To all people who try to remind me of my Sikh roots to justify their own religious hatred - PLEASE DON'T! I guess I ruffle many feathers when I speak about how certain politicians have failed our country. People take it personally. They think that I'm attacking Hindus. 'Because, if this government had not come to power, the Muhammadans would have taken over our country, and converted it to a Muslim state.' A statement I find highly preposterous and ill-reasoned. I would have understood if such statements were coming from uneducated, uncouth people, or those who lack common sense. But I can't understand when they are made by highly educated, seemingly intelligent people. How do they justify their ignorance? And then they tell me, 'How can you forget - Sikhism was created to fight Muslims?' No - Sikhism was not created to fight Muslims - it was created to fight injustice, oppression, and superstition. It was created to eradicate the caste system, to provide eq