Desi Comedy

thas some funny shit i WILL breathe in space ahaha

lun hi ha sikh

rather than bringing humor to a current event, it seems like all ur trying to do is undermine a sikh cause with something completely ridiculous.

What is the Sikh cause? The right to disregard safety?

I am a Sikh. The main objective of the headgear is to protect ourselves (safety first as Guru Gobind Ji thought). Clearly some people cannot see past certain interruptions and are endangering themselves and others not to mention giving the persception all Sikhs are stupid. I say they just launch his ass up there on the first rocket given his stupidity.

Want to see the coolest Outer Space images ? Galaxies Images , Constalation Images, and Deep Space Images.

Let’s stop making fake articles and show some respect to our fellow brothers and sisters. Kapish ?????

is that fake? i have never read that news in any newspaper or channel

First of all I don’t beleive in this news.The halmet is also put by some Sikh Empire, so it not wrong, it is for our safety.Turban is our symbol and main artical but at NASA it is different case or exception case.According to me it is stupidity.

I am a true sikh.First of all I don’t beleive in this news.The halmet is also put by some Sikh Empire, so it not wrong, it is for our safety.Turban is our symbol and main artical but at NASA it is different case or exception case.According to me it is stupidity.

teri ma da bhosda sallaya sikha nu lun dasda salya oh din bhul gya jadon muslmaan teri behn chod de si salaa

Please show respect to all. Do not miss use electronic media; to disgrace others. No GALLAN (dirty language) as well. Thanks.

yo wtf? taking a serious cause and turning it into a joke

seriously this website used to be funny, gotten pretty whack

hooooo

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coh da ke

Y wud he refuse????????lol

Awesome!

Why would anybody post this shit even as a joke. Honestly give Sikhs some respect.

This is a FAKE News

Wow, I’m seriously offended by this very poor taste in humour. Sikhs struggle in so many countries just for our basic freedom due to safety or security issues and to see this is shameful. I can’t ride a bicycle, a horse go rock climbing or numerous other activities due to ‘safety’. There was no issue ten years ago but now there is a helmet rule for everythin! This article isn’t the joke, the people who wrote it are the joke!

It is a funny question.

Aside from astronauts, will we never see a sikh in NFL, NHL, or scores of other sports or professions where a helmet is imparitive? Motorcycle racing? Olympic snowboarding? The list is endless.

Modern helmet technology is saving many lives in combat that would otherwise have been lost or seriously impaired. How do we consider that?

It is a tricky issue no doubt.

Glad to see some people are offended and some that actually get the joke. If you’re a Sikh and choose to wear a turban there are things in life you will not be able to do. Don’t complain about it, you’ve made your choice now go live your life joyfully.

By the way, I wrote the article and I have a turban! I don’t complain about safety rules and I don’t make people accommodate me for my CHOICE!

If anyone has any further complaints – you may hide them under your pug.

My sincere advise to those gentlemen posting their comments is not to lose the sense of decency and public order. Everybody has a right to his views and if u do not happen to like them, ok, but do not stoop too low to use indecent language which u would not if your sister or mother or daughter happen to read and comment : What a senseless person who has written such foul language, not worth being called a human being. Please bear this in mind, this media is to share our views and not to insult our fellow brothers/sisters. With regards and respect to all.

When the purpose of satire is not simply to poke fun at an issue, but rather to use comedy to expose ignorance, the writer must bear in mind the implications of their work. Granted, everyone should be able to take a joke, regardless of political or religious affiliation, race, creed, ethnicity, sexual orientation, etc. However, the intent of our joking should not undermine the intent of our causes.

This article crosses that line, unfortunately, between acceptable humour, and irresponsibility. Sikhs have fought hard to get articles of their faith recognized and honoured by governments throughout the world. To belittle that plight into something as simple as making ridiculous demands is detrimental to the entire community. Especially at a time like this when Provincial Governments are questioning the validity of the Kirpan for Sikhs, and the Niqab for Muslim women.

If the greater community sees that young people of the Indian community isn’t even taking this issue seriously, then how could they? How long before they question what their stance is on reasonable accommodation for religious items that are not uncommon across the world?

Desi Comedy, you responded that “If you’re a Sikh and choose to wear a turban there are things in life you will not be able to do. Don’t complain about it, you’ve made your choice now go live your life joyfully.”

I could not agree more! However, that doesn’t mean we just simply bow our heads and concede defeat any time something is unavailable to us. We question. We deliberate. Is this something that we should be allowed to do? Is this something where the turban could easily be accommodated, and to not accommodate is just a result of ignorance? If it makes sense, then don’t partake in whatever it is you wished to partake in. Simple as that. If it doesn’t though, you do something about it. And if every time someone decides that something needs to be done, we face this kind of opposition and mockery from within our OWN community, it hinders the opportunity for any kind of change to be made, greatly.

