Government apologises for NHS smoking poster featuring Sikh man

Because everything has to be PC and inclusive without actually understanding anything.

Ridiculous religious bollocks. There’s Muslims who drink, Sikhs who smoke, and Christians who wear blended fabrics.

In fact it’s a lot more damaging to pretend that these people *don’t* exist, a Muslim who has issues with alcoholism, or a Sikh who has issues trying to quit smoking might feel like that they can’t go for help because they might be ostracised by their community for doing so.

Its a shame the Government department has to apologise and instead cant just go stfu

Well clearly at least this man depicted does smoke. Maybe that’s why he wants to quit? Is the solution to addiction just becoming a Sikh?

This is so stupid.

As a doctor, I don’t care what religion you are. I’ll ask the same questions to everyone. Do you smoke? Do you drink? Because plenty of Muslims, Sikhs, Hindus etc do it!!!

So only show a pasty pale white bloke with a dad bod. Got it.

I’ve seen plenty of of Sikh’s have a quick smoke, same as I’ve seen plenty of Muslims have a drink or two, and plenty of Catholics using birth control.

Just because a religion bans something doesn’t mean the adherents aren’t still doing it, so yeah, you’d want to still target them with something like this.

The government of all people should know that only white people can be shown for bad things, diverse faces can only be used for good things.

In all seriousness though, it shouldn’t fucking matter who is on the poster, the guy should have been told to get fucked instead of caving and apologising.

Sectarian rubbish. We should be celebrating the wide diversity of the country not putting everyone into boxes

Literally the only people they feel comfortable insulting is White men.

It doesn’t bother me all that much that a religious nut has been acting like a religious nut and somehow claiming this is damaging to his religion/community despite him admitting there is an issue within it. Religious people being unable to see forest for the trees is par for the course.

It doesn’t bother me that the NHS used the image on the poster. I don’t take a huge issue with representation, even to the point of over-representation of minorities, except in circumstances where it’s apparent enforced representation comes at the cost of good product.

What bothers me is they apologised and deleted it instead of standing their ground and making it clear that there is support available for people of all colours and faiths. That was the right thing to do for this country and it’s people, that would be the best way to serve that community.

Shame on them for complaining about this, the whinging bastards. Surprising from the Sikh Community honestly.

But double shame on the government for treating it like a serious issue.

This is Britain’s problem with integration, we’ve allowed minority groups to develop a massive victim complex which leads to bullshit complaints like these and a feedback loop.

You’re either part of British society or you’re not, there’s no special a la carte section where you get to pick the bits you like.

Everyone who has immigrated to Britain has done so because it’s better than where they’re from. The price you pay for improving your family’s fortunes is you assimilate and drop the persecution complex.

Given the widespread problems with alcoholism in the Punjabi and in the Sikh community, would Mr Singh prefer to keep that buried too? Would he still feel offended if it was about alcohol addiction? I gather Sikhs aren’t meant to drink either but many of them do.

If anything, we should encourage those who might be ashamed of their addiction issues because of religious or cultural reasons to seek help.

This feels like a fauxpas more than anything else, although a I’m sure that left and right groups will make something of it for some gain.

That said, it’s right that the Government acknowledged this fck up.