Sikh rivals fight at temple in Austria; 16 injured

VIENNA – Sikhs wielding knives and a handgun attacked two preachers at a rival temple in Vienna on Sunday in a brawl that left at least 16 people wounded, police and witnesses said. A related clash later broke out in northern India.

Witnesses said a group of bearded and turbaned men attacked the religious leaders at the temple in Austria's capital and their followers moved to defend them.

The preachers were among the six people who suffered serious wounds and were identified by Indian diplomats and police as Niranjan Das and Sant Rama Nand. Police said both were out of danger after undergoing operations for gunshot wounds.

Everybody was praying and then it started with knives and a pistol," said Nermal Singh, bare-footed, his shirt bloodied and his head bandaged from what he said was a knife wound.

Witnesses said the perpetrators were fundamentalist Sikhs from a higher caste, who accused one or both of the preachers of being disrespectful of the Holy Book. Indian news reports said the attackers were incensed that one of the preachers was given a ceremonial shawl considered a high Sikh honor.

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Not long ago I wrote a small article that addressed the inherent dangers and some pit-falls as it were for 'forced' multiculturalism and the process of not assimilating. If you'd like to read them, here is the link: at American Age

And every form of greediness...

C'mon, we've all heard the expressions and the ugly part about it is that they are true. Another expression or cliché heard quite often is this one: "Oh everybody does it...but he was the one who got caught (Nixon immediately comes to mind here).

Folks the reality of the matter is that if there exist human nature, and many argue that there is no such thing as 'human nature' however; if it does exist it would have to be greed.

We have a short, simple, to the point exposé illustrating just how the love of money can indeed collapse an empire.

Individual(s)--Bernard Madoff, the former NASDAQ Stock Market chairman faced charges of organizing a ponzi scheme that biked away $50 billion from the investors and consequently he was arrested.

Organizations--Bear Stearns, Merrill Lynch, Smith Barney, Lehman Bros, Goldman Sachs, and several major banks have been the recipients of enormous sums of money not belonging to them.

U.S. Government--"700 Billion Dollar Bailout Fund To Meet Financial Turmoil Urges Congress To Make Fast Decision" was the headline; and here's what followed: The government of the United States has proposed for a 700 billion dollar bailout fund to meet the financial turmoil in the country. The U.S. President had urged the Congress for endorsing the plan without making much delay.

There remains one industry whose sole mission is to perform internal control audits allegedly under the strictest of procedures referred to as 'trust is bust' and 'if you say it's there...go get it because I need to touch it..." and so goes the mantra for these auditing giants.

This leads us to the forth category: The Big Four--Formally known as the 'Big 8', then the 'Big 6' and now through mergers and acquisitions, ah that's too polite...in the wake of the Enron scandal one of the Big 8 was charged with obstruction of justice when federal agents caught members of this huge company literally shredding documents.

The Big 4 are auditors with one mission in life: Make sure that no one gets away with anything, especially money! If you've ever been privy to, or endured one of these audits as long as the pennies and nickels line up there's nothing whatsoever to worry about right? However, if it's a penny out of line, these firms could be on premises for as long as it takes to find that penny or in most cases months after everything gets disclosed. But who is watching the auditors?

The sums of money being tossed here and there these last 2 years are just about inconceivable as counting the sands on the beaches! Most people cannot comprehend what a million dollars really is, so now it's hundreds of millions, billions, and anywhere between 5 to 10 trillion dollars.

A long, very long time ago a guy was writing to his friend and above all else he stressed this point about understanding humankind stating,

" Hey, we came into the world butt naked and when we leave the world it will be with nothing; just remember that those who want to get rich fall into traps like hookers, lusts, greed, and trouble beyond imagination that will plunge men into ruin and destruction...

My friend as far as I'm concerned, the love of money is the root of all evil." (1Tim. 6: 9-10)


Just a little post script: Anyone connect with this true story? Think of Governor Eliot Spitzer, Senator Smith, Senator Vitter, and their sexual appetites with boys and women prostitutes. Think of Bank of America and Merrill Lynch: The largest bank in America and the largest investment banking firm needing billions of dollars to stay afloat. Yet, this Bernard Madoff, absconding with 50 billion dollars of other peoples money (blatant theft) getting an ankle bracelet and house arrest is unthinkable!