The Sikh stabbing case: When will common sense and courage return to the West?
N.B. My first boss out of grad school was a Sikh. A great guy with a great family. I worked with a Sikh-American lawyer about 10-15 years ago. A very bright lawyer, highly competent professional who has gone on to become a general counsel for a large company. That experience was so positive and I had developed much admiration for Sikhs and their culture. So seeing this stuff in the UK and the episodes of incompetent over-the-road big rig truck drivers causing fatal accidents is stunning to me. I think the difference at least here is the time period of immigration following rules about 20-30 years ago versus unbridled anyone can come in recently.
It is really annoying that the murderer and his family decided to 'play the race' card and bring the rest into disrepute. It is on him and is no reflection of the wider Sikh community.
I have a friend whose Sikh grandfather came to the U.S. for college, converted to LDS, and eventually brought his parents to the U.S. My friend and his family are very (and justifiably) proud of their Sikh heritage. So it always saddens me to read of incidents where Sikhs behave horribly. It would seem evident that no culture is immune to the degrading influence of the modern world.
Oh and you might enjoy this op ed https://archive.ph/YvASv which is the Mercy Muroki one about the racism of Progressives. I suspect you already know the general gist, but it does need to be hammered home that Progressivism is merely the recycling of the 18th century Noble Savage myth.
It goes to show that no culture is perfect or immune from bad people. It is very annoying when people try to subvert a culture for their own purposes -- in this case to commit murder. When all are equal before the law, no one is above the law. The individual, in this case the murderer, is responsible for his actions. The wider Sikh community bears no responsibility as they (unlike the murderer's family) did not attempt to pervert the course of justice.
Hello Northumberland! Good to see You this very fine Friday.
That was a horrendous murder. The victim was wronged, through and through. I hope the mother gets a long sentence, too. I, too, hope a proper investigation occurs. Reform asked some good questions.
I'm sorry to hear about the situation with young NEETs.
I'm especially sorry to hear about the EHRC debate. This should be a settled issue, but it's not apparently.
That's interesting about The Sleepwalkers.
I'm glad to hear about the bees, and Paddy looks great, as always. And, as always, TY Michelle. You are a bright light.
Good morning to you JT -- my daughter is visiting from Dublin.
RE The EHRC -- I think it is slowly dawning on the trans-activists that they will need to change the law -- something which has little support. The whole Denton playbook was to get the change through before anyone noticed, but now people have noticed.
Reform are a mixed bag, but the questions do need to be asked. The trouble really is the difficulty justice has in being truly blind. How do you get a properly trained police force which has the lowest levels of corruption possible when you have human nature which tends towards tribal?
I must admit that I'm impressed that the stabber has already been found guilty (apparently the stabbing occurred in December). In the U.S., the attorneys would still be wrangling over bond conditions and allowed evidence.
I've read before that Franz was assassinated because the violent extremists were afraid that his more liberal approach would make their desired revolution less likely. Pure evil.
There will have been custody time limits. Someone who is charged with murder is not allowed bail and must be tried within a specific time period. It is why the introduction of 'released under investigation' has caused such problems because it allowed the period to stretch. It also wasn't a complex case -- one altercation, five stab wounds.
The interesting thing about the Sarajevo assassination was that the entire Serbian state was involved in some way with the Black Hand. Pasic who basically ran Serbia undoubtably knew of the plot but only gave vaguely coded warnings. He got his start revolting against the Ottomans. And you do have this deep tension in the Balkans between the ethno Christian nationalists and the Muslims which continues to today -- think the Bosnian conflict.
My daughter explained to me why there are so many posters of Atatürk up in Istanbul -- apparently it is a protest against Erdogan and his mosque building. It is people saying that they want the secular. You need to remember that there is no free speech in Türkiye.
The Sikh stabbing case: When will common sense and courage return to the West?
N.B. My first boss out of grad school was a Sikh. A great guy with a great family. I worked with a Sikh-American lawyer about 10-15 years ago. A very bright lawyer, highly competent professional who has gone on to become a general counsel for a large company. That experience was so positive and I had developed much admiration for Sikhs and their culture. So seeing this stuff in the UK and the episodes of incompetent over-the-road big rig truck drivers causing fatal accidents is stunning to me. I think the difference at least here is the time period of immigration following rules about 20-30 years ago versus unbridled anyone can come in recently.
