News on the March: Sikhs take on Jay Leno for bad jokes

“From the lawsuit filed Tuesday against NBC and Leno, obtained by EW.com: “The publication and broadcast was libelous on its face and clearly exposes the plaintiff, other Sikhs, and their religion to hatred, contempt, ridicule…”
If a comedian is sued for bad jokes every Congressman will be affected. These Congressmen are sent to the Capitol Hill and what do they do? They peddle influence or drag their feet or make tall claims of their service to the nation. They make jokes of their ability to change it. They even think they are indispensable! Their bad jokes are evident in the manner small towns are disappearing and the middle class is in danger of being listed under endangered species. Newt Gingrich does not need a team of writers to come up with jokes. He can merely rattle them impromptu. Pardon my French.
Jay Leno should have hired some Punjabi for Sardari jokes and he would have made the entire Sikh community die laughing.
To ask what is under a diaper to a Sikh is like waving a red rag before a bull. Ask a Sardar what is his beard doing under his chin? He may answer in the most serious vein that it cannot grow on his turban. They are very logical and precise people. You ask him for a joke and he probably give you the punch line and leave you to fill out the blanks. Why he would do that? Because he has already made up the joke himself so he cannot take the trouble of repeating it. Or he has filched some one else’s joke and doesn’t want to be sued.
In India the Sikh community enjoys the National Monument status.
benny

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