Well they're running around with more processing power than a Cray supercomputer in their back pockets. I'll save my definition of 'disenfranchised' for another group.
How is that chap crossing the street allowed to openly have a deadly weapon(sword)? What if rioters come to attack "his" mosque? Is he going to start beheading people? Crazy shit...
Sikhs carry their Kirpans for religious reasons at all times. In the UK/Canada they tend to carry a small blunt dagger, rather than the full length article. It is as important to their religion as the turban.
That's fair enough but when people are out defending something while in the possession of a deadly weapon it's a total different story. No ceremonies going on there so why feel the need to have it?
Because there's no ceremony taking place here!
He is obviously using it for self defense, which is illegal.
And I would say the same if I thought a Scotsman was using his dirk for self defence, I'm not being discriminate here just so you know.
When someone is wrecking your neighbourhood just for shits and giggles, you'll change your tune. They are doing what the Police have been unable to do and it isn't the first time the UK and her Empire has depended on the might of the Sikh warrior. You'll notice the British Military (and Police force) allow them to wear turbans and not a helmet. This change of dress code goes back many many years (back when we fought in red coats) and was to keep them fighting for us. It seems history has a habit of repeating itself.