The MEGASHOCK Saloon Thread 3: Chinder Chagger Edition

[MillionX]

Well, that's quite the story; I wonder how fast people started coming up with excuses like how she was abused as a kid or had an abusive boyfriend and that lead her to the point of cooking her babies to death.... because women are so perfect and blameless and everything bad is always a man's fault, of course....and maybe she could get by with 1 or 2 years in prison and get let out on "good behavior".

[Darc_Requiem]

4 hours ago, RSG3 said:

How do you know she hasn't done all that? I dunno man you talking like you know her personally. 

No, I'm just making a simple observation based on her attitude about her weight, the chances of her actually having a medical condition, and the likelihood that some outlet like TMZ would not have reported on any weight loss attempts. The fact that she doesn't think she has a problem is a bigger factor than the unlikelihood of a medical condition. If you don't think there is a problem, you aren't going to try and fix it.

[zatalcon3]

8 hours ago, Daemos said:

Let people live out their fantasies in peace? Street Fighter has always welcomed people from all walks of life, before it was cool and before it became weaponized as a wokeism in the US.

It's just, I feel SF needs to have an age limit or some kind of player control. I just watched JWongs youtube of him playing SF and he is getting fatter, uglier, and older by the minute. It is a pain to watch because of how ugly he is. I really think he should stop and find a new job or something, get proper grooming, and have some of that pork pie at Wholefoods. He is a visual example of the type of change I am hoping for many here, especially my boys stu, rsg, and darksakol. 


btw: clockwork looks fucking old and I am assuming SooMighty looks even worse. 

[Shakunetsu]

 

 

[VirginDefiler]

the what is a woman movie, its gotten over 100 million views in 24 hours.

itried watching the full movie but tapped out cuz its just a movie about idiots that cant tell the difference between fantasy vs reality. uh. see the problem with the peeps in the movie is this.

if the tranny says " i feel like a woman." there wouldnt be an issue.

the problem is if they say "i am a woman." which of course is false.

therefore its a movie about confronting idiots that think ignoring reality is ok. like a flat earther.

 

https://twitter.com/realDailyWire/status/1664424891372941312?s=20

 

https://twitter.com/i/status/1664424891372941312

 

and btw, ignoring reality isnt ok.

its actually dangerous,

its how the germans got themselves into deep trouble in the 1930s and 40s when they detached from reality.

 

 

Edited June 3, 2023 by VirginDefiler

[RSG3]

3 hours ago, Darc_Requiem said:

No, I'm just making a simple observation based on her attitude about her weight, the chances of her actually having a medical condition, and the likelihood that some outlet like TMZ would not have reported on any weight loss attempts. The fact that she doesn't think she has a problem is a bigger factor than the unlikelihood of a medical condition. If you don't think there is a problem, you aren't going to try and fix it.

No i get that, but without actual knowledge of her medical, whats the point in making comments about her ability to lose weight? Like I'm not even referring to a huge issue, like lots of people have trouble losing weight, even without Thighroid problems and shit. I'm not trying to make excuse for her, I'm simply asking why we as a society are so quick to shit on her while having very little knowledge about her personal medical problems. It's not like we are watching her YoYo like Oprah who can't keep the cookies out her mouth while touting weight loss programs. She makes fucking music. 

 

You know she wouldn't have voiced her feelings on her weight issues (a personal struggle) if people would stop attacking her for being fat. I understand it's low hanging fruit and shitting on her weight makes those people feel better about themselves because they didn't get to play a Crystal Flute or some bullshit, but like really, I think them dudes need to grow the fuck up. She's a music performer, not a porn star, her job isn't to make your dick hard, it's to make music. The fuck her weight got to do with...anything? But children won't leave it alone and she felt the need to comment about something she's honestly being harassed over. 

 

Her weight loss or lack there of is, frankly, no bodies business. 

 

Society gossips about famous people the way my grandmother gossiped about her neighbors while at the nail salon. It's way more embarrassing then Lizzos weight. 

 

Edit: Wasn't coming at you specifically, hope it didn't come off like that. 

Edited June 3, 2023 by RSG3

[RSG3]

32 minutes ago, VirginDefiler said:

and btw, ignoring reality isnt ok

Then stop doing it. They exist, have for thousands of yesrs. They are real, I'm sorry that shit gets so fucking under you skin, but grow the fuck up and move on.  Sorry their existence doesn't conform to your version of reality. 

