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Turbans in the Gardai

themarcus · 2008-01-14 20:03:28

Hey, I don't wanna start a big argument or anything.... but I was wondering what the feeling is about that whole thing with the trainee reserve who was told he couldn't wear his turban last year? I was reading up on it a bit today. At first I figured it was definitely the right decision, since gardai shouldn't represent a…

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14-01-2008 9:03pm

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themarcus

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Hey, I don't wanna start a big argument or anything.... but I was wondering what the feeling is about that whole thing with the trainee reserve who was told he couldn't wear his turban last year?

I was reading up on it a bit today. At first I figured it was definitely the right decision, since gardai shouldn't represent a religion/ideology..... but after reading a bit more I'm really not so sure either way any more, I mean it doesn't seem like it would do anyone any harm...

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#2 14-01-2008 9:05pm
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This was discussed ad nauseum a while back.

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#3 14-01-2008 9:07pm
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http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055135729

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#4 14-01-2008 9:08pm
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Wishbone Ash wrote: »

This was discussed ad nauseum a while back.

All across AH and also politics/humanities too if I remember correctly.

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