First Casualty of Domestic Rage

Shantanu

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"Balbir Singh Sodhi, a 49-year-old gas station owner, was shot dead on Saturday in Arizona. Sodhi?s family says his death was a direct fallout of Tuesday?s terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Reports suggest that the same unidentified gunmen shot at an Arab six miles away from Sodhi?s station, but he escaped unharmed."

Link: First Casualty

What really pisses me off about this is that the guy wasn't even a Muslim. He's a a member of the Sikh religion, an indigenous Indian religion that is not even remotely related to Islam or any of the other "Abraham's Religions". Ironically enough, the Sikh religion was originally founded as a movement within Hinduism to combat the forceful, violent spread of Islam in 16th century India. Sikhs are very strict in their rejection of Islamic customs and practices. Most Sikhs will not even eat meat that has been cut by a Muslim (Halal). They are the last people on this Earth who are going to support Osama bin Laden.

Most domestic Muslims do not wear cloths on their heads as Osama bin Laden does. Most do not even have beards. However, in the Sikh religion, it is forbidden to cut one's hair, so most Sikh men wear turbans and have beards. This is not because of any similarities in the religions; it just happens to be a coincidence. They also tend to have similar complexion to Muslims. However, the average angry fool with a baseball bat probably sees a Sikh and assumes that he's in league with Osama bin Laden. What a pity.
 

nicowju

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Damn it this sucks. This should never have happened

/me curses those who did it
:|
 

swai

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for some reason this doesn't surprise me....
but this is so sad :(:(
i feel sorry for all those who are being attacked just because they "look Arab"
 

ricerx

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was watching msnbc (town meeting) earlier and the guy was supposedly in custody. it's a shame that we have these ignorant people living among us. i'm just glad he's off the street.
 

UNCjigga

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He wasn't the first! I heard about another Sikh in Richmond Hill who got shot and killed. I think he was a student at VCU. MTV talked about it briefly when they were touring campuses and talking to Muslims and Sikhs on Saturday, but I can't find a link.
 

joohang

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Dumb fscks!!! :|

This really pisses me off..

I feel sorry for the Sikhs and everybody being unfairly molested as a result of this tragedy. :(
 

Pocatello

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We need more friends not create new enemies. Those rednecks who done it should be bound and gag then deliver to bin Laden as target practice.
 

Kelvrick

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<< We need more friends not create new enemies. Those rednecks who done it should be bound and gag then deliver to bin Laden as target practice. >>



That'll be almost helping Bin Laden. I say we should use em as target practice. Have em run around holding a device and see if our bombs can track em down.
 

SnowPunk98

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That sucks when will stupid people learn.... It wasnt his fault he was probably as sad as everyone else
 

pamchenko

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i bet the perpetrater was an uneducated white guy...how unlikely is it to see an ethinc person in america commit hate crimes like this? :p
 

DioCassius

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<< What really pisses me off about this is that the guy wasn't even a Muslim. >>


I don't think it matters at all whether or not he was Muslim. It wouldn't justify it one bit. He was an innocent man who was murdered, period.
 

SuperTool

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This kinda stuff always happens in the South. I think even after these attacks, rednecks are still the worst enemy of this country.
 

SuperTool

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I count everything from Florida to NV, but not CA as the South. You know what I mean. Trailer trash country.
 

silent tone

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This is pitiful. Though I must admit I thought we would see more ethnic attacks by now. My friend said that some guys started a fight in the bathroom with an arabic man at a bar we were at. My university has a high immigrant population, pretty soon I'll see reports of something like this in the school paper.:disgust:
 

pamchenko

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supertool, you are as guilty as that guy who killed the indian cuz you think people in arizona are trailer trash
 

Pocatello

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Isn't anandtech HQ located in the South? Truly emabassing, I really don't know which state anandtech.com makes it its home. Anyway, people who hate live in all 50 states.