Edited June 3, 2023 by RSG3

[Emptyeyes_]

24 minutes ago, RSG3 said:

Then stop doing it. They exist, have for thousands of yesrs. They are real, I'm sorry that shit gets so fucking under you skin, but grow the fuck up and move on.  Sorry their existence doesn't conform to your version of reality. 

Honestly, I like how fierce you are ever since I've registered here. It's admirable. A fire to it.

[DoctaMario]

3 hours ago, Darc_Requiem said:

No, I'm just making a simple observation based on her attitude about her weight, the chances of her actually having a medical condition, and the likelihood that some outlet like TMZ would not have reported on any weight loss attempts. The fact that she doesn't think she has a problem is a bigger factor than the unlikelihood of a medical condition. If you don't think there is a problem, you aren't going to try and fix it.

Part of it is that she's made her weight part of her personality. She has some new show about "watch out for the big girls" so at this point, she CAN'T lose the weight because it's tied to her paycheck.

[VirginDefiler]

1 hour ago, RSG3 said:

Then stop doing it. They exist, have for thousands of yesrs. They are real, I'm sorry that shit gets so fucking under you skin, but grow the fuck up and move on.  Sorry their existence doesn't conform to your version of reality. 

huh? whats existed for thousands of years? whos they?

[zatalcon3]

2 hours ago, VirginDefiler said:

the what is a woman movie, its gotten over 100 million views in 24 hours.

itried watching the full movie but tapped out cuz its just a movie about idiots that cant tell the difference between fantasy vs reality. uh. see the problem with the peeps in the movie is this.

if the tranny says " i feel like a woman." there wouldnt be an issue.

the problem is if they say "i am a woman." which of course is false.

therefore its a movie about confronting idiots that think ignoring reality is ok. like a flat earther.

 

https://twitter.com/realDailyWire/status/1664424891372941312?s=20

 

https://twitter.com/i/status/1664424891372941312

 

and btw, ignoring reality isnt ok.

its actually dangerous,

its how the germans got themselves into deep trouble in the 1930s and 40s when they detached from reality.

 

 

The real concern is that those lunatics aren't just teaching kids but are legally allowed to raise kids.It's fine to have adults be trans. It is a free country. However, the problem is the ideology that the left installed in it. 

For example the topic of "trans-men are proof that men can get pregnant". Stop with this BS, that person is only able to get pregnant because that person is a biological female. I honestly think trans people being legally allowed to raise kids is a major problem to the point that it is dangerous, mainly because that parent is a lunatic. 

https://twitter.com/ClownWorld_/status/1664857231643521024

Edited June 3, 2023 by zatalcon3

[Reticently]

I'm not a fan, but I'm perfectly content to see Lizzo thrive.

 

The only thing that bugs me about it is the number of people who cite Lizzo  being aerobically fit at that BMI like it's typical.

[Emptyeyes_]

31 minutes ago, VirginDefiler said:

huh? whats existed for thousands of years? whos they?

I don't normally engage in these sort of discussions, but I'll say my two cents. He was basically saying lgbt people as whole always existed, but sexual orientation or gender dysphoia, which both cases, even non gender confirming behaviors were all ruled as a mental illness, even today by many people still.

 

Being more neutral myself going forward with this, to the very same people who think this about "facts matter more than your feelings", then why are you "religious", why are you in a "two party system" where both sides lie and use you no different than the other? 

 

So, for me, if one side is living in fantasy, then the rest are. If nothing is true, but everything is permitted, then no one is any different than the other in inherently illogical thinking. You're just left with ignorance comfort, in which most comfort themselves in, for what is different than them.

Edited June 3, 2023 by Emptyeyes_

[zatalcon3]

12 minutes ago, Emptyeyes_ said:

He was basically saying lgbt people as whole always existed, but sexual orientation or gender dysphoia, which both cases, even non gender confirming behaviors were all ruled as a mental illness, even today by many people still.

Pedophiles, people who hump animals, people who want to change their race, people who think they are the reincarnated form some dude hundreds of years ago have always existed.. so what?

BTW. It is. The left is pulling all this bullshit that it isn't mainly because the politicans want as many "groups of people" so they can get votes.

[Emptyeyes_]

7 minutes ago, zatalcon3 said:

Pedophiles, people who hump animals, people who want to change their race, people who think they are the reincarnated form some dude hundreds of years ago have always existed.. so what?

BTW. It is. The left is pulling all this bullshit that it isn't mainly because the politicans want as many "groups of people" so they can get votes.

Well, hey, I just think your party is no different than them. People always wanna speak against someone or group, but get caught doing presumptive wicked things too. That's the point I was trying to make on self righteousness train of thought.

