>How exactly is this the same as nationalism exhibited by Nazis and Italians? They base their historical inaction based on their defeat in World War 1, which THEY STARTED. That was solely their fault. How exactly are the Sikhs at fault to challenge the validity of the racist and discriminatory laws that were present in Canada at the time? Who else did those laws hurt other than Indians? Certainly not the Canadians. Atleast use some brain before making false equivalences.
>No, the demand by the Punjabi Sikhs is to get some closure, over a terrible incident that happened a century ago. It doesn’t matter if it is socially forced or not- the least the government can do is to acknowledge that a certain incident was wrong. Nowhere have they implied that the current generation is responsible for what happened in the past. If you know you’re not guilty for something that happened a century ago, why would you feel guilty anyway, just to acknowledge an incident as wrong?
Using your logic, the German government shouldn’t apologize for the actions taken by the Nazis half a century back. Would you consider that an “antisemitic” shakedown against the current generation?
>Nope. Judging the incident as wrong retroactively doesn’t imply that the incident was right for its time. That law was discriminatory, through and through. Even if reparations couldn’t be made then, it should be done now, to end this, once and for all. And it’s not as if it’s only recently that this was perceived as wrong. Indian revolutionaries and British officials had already said that the incident was wrong at that time. Even when Canada passed the Continuous Journey legislation, the British Government explicitly warned that such incidents might happen. And yet, the Government at the time chose to ignore that. So whose fault is it then?
>You talk about yourself as innocent, and then you go ahead and tell Sikh-Canadians to get out if they don’t ascribe to your view? Such hypocrisy. Comments like these are precisely why past incidents like the KM incident should be brought to light.
>Anyway, who are you to tell them to get out? It’s not as if they only suck money out of the country. They have contributed a lot to this country, and have lived there for around 150 years. The Canadian values should incorporate Sikh culture and vice versa. They’ve earned it.
Remember, your ancestors were immigrants too.
>As for the person that commented that Canada Post should condemn the Flight 182 bombing, they absolutely should. It was done by Khalistanis, who are as bad as the Taliban. I don’t understand why the Canadian Government is so soft towards Khalistanis in general. Those are the ones that should be genuinely kicked out since they can never assimilate into Canada. Even Trudeau supported the fringe farmer’s movement in India, without even understanding the basic context. Luckily, he got his karma in the name of Freedom Convoy.
I do not mind a commorative stamp, BUT socially forced government apologies for historical incidents retroactively adjudged as wrong? Eff them.
History is history.Why would anyone want NOT to remember? Stop rewriting history and stop making modern people being assigned a retroactive responsibility for it.
Remember history, and if ist worng. remembering will make sure it does not happen again. But I am not responsible for what happened years ago.
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