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Japnaam Singh, what did the mulroney government do for sikhs?
Japnaam Singh says:
they implemented the free trade agreement
Japnaam Singh says:
producing thousands of jobs
Someone just asked me this question over MSN Messenger - I Xed out the person's name in order to protect their privacy (in order to protect them from insults about the stupidity of their question).
I've written about this before, but let me say it again: Expecting special treatment from the government is akin to labeling yourselves as helpless victims, incapable of making it in society without government interference.
Voting for a party because they pretend to do stuff for "Sikhs" is almost as stupid as it is immoral. It's unjustifiably selfish and it's mostly just untrue. The liberals, besides hanging out with a few "Sikh Leaders" every now and then and pretending to pay attention to Sikh issues don't really do anything anyway. They simply try to create the impression to every single group that they're all high-priority special interests. When will this impression die down? I don't know, but I hope it's soon.
Update: I think my post might've created unnecessary confusion since I strongly believe that the government should be responsible for safeguarding the essential 'rights' of all citizens - I simply don't believe that any single group deserves special preference or attention. If a Sikh's 'rights' are being trampled on, then it really is good and fortunate to have a government that cares, but I also really think that we've moved away from that time in history, since it's the courts, not parliament, who dictates the extent to which we can enjoy the 'freedom of religion' as well as every other right that's entrenched into the constitution.
Japnaam Singh, what did the mulroney government do for sikhs?
Japnaam Singh says:
they implemented the free trade agreement
Japnaam Singh says:
producing thousands of jobs
Someone just asked me this question over MSN Messenger - I Xed out the person's name in order to protect their privacy (in order to protect them from insults about the stupidity of their question).
I've written about this before, but let me say it again: Expecting special treatment from the government is akin to labeling yourselves as helpless victims, incapable of making it in society without government interference.
Voting for a party because they pretend to do stuff for "Sikhs" is almost as stupid as it is immoral. It's unjustifiably selfish and it's mostly just untrue. The liberals, besides hanging out with a few "Sikh Leaders" every now and then and pretending to pay attention to Sikh issues don't really do anything anyway. They simply try to create the impression to every single group that they're all high-priority special interests. When will this impression die down? I don't know, but I hope it's soon.
Update: I think my post might've created unnecessary confusion since I strongly believe that the government should be responsible for safeguarding the essential 'rights' of all citizens - I simply don't believe that any single group deserves special preference or attention. If a Sikh's 'rights' are being trampled on, then it really is good and fortunate to have a government that cares, but I also really think that we've moved away from that time in history, since it's the courts, not parliament, who dictates the extent to which we can enjoy the 'freedom of religion' as well as every other right that's entrenched into the constitution.
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