 

In red states from porn statistics, the very same people who are against this based on their religious beliefs, get caught watching it or engaging in it. Happens frequently enough.

Edited June 3, 2023 by Emptyeyes_

[iStu X]

[AriesWarlock]

Reminds me of a joke one of Gwar's members said about Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl about removing teeth so he can fit more dicks in his mouth

 

 

[zatalcon3]

7 minutes ago, Emptyeyes_ said:

Well, hey, I just think your party is no different than them. People always wanna speak against someone or group, but get caught doing presumptive wicked things too. That's the point I was trying to make on self righteousness train of thought.

 

In red states from porn statistics, the very same people who are against this based on their religious beliefs, get caught watching it or engaging in it. Happens frequently enough.

I don't know what you mean by "party". I'm not on the red, they have their own crazies such as the whole anti-vax and gun control nonsense. Both parties are on a seesaw of who is more retarded. It's groups that have possible affects on societies future, that affects the human nature we've evolved to have that is to be concerned over and right now, the left have had more ideologies that ends up looking much more insane than conservative ones at times. 

[Emptyeyes_]

Just now, zatalcon3 said:

I don't know what you mean by "party". I'm not on the red, they have their own crazies such as the whole anti-vax and gun control nonsense. Both parties are on a seesaw of who is more retarded. It's groups that have possible affects on societies future, that affects the human nature we've evolved to have that is to be concerned over and right now, the left have had more ideologies that ends up looking much more insane than conservative ones at times. 

Not on the red? You could've fooled me, but I'll own up to that assumption of mine. Why not trash both of them, then just one all the time? There just need to be a much favorable way of going about things.  I care about the future.

[AriesWarlock]

Medical students aren't showing up to class. What does that mean for future docs? - NPR 🤔

 

https://twitter.com/DrEricStrong/status/1664411759913074689

 

Dollar General’s cash-strapped customers are turning to food banks, CEO says

https://twitter.com/DisruptorStocks/status/1664374852537466881
 

[VirginDefiler]

1 hour ago, Emptyeyes_ said:

I don't normally engage in these sort of discussions, but I'll say my two cents. He was basically saying lgbt people as whole always existed, but sexual orientation or gender dysphoia, which both cases, even non gender confirming behaviors were all ruled as a mental illness, even today by many people still.

 

Being more neutral myself going forward with this, to the very same people who think this about "facts matter more than your feelings", then why are you "religious", why are you in a "two party system" where both sides lie and use you no different than the other? 

 

So, for me, if one side is living in fantasy, then the rest are. If nothing is true, but everything is permitted, then no one is any different than the other in inherently illogical thinking. You're just left with ignorance comfort, in which most comfort themselves in, for what is different than them.

that movie isnt about the entire alphabet community.

its just about the Ts and about how the T community demands that everyone else accept their feelings as reality. which it isnt.

 

 

i'll answer the question the film proposes. what is a woman?

its a real easy answer. so i dont understand why no one can answer it.

so i'll answer it.

 a woman is a homo sapien whos 4 trillion cells all have XX chromosomes engineered into them by nature.

its not rocket science. 

if you dont have 99% of your cells comprised of XX chromosomes sewn into them, then no. you arent a woman.

not so says i, so says biochemistry.

its not hard.

its a debate of feelings vs reality.

reality always wins. 

feelings can never replace reality or you open the potential for madness. and madness on a mass scale. is dangerous.

one day you accept a transgender's identifications as reality.

next day you accept a flat earthers feelings and conform to their feelings.

and the next day you accept someone's feelings of burning books instead of reading them.

 

back in the day. people accepted that its a good idea to burn books instead of reading them

then they accepted the false notion that jews were a "problem" that needed to get resolved.

next day your making lamp shades out of the skins of concentration camp victims.

its alot easier for mas madness to occur than you are willing to accept. its quite easy to get people into a mass detachment of reality.