It is really annoying that the murderer and his family decided to 'play the race' card and bring the rest into disrepute. It is on him and is no reflection of the wider Sikh community.
What has happened in Bradford is dreadful -- very two tier policing. It is good that the FSU is on it. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/05/29/police-criticising-islam-not-illegal-sacked-me/ or https://archive.ph/ymu5f
I have a friend whose Sikh grandfather came to the U.S. for college, converted to LDS, and eventually brought his parents to the U.S. My friend and his family are very (and justifiably) proud of their Sikh heritage. So it always saddens me to read of incidents where Sikhs behave horribly. It would seem evident that no culture is immune to the degrading influence of the modern world.
Oh and you might enjoy this op ed https://archive.ph/YvASv which is the Mercy Muroki one about the racism of Progressives. I suspect you already know the general gist, but it does need to be hammered home that Progressivism is merely the recycling of the 18th century Noble Savage myth.
Wow, that is excellent!
I thought you'd find it interesting.
It goes to show that no culture is perfect or immune from bad people. It is very annoying when people try to subvert a culture for their own purposes -- in this case to commit murder. When all are equal before the law, no one is above the law. The individual, in this case the murderer, is responsible for his actions. The wider Sikh community bears no responsibility as they (unlike the murderer's family) did not attempt to pervert the course of justice.
The leader of the Sikhs is now reviewing the practice of the carrying the kirpan (this is supposed to be a religious obligation but never used except in extreme circumstances -- not like this). Reform has said that they will ban the practice as no one has the right to go about their daily business armed with deadly weapons. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/05/29/sikh-leaders-review-knife-sword-advice-henry-nowak-killing/ or https://archive.ph/mvW3k
Either you have a completely color blind society and apply the law and societal rules equally or you have no functioning society, at all.
And, yes, it really is that simple - except for simpletons and fools
Hello Northumberland! Good to see You this very fine Friday.
That was a horrendous murder. The victim was wronged, through and through. I hope the mother gets a long sentence, too. I, too, hope a proper investigation occurs. Reform asked some good questions.
I'm sorry to hear about the situation with young NEETs.
I'm especially sorry to hear about the EHRC debate. This should be a settled issue, but it's not apparently.
That's interesting about The Sleepwalkers.
I'm glad to hear about the bees, and Paddy looks great, as always. And, as always, TY Michelle. You are a bright light.
And because I know we have spoke n of this before — this is a good op ed from Mercy Muroki about how racist the Progressives are and how at its core, BLM (for wont of a better phrase) is just a poorly recycled version of the 18th century Noble Savage myth. I thought it a good op ed. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/05/28/progressives-are-real-racists-heres-proof/ or https://archive.ph/YvASv
Absolutely great op ed. TY, Michelle.
Good morning to you JT -- my daughter is visiting from Dublin.
RE The EHRC -- I think it is slowly dawning on the trans-activists that they will need to change the law -- something which has little support. The whole Denton playbook was to get the change through before anyone noticed, but now people have noticed.
Reform are a mixed bag, but the questions do need to be asked. The trouble really is the difficulty justice has in being truly blind. How do you get a properly trained police force which has the lowest levels of corruption possible when you have human nature which tends towards tribal?
I must admit that I'm impressed that the stabber has already been found guilty (apparently the stabbing occurred in December). In the U.S., the attorneys would still be wrangling over bond conditions and allowed evidence.
I've read before that Franz was assassinated because the violent extremists were afraid that his more liberal approach would make their desired revolution less likely. Pure evil.
There will have been custody time limits. Someone who is charged with murder is not allowed bail and must be tried within a specific time period. It is why the introduction of 'released under investigation' has caused such problems because it allowed the period to stretch. It also wasn't a complex case -- one altercation, five stab wounds.
The interesting thing about the Sarajevo assassination was that the entire Serbian state was involved in some way with the Black Hand. Pasic who basically ran Serbia undoubtably knew of the plot but only gave vaguely coded warnings. He got his start revolting against the Ottomans. And you do have this deep tension in the Balkans between the ethno Christian nationalists and the Muslims which continues to today -- think the Bosnian conflict.
My daughter explained to me why there are so many posters of Atatürk up in Istanbul -- apparently it is a protest against Erdogan and his mosque building. It is people saying that they want the secular. You need to remember that there is no free speech in Türkiye.