My Sikh neighbour was asking me about turbans and airport security yesterday. I told him that Americans had basically decided to disregard the religious rights of Sikhs and would begin physically removing their turbans at security checkpoints. His reply in Punjabi ran something along the lines of, and I'm paraphrasing... What do they hope to find in there? a certain private body part belonging to their sister? (you have to know Punjabi to really appreciate the comment).