 

easter island.

do you know the island.

hundreds of years ago. the 150,000 inhabitants got themselves into living a lie on a mass scale.

they told themselves " the trees dont matter, just the statues matter"

they cut down all of the trees on the island. since they used the trees to move and lift those giant statues.

the destroyed all the trees to lift statues.

and by doing so, eliminated ther only source of food.

needless to say. they died.

of starvation. the few that survived, turned cannibal.

when captain cook landed on the island. there were only 20 people left from what was once 150,000 people.

this is what happens when u think feelings>reality

 

another example of when feelings>reality goes wrong.

europe. middle ages. for some strange reason christians associated cats with witchcraft.

therefore in the middle ages. cats=evil or at least pagan.

they killed all the cats in europe.

with no cats around due to the people surgically removing the cat species from the ecosystem...the rat population exploded. the rats carried fleas and lice that carried the plague.

the plague due to this act of killing all the cats in europe, caused the plague to spread like wildfire.

next thing you know. 75% of all europeans died from the plague rampaging all of europe.

so yea. believing in or going along with bullshit, is dangerous.

you cant put feelings before fact.

its so dangerous it can even lead to mass extinction. even if u assume it wont.

the easter islanders found that out the hard way.

 

Edited June 3, 2023 by VirginDefiler

[iStu X]

[Emptyeyes_]

24 minutes ago, VirginDefiler said:

so yea. believing in or going along with bullshit, is dangerous.

you cant put feelings before fact.

 

Actually, I do know what a woman is. I do know what a man is. Whether you are trans or not, you can't ignore science. Was the issue politically motivated to where the movie was created? Yes.

 

Also, my reply to you is this is how humans work on biological nature itself. If you dismiss something as false, you dismiss what else cant be verified, considering the state of what the world is in now. That was basically my point. I knew the movie wasn't about the whole community. My reply is that mankind's history isn't that great in balancing out logic over feelings, but you've already covered further why that is. I just think it's one big mess personally.

[AriesWarlock]

Armenian-Americans standing up at a school

 

https://twitter.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1664761311291400192

Edited June 4, 2023 by AriesWarlock

[Emptyeyes_]

 

[Emptyeyes_]

 

[AriesWarlock]

 

[zatalcon3]

5 hours ago, Emptyeyes_ said:

Not on the red? You could've fooled me, but I'll own up to that assumption of mine. Why not trash both of them, then just one all the time? There just need to be a much favorable way of going about things.  I care about the future.

I have trashed the red before, but the red is more seasonal while the left are more frequent in spreading around their bullshit. There is more leftists here too, and most red guys will date a fat ugly girl while the left chose their hand instead. 

[Emptyeyes_]

 

[AriesWarlock]

 

 

[iStu X]

[AriesWarlock]

 

https://twitter.com/TheRabbitHole84/status/1665133799561199618

[Red Rock Candy]

6 hours ago, Daemos said:

Let people live out their fantasies in peace? Street Fighter has always welcomed people from all walks of life, before it was cool and before it became weaponized as a wokeism in the US.

Woke ideology is a mind virus that is trying to normalize sexual deviancy and its public display.  It's all about sexuality. They want these woke ideals in schools but sexuality does not belong there, a kids sexuality is nobodies business, if you disagree you may be a predator.  Woke ideals belong in the private bedroom and the most irreverent of R and M rated media. 

You're talking to a man that has openly admitted to having a passive interest in trannies back during his most depraved days but slammed the breaks and repented. There is a point where we have to just reel it back in. 

6 hours ago, Daemos said:

That eccentric and flamboyant host is a common trope embodied in many fictions throughout history including Street Fighter in its first animated movie. No women on Earth could play Ruby Rhod better than Chris Tucker in Fifth Element. So have a seat with your waifu hostess, this ain't hooters.

Critics panned the character of Ruby Rhod back then too. But yea I agree only Chris Tucker could play such an off putting character. I find neither Ruby Rhod or Eternity likable. I'm not dumping on them for being flamboyant, that would be stupid because I'M flamboyant. 

 

22 hours ago, Daemos said:

It's honestly pathetic how some of you see the world through the narrow lens of the US alone. You think the rest of the world is like you and views these tropes with the same American political volatility as you. Try leaving your little bubble and exploring the actual civilized and multifaceted world outside your borders.

I don't think you understand what multifaceted means but I get what you're trying to say and you are wrong. I'm not sure how you would know how I view the entire world through a few posts but I go out of my way to understand world events on a daily basis. I can tell you that yes, the rational world shares my view of that woke ideology needs to get tossed in the bin. Nations are trying to break away from  US dependency BECAUSE of the woke. Right now I am seeing people return to cultural and religious roots like Confucianism in China or Christianity in the west. @zatalcon3You were asking about end of world stuff, well the recent rise in Christian popularity might be the start of the Biblical church of the last days that has been foretold.  Spain has a conservative party that has seen patriots been socialists,  the French are telling Macron to piss off, Muslim students shut down an LGBTQ event in Belgium, oh and homosexuality just became punishable by death in Uganda. Admittedly I don't know everything but I guarantee I'm far from clueless, sir.

