Sewa Singh Mandla, chairman of Sikh Gurdawas, said he did not condone what had happened at the theatre but protesters had been provoked.
"The problem is that the entire play is in a Gurdawa and a Gurdawa is a sacred place of worship for Sikhs.
"The play depicts sexual abuse, homosexual activities, rape and murder. In real life these things do not happen in Gurdawas."
Anthony said:It is absolutely woeful and entirely infuriating. A play, written by a Sikh and enjoyed by members of the Sikh community, is having to be closed down (the theatre has decided to end its run) because a bunch of ignorant peasants choose to violently protest about it. Apalling.
This sort of behaviour would only be encouraged should the Bill Banning Incitement for Racial Hatred be followed through by Parliament, and we will be seeing more and more people protesting over certain plays they dont like, over novels they can't stomach.
Pathetic and reprehesinble. If they don't like it they can go elsewhere.
Ant.
AcrobatMan said:First it happened in France. , now they want to dictate British law.
dandy said:i guess that would be the perception seeing that no one is even allowed to talk about it. it scares me when people say things like this, "oh, those kinds of bad things don't happen in our community." they happen everywhere, unfortunately.
censorship is always bad, especially when it serves to silence people who may not have a voice to tell what's happening to them behind closed doors.
i agree, if you've got a problem with the play, don't go see it, but that's no excuse for violently protesting against it.
indra said:Sadly the violence worked. The protesters got what they wanted. Makes me wonder what they are afraid of.
U2@NYC said:People have too much free time to complain about everything these days... I hate complainers
Anthony said:
foray. I was looking at your present the other day - I'm still incredibly grateful. How come I can't PM you?
Ant.