What Do You Think?

[thesshhh]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5823233/Coldstream-Guards-soldier-make-history-regiment-turban.html

[anneasquith]

Danny because it upsets the old traditionalists. :-)

[anotheoldgit]

Going back to 2012 when a Sikh became the first guardsman to wear a turban on ceremonial duty, he actually wanted to wear the bearskin headdress but his superiors forced him to wear his turban so as to make some kind of statement.

I know this to be true because I heard it from a Guardsman who served beside him.

[anneasquith]

Word of mouth once removed, just be true .!!!

[anneasquith]

*** must .

[Jackdaw33]

The Sikh religion requires that the hair on the head must be covered, not necessarily by a turban, so a bearskin should present no problem.

[anotheoldgit]

Gromit

Then let's knock down all our cathedrals, our churches, our castles, and stately homes etc.

I won't include mosques, since I don't want to offend anyone, you understand?

[ChillDoubt]

The Sikhs wore turbans when fighting with us in WW2 so why not wear one on parade.
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Indeed they did. What’s more, the non-Sikh officers(white) wore the EXACT same turban and dress, ditching their forage caps. Why did they do so? In order to maintain cameraderie, uniformity and promote a sense of brotherhood.

[ichkeria]

It doesn’t look as though the regiment minds, so what is the issue?

[kvalidir]

We'll need a massive teacup for this storm...

[Gromit]

AOG

The old Churches and Cathedrals, and Stately Homes are fine. They have been modified to include new innovations like electricity and central heating. They are still fit for purpose because they have kept up with the times.

It has been decreed that Sikhs can join the Guards, and a slight update to the dress code is therefore needed to make that possible.

[ichkeria]

AB teacups are like the Tardis ...:-)

[Jackdaw33]

The storm has subsided. The epicentre has left of her own accord.

[naomi24]

anneasquith, //because it upsets the old traditionalists. :-) //

I assume you'd be just as flippant about the demise of the kilt - or of any other form of traditional garb.

[Sqad]

Kvali! Kvali!.....just a topic for an exchange of opinions and views.

[Gromit]

Perhaps we should have had a Referendum to ask whether Punjabis be allowed into the British forces. A clear ‘No’ at the beginning would have settled the matter once and for all.

[kvalidir]

...lol and my opinion is we need a bigger teacup Sqadly :) x

[Sqad]

LOL...well there you go Kvali......."one man's teacup is another......"

( I have just made that up, but couldn't finish it:-))

[gness]

Man's Gazunder?.. ;-)

[tamborine]

He will stick out like the sore thumb he is!

[vulcan42]

The bearskin hats are still made with real fur. There is an annual cull of bears in Canada where thousands are killed to keep them in check. the brigade of Guards take 100 every year, other material has been tried but apparently nothing comes remotely close to matching the natural properties of real fur.