 

22 hours ago, Daemos said:

SF is a Japanese product first and foremost. If you want something more in line with your US sensibilities go play MK or whatever video game Republican rednecks are making for you - oh that's right, they don't know how to make art.

I read this multiple times and I just don't understand what you are trying to say.  Are you saying the Republican party is making Mortal Kombat? I'm getting some crazy mental imagery of Ted Cruz pitching fatalities to MTG, get this meme into AI voice generator. Maybe you are saying Ed Boon is a Republican? Has he ever said?  US Sensibilities...? MK11 outsold SF5 by 8 million worldwide.  Maybe you mean southerners can't make art, this can't be it because that would make you a sickening imbecile and I think you are smarter than that. 

 

23 hours ago, Daemos said:

Speaking of which, good luck trying to separate art from the influence of homosexuals. So much of what you take for granted in culture came from the hearts and minds of homosexual men and women - INCLUDING STREET FIGHTER.

This is a good point,  in fact I'm currently addicted to watching a gay mans cooking channel and have his cook book preordered.  

 

But yea great art dude. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[TheInfernoman]

WTF weekend! 

 

[Sonichuman]

People in a Kayak suddenly find themselves in a whale's mouth

https://twitter.com/shannonsharpeee/status/1664990278669971457

 

They did survive

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-thursday-edition-1.5790998/it-was-crazy-says-california-kayaker-who-was-engulfed-in-a-whale-s-mouth-1.5791001?__vfz=medium%3Dsharebar

[Sonichuman]

When you're so hell bent on being anti woke that you end up friendly firing the book that you use as a shield for everything

https://www.npr.org/2023/06/02/1179906120/utah-bible-book-challenge

[RSG3]

2 hours ago, Red Rock Candy said:

Snip

 

I just fired this game up and saw the character you're talking about. Couldn't be more thrilled he gets under your skin this fucking badly lol. Hope the next characters even more flamboyant and over the top, just for you. 

Edited June 4, 2023 by RSG3

[axeman61]

I'll never get why you people insist on arguing with idiots who are either trolling or just rock-brained. Even by the ultra-low standards of this "shooting the shit" site, there has to be a better use of time. Like, ignore them or laugh at them, and move on.

 

Off topic, I just got SF6 today. I've only had time to hit up tutorials and training mode so far, but even then it's already stomping the dogshit out of SF5 (for me personally; I didn't get that far with 5).

 

[Lantis]

I think the worst part of the trolls here is they're trying too hard to fit into their "gimmick" that most of their shit seems forced (repeating the same focal points over and over). Or maybe I've just grown too cynical to find their crap even remotely amusing

[axeman61]

That could be these types of people in general. Just like super-woke people are annoying due to being purity test bitches, anti-wokes are annoying due to spouting the same shit over and over again while claiming to be "free". It gets so grating I started just ignoring it.

Edited June 4, 2023 by axeman61

[MillionX]

Sometimes I miss those days of being into the fighting game genre... it just faded over the years as I got more into other types of games.  The only reason I enjoyed the last few Soul Calibur games was for the character customization, really... until the latest one ruined that with the constant loading times.  I still like the style of story presentation going on in the Mortal Kombat games though.  With Street Fighter... I haven't cared about that since SF4.  Part 5 was off-putting for how generally "ugly" it was...some of those character designs were awful...at least the female characters looked good but that's about the only visually positive thing, imo.

[Jion_Wansu]

On 6/2/2023 at 6:15 AM, AriesWarlock said:

VIRAL VIDEO: California high school teacher instructs students on how to get pleasure from anal sex, to buy sex toys from Target

 

https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1664298414291419136

 

 

https://twitter.com/MattWalshBlog/status/1664263579216773120

 

the full movie:

 

https://twitter.com/realDailyWire/status/1664424891372941312

 

Watched some clips from the full movie version. These medical institutions should be ashamed of themselves. It's all about the money. If you say it's not about the money then I have some beachfront property to sell you for free.

[Emptyeyes_]

Wow...

[AriesWarlock]

Black Farmers Association President: U.S. Gov’t Is Giving China Resources to Buy Our Farms

 

On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends First,” National Black Farmers Association President John Boyd Jr. reacted to a report by Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) and Open the Books that the U.S. government has given at least $490 million in U.S. grants and contracts to Chinese entities and another $870 million to Russian entities since 2017, including $1.6 million to Chinese food producers by stating that China is buying up American farms, “and this administration is giving them resources to do these types of things.”

