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All such issues are the result of those Sikhs who seek an easy option in Sikhi. e.g., transition from handwritten Larrivaar Saroops to mass printing of pad-ched Saroops. Majority of Sikhs follow and project every aspect of Sikhi in a very watered down manner.
I just re-read my own statement and felt that it is unclear. What I meant is that a majority of Sikhs project themselves and every aspect of Sikhi to the world in a very easy going manner. There is no Anakh left in most Sikhs. One prime example is transition from Larrivaar Saroop to Pad-ched Saroop. Earlier Larrivaar Saroops used to be hand written, and very less in number. A lot of Sikhs used to be in Seva of Guru Sahib's Saroops. After Pad-ched saroops started being printed, the number of Saroops increased in an unprecedented way. Today there are so many Saroops that people have now taken it for granted. The general Sikh masses now do not have the same regard and fear in their hearts for Guru Sahib. At many places, there isn't even a single Sikh in Seva of the Saroop. So many cases of Beadbi happen that we have now gone numb to any such news. There was a time when the news of Beadbi of Guru Sahib's Saroop used to cause an uproar. Would all of this have happened if Sikhs maintained the tradition of handwritten Larrivaar Saroops? If not handwritten, printing of only Larrivaar Saroops would've ensured possession of Saroops only by devout Gursikhs, rather than any random person.
Same argument goes for Kirpan, rather, the reason why one starts to wear Kirpan, i.e., Amrit Sanchaar. At Amrit Sanchaars organised by most Jathebandies in India, anybody can go and take Amrit. There is no screening of the Abhilaakhis. As a result, it has become a common sight to see Amritdhari Bibian roaming around bareheaded, not even having a Chunni, wearing revealing clothes and makeup, and they still have the audacity to wear Kirpan visibly. Not to mention Dastar wearing Singhs and Bibian participating in fashion shows wearing all sorts of western clothes and posing inappropriately for photographs. What would a non-Sikh think of us? Would they ever realise how much regard and love a Sikh holds for Kirpan or Dastar? How would a non-Sikh ever realise the value of our articles of faith, when we ourselves hold no value for them in front of the world.
The purpose of the above message is not to bring up negative thoughts. The purpose is to highlight the fact that due to our focus on building quantity rather than quality and due to our easy going attitude towards Sikhi, we are getting Chhittars from everywhere. We have lost Guru Sahib's support due to our own mistakes. Guru Sahib kirpa karan.
ਸਤਿਗੁਰਬਚਨਕਮਾਵਣੇਸਚਾਏਹੁਵੀਚਾਰੁ॥