# Holy shit! Sikh sword fight breaks out in temple!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 7, 2014, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-sikh-sword-fight-breaks-out-in-temple/690238 "2014-06-07T01:53:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Not\_Carlson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bc79bd/32.png) [@Not\_Carlson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_Carlson)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2014, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-sikh-sword-fight-breaks-out-in-temple/690238/1 "2014-06-07T01:53:55Z")
[Holy shit! On holy ground!](http://m.bbc.com/news/world-asia-27732780) > [@](#): > > Sikh groups wielding ceremonial swords have clashed in the Golden Temple in Amritsar in northern India. Now I’m interested to learn more about this schism. But mostly just . . . _Holy shit! Sikh sword fight!!_ ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2014, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-sikh-sword-fight-breaks-out-in-temple/690238/2 "2014-06-07T02:57:21Z")
I didn’t see any severed limbs. Must of been with dulled ceremonial swords. Still, its a shame that these people disrespected the temple. ---
**Author:** ![Not\_Carlson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bc79bd/32.png) [@Not\_Carlson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_Carlson)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2014, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-sikh-sword-fight-breaks-out-in-temple/690238/3 "2014-06-07T04:24:34Z")
It’s a shame that these people thought that they should solve their differences by cutting each other up! ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2014, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-sikh-sword-fight-breaks-out-in-temple/690238/4 "2014-06-07T04:46:09Z")
You know, that video really was much cooler than it should’ve been. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2014, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-sikh-sword-fight-breaks-out-in-temple/690238/5 "2014-06-07T04:54:54Z")
They didn’t remember what Ramirez taught them. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2014, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-sikh-sword-fight-breaks-out-in-temple/690238/6 "2014-06-07T06:23:30Z")
For every face you see in the photo, super impose the face of either Moe, Larry or Curly… ---
**Author:** ![blindboyard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blindboyard/32/2833_2.png) [@blindboyard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blindboyard)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2014, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-sikh-sword-fight-breaks-out-in-temple/690238/7 "2014-06-07T19:49:41Z")
Some of them seem to be fighting with eight foot long sticks. One of the ones inside has his sword sheathed as he fights with it. My favourite is the one on the stairs who swings with its sword and completely drops it. ---
**Author:** ![Bookkeeper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bookkeeper/32/281_2.png) [@Bookkeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bookkeeper)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2014, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-sikh-sword-fight-breaks-out-in-temple/690238/8 "2014-06-10T22:51:34Z")
> [@blindboyard](#): > > Some of them seem to be fighting with eight foot long sticks. > > One of the ones inside has his sword sheathed as he fights with it. > > My favourite is the one on the stairs who swings with its sword and completely drops it. Apparently, while there is a religious requirement to carry weapons, you don’t have to actually be any good at using them. The long sticks are probably lathis, the Indian equivalent of the quarterstaff and (as seen later in the clip) the traditional police crowd control batons. ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2014, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-sikh-sword-fight-breaks-out-in-temple/690238/9 "2014-06-10T23:39:51Z")
I hope someone can check in and tell us what they were fighting about. How come that one guy wasn’t allowed to speak? No city is safe after a visit from Anthony Bourdain. ---
**Author:** ![Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/les_espaces_du_sommeil/32/308_2.png) [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Les_Espaces_Du_Sommeil)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-sikh-sword-fight-breaks-out-in-temple/690238/10 "2014-06-12T10:20:42Z")
> [@blindboyard](#): > > …My favourite is the one on the stairs who swings with its sword and completely drops it. And then walks back upstairs really quickly. Oops :D. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-sikh-sword-fight-breaks-out-in-temple/690238/11 "2014-06-12T11:51:26Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I didn’t see any severed limbs. Must of been with dulled ceremonial swords. Good. If the swords were pointy, you’d end up with a bunch of holey Sikhs. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-sikh-sword-fight-breaks-out-in-temple/690238/12 "2014-06-12T13:32:07Z")
Religion. Gotta love it. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-sikh-sword-fight-breaks-out-in-temple/690238/13 "2014-06-12T13:48:24Z")
Huh. Turban unrest. ---
**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-sikh-sword-fight-breaks-out-in-temple/690238/14 "2014-06-12T14:07:47Z")
> [@Martian Bigfoot](#): > > Good. If the swords were pointy, you’d end up with a bunch of holey Sikhs. So instead they just beat the Sikh out of each other. ---
**Author:** ![Stana\_Claus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stana_claus/32/13874_2.png) [@Stana\_Claus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stana_Claus)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-sikh-sword-fight-breaks-out-in-temple/690238/15 "2014-06-12T14:42:26Z")
Maybe they should just play a rousing round of Hide and go Sikh, instead. ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-sikh-sword-fight-breaks-out-in-temple/690238/16 "2014-06-12T15:02:27Z")
There can only be one.