Boyd said, “You know, when you look at what China is doing, they’re buying America’s farms. So, when I spoke about farm foreclosures, it’s operatives like Chinese organizations that are purchasing these farms right here in the United States. So, we can’t go to China and buy their farms, but they can come to right here in the United States and buy our farms, and this administration is giving them resources to do these types of things. Something is terribly, terribly wrong with this picture and we have to look at what’s really going on. The American farmer is suffering right here with the highest input costs we’ve had in our nation’s history for America’s farmers. We’re out here struggling and we’re managing to help countries like China and Russia, America’s two biggest adversaries.”

 

https://twitter.com/FoxNews/status/1665327578503081984

 

 

10-Year-Old Girl Has A Higher IQ Than Einstein and Hawking

And she's pursuing two engineering degrees.

 

 

https://twitter.com/IntEngineering/status/1665191647091519488

[Chadouken]

8 hours ago, Lantis said:

I think the worst part of the trolls here is they're trying too hard to fit into their "gimmick" that most of their shit seems forced (repeating the same focal points over and over). Or maybe I've just grown too cynical to find their crap even remotely amusing

I'll try harder to do better 😔

[AriesWarlock]

[J-ride]

Krugman is a doofus and has been one forever.  He's really consistently wrong and is mostly just a cheerleader for bad economic policy.

[Jurassic]

 

[AriesWarlock]

California bill would allow Sikh motorcyclists to ride without helmets

 

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-06-03/california-bill-would-allow-sikh-motorcyclists-to-ride-without-helmets

 

A bill proposed by California State Sen. Brian Dahle (R-Bieber) to allow those who wear religious turbans or head coverings to be exempt from state law requiring motorcycle helmets advanced in the State Senate last week.

Dahle, a former Republican gubernatorial candidate who ran against Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) in 2022, proposed the legislation after being approached by members of California’s Sikh community.

The Los Angeles Times notes that about 211,000 Sikhs live in the state, and that helmets reduce head injuries in motorcycle crashes by 69%. It also reported:

Eighteen states, including California, have adopted universal helmet laws since a federal safety penalty was repealed in 1995.

…

Dahle acknowledged concerns about road safety and said motorcycles generally don’t provide much protection, but said his bill’s focus is freedom of religious expression.

…

According to an analysis of the bill, Sikhs or other groups are not exempt from helmet laws in other states due to religious practices. Several provinces in Canada, including Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba and Ontario exempt Sikhs from helmet laws. Exemptions have also been granted in the United Kingdom and India.

The bill, SB 847, “would exempt from this requirement a person who wears a turban or patka as an expression of the person’s religious belief and practice when riding on a motorcycle, motor-driven cycle, or motorized bicycle,” according to the state legislature’s website.

 

Is this right? Law for all or none some say.

Edited June 4, 2023 by AriesWarlock

[Sonichuman]

4 minutes ago, AriesWarlock said:

California bill would allow Sikh motorcyclists to ride without helmets

 

 

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-06-03/california-bill-would-allow-sikh-motorcyclists-to-ride-without-helmets

 

A bill proposed by California State Sen. Brian Dahle (R-Bieber) to allow those who wear religious turbans or head coverings to be exempt from state law requiring motorcycle helmets advanced in the State Senate last week.

Dahle, a former Republican gubernatorial candidate who ran against Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) in 2022, proposed the legislation after being approached by members of California’s Sikh community.

The Los Angeles Times notes that about 211,000 Sikhs live in the state, and that helmets reduce head injuries in motorcycle crashes by 69%. It also reported:

Eighteen states, including California, have adopted universal helmet laws since a federal safety penalty was repealed in 1995.

…

Dahle acknowledged concerns about road safety and said motorcycles generally don’t provide much protection, but said his bill’s focus is freedom of religious expression.

…

According to an analysis of the bill, Sikhs or other groups are not exempt from helmet laws in other states due to religious practices. Several provinces in Canada, including Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba and Ontario exempt Sikhs from helmet laws. Exemptions have also been granted in the United Kingdom and India.

The bill, SB 847, “would exempt from this requirement a person who wears a turban or patka as an expression of the person’s religious belief and practice when riding on a motorcycle, motor-driven cycle, or motorized bicycle,” according to the state legislature’s website.

 

Is this right? Law for all or none some say.

I mean law for all usually but in this case the only thing that this exception will be hurting are the member of the Sikh.  They wanna ride around without helmets and just a Turban because of their religion?  Ok...I guess thats one way to be closer with your god.