Sikhs Seethe After Jay Leno 'Golden Temple' Gag

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Sikhs Seethe After Jay Leno ‘Golden Temple’ Gag

By Vicious Babushka

Religion • January 2012 • Views: 1,355

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The US has defended comedian Jay Leno’s right to free speech after India condemned a reference he made to the holiest Sikh shrine.

A Leno skit showed the Golden Temple of Amritsar as the summer home of Republican candidate Mitt Romney.

Mr Romney has faced questions over his wealth and many Sikhs are angry the temple has been depicted as a place for the rich.

The Sikh community has launched an online petition over the comment.

An Indian minister called Leno’s comments “objectionable” and said “freedom does not mean hurting the sentiments of others”.

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Achilles Tang Tue, Jan 31, 2012 6:18:44am

An Indian minister called Leno’s comments “objectionable” and said “freedom does not mean hurting the sentiments of others”.

Oh yes, it damned well does!

Genshed Tue, Jan 31, 2012 7:13:49am

Given that the joke was ‘Rmoney is an obscenely wealthy plutocrat, for whom a golden temple would be a summer home’, not ‘Rmoney is secretly a Sikh’, their displeasure is misplaced.

They ARE the ones who named it the Golden Temple, aren’t they?

CuriousLurker Tue, Jan 31, 2012 10:33:14am

An Indian minister called Leno’s comments “objectionable” and said “freedom does not mean hurting the sentiments of others”.

Freedom of speech definitely protects objectionable comments—be they about religion, ethnicity, whatever—but that doesn’t necessary make them commendable. Anyone who has ever flinched after having an epithet spat at them can attest to that. I don’t watch Leno, so I don’t know what he’s said about Sikhs in the past, but this doesn’t seem especially egregious to me.

People use “Mecca” all the time: gambling Mecca, shopping Mecca, surfing Mecca, fashion Mecca, etc. I don’t take offense at any of those even though the activity being referred to is often something decidedly distasteful to Muslims. *shrugs*

Velvet Elvis Tue, Jan 31, 2012 10:35:32am

It’s about time somebody sued him for not being funny.

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