Peace and love.

Paneet, thank you for your very eloquent comment.

As a comedy site our only responsibility is to ridicule the ridiculous. Whether the perpetrators of said ridiculousness are our own people or others. We do not discriminate in this regard.

This fake news article was written a couple of years ago; when the motorcycle helmet debate was brought up here in Ontario. A Brampton man, Baljinder Badesha, was fighting a ticket he received for riding his motorcycle without a helmet. He made a big hoopla about it and so did the community which blindly rallied behind him defying all common sense, logic and sensibility.

In our opinion, to make this an actual cause was utterly absurd and very comical. This is nothing more than a safety issue. There is NOTHING discriminatory or racist about this law being enforced. That’s it – there should be no argument. My brother wears a turban and rides a motorcycle along with several other turban wearing friends. He himself says he would be a complete moron to not wear a helmet. It is no different than wearing a seat belt.

Can it be argued that Sikhs are trying to undermine Canadian laws? The law is trying to protect us. Not sure what the positive is in opposing it.

Where does it say for a Sikh that they can’t accommodate a helmet? Please show us this.

If anyone feels that this undermines the Sikh cause then we must not have many causes left to fight for. If time and resources can be spent on whether or not we can perform leisurely activities like riding a motorcycle at hundreds of kilometres an hour without mandatory safety equipment, we must be doing pretty good in the world.

“However, that doesn’t mean we just simply bow our heads and concede defeat any time something is unavailable to us.”

Again this is a choice we as turban wearing Sikhs have made. In this case, If something is unavailable to us it is because we have chosen for it to be. This is not an injustice of any kind so to even attempt a comparison towards one undermines all just causes.

Regarding the kirpan issue, if you followed our Facebook page you would know that we have mocked those who have spoken against it. Tarek Fateh is a douchebag. This is an entirely different issue and to mix the two is uninformed.

For great change to be made we must not make ourselves look like complete fools to those who we need to take our causes seriously. We must move forward with intelligence, logic and rational arguments and put our energy towards causes that deserve the attention of “enlightened” humans. Otherwise we look no better than fanatical Muslims that get enraged over cartoons and caricatures of their prophet. Yes, arguing this is on the same low level as that.

Space is the final frontier. The voyages of all those who have embarked on long and daring missions into the unknown have mostly been caucasian astronauts. Discriminatory space travel is a new form of discrimination and has existed since the dawn of manned space flight. Like the early explorers of North America, it was a white man who stepped foot on the moon.

Sikhs have the right to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldy go where no Sikh has gone before.

There are other issues at play here in the article (e.g., discrimination in the space shuttle – why is it white? Space is black). All those who argue this is an insult to Sikhs quite frankly have their heads so far up their asses. Perhaps NASA should be using some of the people on this comment thread for research purposes and apply their ass breathing technique to remedy the issue brought forth in the article.

You should be ashamed of yourselves for making anti-Sikh jokes as such.
Administers are advised to delete this.

This story is a JOKE!

Does desicomedy even think this is funny?

How can anyone even blame NRI Sikhs growing up in UK, USA & Canada for not wanting to even be referred to as Indian – due to the anti-Sikh propaganda coming out of India.

Well after reading all these offensive and racist jokes online for too many years now, i too am proud to refer to myself as a British Punjabi Sikh only!

What good will you get from such fake articles? Probably a praise from some douche bag hanging near you.. Rather than making mockery of other religion, take steps to learn about their history, culture and religion. To please the majority or try to fit into their society, you don’t have to choose the path where you have to make fun of the minority group. These same turban wearing sikhs, most likely saved your grandmothers being taken away as sex-slave for the most cruel persian ruler “Ahmad Shah Abdali”. My point is read history before wasting your time and energy on writing some stupid insulting story.

Thank you, Desi Comedy, for your equally as eloquent response, and my apologies for suggesting that you were intentionally undermining the current kirpan issue. That being said, I still stick by saying that even though this was written a while ago, the current link was posted while the kirpan issue was going strong. As easily as I lumped the issue with the article, anyone else could group the two together just as easily. That speaks volumes unto itself.

Ridicule the ridiculous without discrimination, indeed. I encourage you to do so. But I continue to insist that the argument you present is flawed. The government’s laws are, indeed, in place to protect its citizens. But when one’s beliefs are conflicting with these laws, it is the government’s duty to see to what extent it is reasonable to accommodate those beliefs. In this case, not wearing a helmet is a threat to no one’s safety but one’s own. I know that at the very least the BC Government allows turban-wearing Sikhs to ride without a helmet, as it is not a threat to anyone’s safety but their own. Perhaps other provincial governments allow it too, I can not say as I am not aware. To put this cause under the label of ‘ridiculous’, is ridiculous unto itself, as you can see it is a very real issue, as opinions across Canada vary.

