Monday, January 9, 2017

Dreadlocks?

Easing rules on beards, turbans, hijab, braids, cornrows, twists, and locks:





http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-defense-religion-idUSKBN14P2AD

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  1. Canada has allowed turbans etc. for more than a couple of decades. It works well.

    In fact, our Defence Minister is a baptised Sikh. He wore a turban and beard while he fought the Taliban in Afghanistan.

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  2. And they have been allowed here for Sikhs for a while. I have no problem with it.

    What is that lobster pin he wears? I thought he was a Vancouver guy. Does he have a connection to the Maritimes?

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    1. What lobster pin? The pin he wears in a number of pictures looks like a Maltese cross to me. Likely his Order of Military Merit.

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    2. Definitely a lobster pin: http://www.ctvnews.ca/polopoly_fs/1.2667626.1448042498!/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_620/image.jpg

      Found this other article about a Security Conference he attended, saying it was a "Golden Lobster lapel pin, an honour bestowed on him by the Halifax Canadian Club." It was also worn by other attendees including US Senator bomb-bomb-bomb-Iran John McCain.

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    3. http://ipolitics.ca/2015/11/22/halifax-offers-a-last-stand-for-harpers-war-machine/

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    4. Ah, looks like camouflage to me. Likely marks him as owned by the arms merchant guild. I see his OMM pin above the Red Lobster.

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  3. All the legitimate concerns about beard and turban not being compatible with helmet and NBC mask can be solved with hardware adaptations.

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  4. Sven - Yes. And I understand this just gives local commanders the option whereas before it had to be blessed by the Secretary of the Army's office.

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