are not even a drop in the bucket. Nobody in America knows anything about Sikhs. Nobody cares about Sikhs, because how much power can a minority consisting of a tiny amount of people wield? There is no "Sikh community" in the US. Most of the posters on Sikh Sangat are from the UK or Canada and are completely clueless about the US. They think that everyone grew up like them, living in a neighborhood with thousands of other Sikhs, with a different gurdwara every 500 feet.
  20. It’s easy. Just be on the path to baldness (like me).
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