Another request: please do not put down the Muslim community for defending their beliefs. Yes, outlandish statements were made at that time by some, in response to the caricature. However, to say that, that argument took place on a “low level” is extremely offensive as MOST of the community, at least on some level, was crossed by that cartoon.

I would just like to leave it with this quote by Winston Churchill:

“It is a matter of regret that due to the obsession of the present times people are distorting the superior religious and social values, but those who wish to preserve them with respect, we should appreciate them as well as help them. Sikhs do need our help for such a cause and we should give it happily. Those who know the Sikh history, know England’s relationship with the Sikhs and are aware of the achievements of the Sikhs, they should persistently support the idea of relaxation to Sikhs to ride a motorbike with their turbans on, because it is their religious privilege…British people are highly indebted and obliged to Sikhs for a long time. I know that within this century we needed their help twice and they did help us very well. As a result of their timely help, we are today able to live with honour, dignity, and independence. In the war, they fought and died for us, wearing the turbans. At that time we were not adamant that they should wear safety helmets because we knew that they are not going to wear them anyways and we would be deprived of their help. At that time due to our miserable and poor situation, we did not force it on them to wear safety helmets, why should we force it now? Rather, we should now respect their traditions and by granting this legitimate concession, win their applaud.”

Peace and Love.

Great to hear from you Paneet.

Normally we don’t take the time to respond to fallacious arguments but since you have spoken with a stable and sane voice we are happy to carry on this discussion.

When creating potentially controversial content we realize small minds will find it offensive as they lack the capacity to think critically and form logical opinions about the actual concept, subject matter and point being conveyed in the article. So therefore we are prepared in advance to respond to any backlash.

I may sound harsh in calling your arguments fallacious and small minded but hopefully after you have read this you will see why we conclude this.

“As easily as I lumped the issue with the article, anyone else could group the two together just as easily”

You admit this was a mistake which you easily committed. Many others will easily commit this mistake as well but we bear no burden for their false deductions.

“Ridicule the ridiculous without discrimination, indeed. I encourage you to do so.”

Oh we will.

“But I continue to insist that the argument you present is flawed.”

Well if you continue to insist then that is your own mistake. You say this but do not provide any evidence as to why our argument is flawed. Simply saying it, doesn’t make it so.

Then you follow that with your own incredibly flawed and hollow argument.

“I know that at the very least the BC Government allows turban-wearing Sikhs to ride without a helmet, as it is not a threat to anyone’s safety but their own”

Now I will provide the evidence as to why your argument is flawed, unless you truly believe the following. Based on your logic you are saying governments should not impose any safety laws on citizens where the danger of their actions only cause harm to themselves. Correct? This means there should be no seat belt laws, no laws against prostitution, gambling, drug use etc. I’m quite surprised that’s what you believe. Also, in BC the government realizes the Sikhs have quite some voting power so they will cave to their demands. Behind doors, here’s what the lawmakers say, “We need their votes, who cares if they want to die on motorcyles.”

I will also give you an example as to why some of these laws are necessary beyond for just one’s own personal safety. Say a helmet-less Sikh climbs on to a motorcycle, starts speeding away, then loses control, wipes out and goes flying. His head smashes into the ground and his blood is splattered across the road, curbs and nearby sidewalk. His ear has been ripped off and now sits 40 feet from his body. Emergency crews are called while Mr. Singh with his crushed skull, lacerations and oozing blood is barely alive. A rescue mission begins. He is airlifted to a state-of-the-art hospital where he goes directly into emergency. Surgeons, doctors and nurses work around the clock to keep Mr. Singh alive. With so much blood loss, donated blood is brought in which may desperately be needed by someone else. Clean up crews are taken to the streets to find his ear and clean his blood from the roads. At the end of it all Mr. Singh survives. Now will the Sikh community get together to pay back the government and tax payers for all the costs involved in saving Mr. Singh from himself? Of course not. Living in Canada, tax payers will cover that but the government will and is required to do whatever it can to reduce the far reaching consequences of such scenarios. Seat belts save lives, helmets save lives. People not dying and not getting severely injured in accidents reduces the economic burden on society. How do you and anyone else choose to ignore that?

The fanatical response by some Muslims is another argument altogether.

Thanks for the quote. Have read that before but again that is not a logical argument. Just because an old historical figure said something does not make it dogma.
However, what Winston Churchill said was noble. It is right to recognize the courage and valour of Sikhs in history while fighting in wars that were necessary, just and heroic.

I’m not sure how much the Winston Churchill quote helps your case though.

“At that time due to our miserable and poor situation, we did not force it on them to wear safety helmets, why should we force it now?”

They needed soldiers to go. Of course they would’ve accommodated. Not exactly a huge noble gesture! Based on what Churchill said, do you not realize that if the situation was not miserable or poor they would’ve forced Sikhs to wear helmets?

To answer Churchill, the reason why to force it now is because, well riding a motorcycle down the street isn’t exactly going to war now is it. Again, with your logic, nobody should have to wear seat belts because they have ancestors that went to war and while they were trekking from battle to battle they didn’t wear seat belts on busses, planes, tanks, trucks etc.

Where’s the evidence that Sikh’s can’t wear helmets by the way?? Do you also not stop think to sit and think about the governments intent on forcing these laws? Seriously, stop… breathe.. say Waheguru.. and think why would anyone want to force this law on me! Yes, it’s because they hate you and your religion!

This looks more like an insult towards Harminder Singh’s idiotic decision to not wear a helmet in space. How does he represent all Sikhs?

PANEET just got owned!!!!

kutiya if i ever catch you better watch out.. I know for a fact you can’t possibly be Sikh, end the charade.

You don’t know anything for a fact farmer.

Desi Comedy, You misunderstand what Winston Churchill was saying when he made his passionate plea to parliament. He was saying that we (Canadians as well as the British) owe our freedom to those brave Sikhs that fought..NOT with helmets but with turbans on their heads. He said….these people (Sikhs) were brave enough to fight and die for OUR freedom with turbans on their heads, thus it is an insult for us to now turn around and say their turban is not good (or safe) enough to ride a motorcyle etc. His plea was accepted by all…and please bear in mind that this was at a time when Canada was subject to the will of the Parliament in London too…..with Canada only being deemed mature and adult enough to be able to make it’s own laws (without permission from London) since 1982.
This is, in essence, a question of maturity. In Britain, where people make ‘ethnic’ and ‘racial’ jokes as much as the next nation, there is such a healthy respect of the Sikh turban and how the men wearing those turbans sacrificed so much beyond their numbers to keep the west free that nobody reduces themselves to make fun of it.
And yet here in Canada we have the likes of you. So desperate to try and be funny……so ignorant of your own history as a Canadian……that you will even go as far as pretending to be a turban wearing sikh in order to hide your bigotry.

This article isnt attacking a sikh, for all of you that have it missunderstood, this article is attacking an ignorant idiot. The purpose of the turban would be for safety, whats the purpose of the helmet? Safety aswell. Helmet can be analogicaly compared to being todays turban, serves for a same non-religious function, too bad it wasnt available back in those days. Anyhow in certian circumstances switching up the turban for a helmet is for your own safety, especially in this singh’s case. Some people are so static and stuck in the same place and dont want to move, look at the oppurtuinity he gave up for sticking to the root which doesnt make much sense today. If gurus wanted you to wear a turban for safety im sure they wouldnt be dissapointed with you wearing a helmet(providing much more safety). You gotta use logic and be dynamic, or else your not gonna survive.

@Rup – You hit it brother. Logic, that is what’s totally missing from these people’s arguments and lives.

I understand that this article is intended with a deeper meaning about logic and common-sense, but are you aware that the UK exempts Sikhs by law from wearing a motorcycle helmet when riding?

“If you are driving or riding on a 2-wheeled motorcycle on a road you must wear a helmet. Passengers in a sidecar don’t have to wear a helmet and neither does a Sikh who is wearing a turban. Also, no helmet is needed if someone is pushing the motorcycle on foot.”

http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/roads/vehicles/vssafety/motorcyclehelmetsvisorsandgo4563?page=2

I am a khalsa sikh from california. I ride a motorcycle, with a helmet over my dumalla. It looks weird, but I dont give a shit. My guru knows I am dressed up tyar bar tyar for him and for defending truth. I try to be reasonable about safety laws. I do however think that if a sikh wants to ride a motorcycle, play NFL and do other things that need a helmet, he or she can wave his rights to medical claims for head injuries and be free to live life that doesnt cause pain or suffering to fellow citizens. Or lets all get together and come up with a big helmet for guru pyaras. I am going to design one. At 80-90mph its not a bad option to have a tighter dumalla or additional protection. I mean, isnt sitting in a car equivalent to putting your whole body, including turban in a big old helmet? otherwise there is no other difference between MC and car except tire count. Waheguru ji ki fateh.

Now Inderjit is one sensible person.

If you’re punjabi and you posted this making fun of sikhs, you disrespected your grandfather, great grandfather and so on… have some damn shame and think about who you’re making fun of. I have friends who cut their hair too but at the end of the day we’re all sikh and should be a single force… idiots like you who think white and black people accept you as their own are a kalank (daag, mark) on our great kom

We were once kings but fools like the people who posted this have killed our great sikh nation

If you’re a hindu, by no means am I being racist, but seriously you would not exist if we had not sacrificed to save you. Read your history and have some respect for the Sikh people. We have protected you forever in history. The british declared Sikh’s brave and sikhs to be the bravest of their troops during their empire. Hindus are and always have been known as cowards.

Do you prefer nigger jokes?