Airport Check-in: Fare refusals in Minnesota(based on Islam)

USAToday | 09/18/06 | Roger Yu

[Pikamax]

I would be raising hell if this happened to me. can't post link but not surprisingly the airport officials are folding.

[WorkingClassFilth]

You moderates give conservatism a bad name.

[nj26]

"I don't see how the customer is inconvenienced. Just get in the next cab. The cabbie pays a heavy price for his conscience by having to go to the end of the line and wait again for hours."

Don't you see the irony? If white cabbies were refusing Muslim fares, wouldn't they be crying bloody murder?

How many people are drinking a beer as they get into an airport cab? This is Minneapolis, not Las Vegas. These Muslim cabbies are obviously just profiling and guessing about who's carrying liquor.

Maybe American-born cabbies need to stop carrying fares that they suspect of beating their 17yo wives for not walking 10 feet behind them.

[LurkedLongEnough]

Outrageous! Glad you posted this. I'm sure we'll be hearing more about this type of lunacy as time goes on.

A muslim cab driver tried to convert my spouse to islam during the trip from National Airport to the District. Muslims in America simply will never adjust to different religions living in harmony as long as they are uberdominated by islamo-fascist leaders.

In chapter 2 we will see muslim men protest America's refusal to grant them the standard muslim monopoly on babes.

[Viking2002]

I know, we're such equivocating milquetoasts. ;-)

[nj26]

"Shouldn't all business owners have the right to refuse service to anyone, for any reason?"

Try refusing service to a minority customer as a white business owner without a good explanation, and see where you end up.

[Toby06]

But that owner should have the right, right? I know they don't, but they should.

[nj26]

The outrage of this article is that the Muslims are bringing their same intolerant beliefs to our shores.

Due to our open borders policy and the dereliction of our Republican leaders in their Constitutional duty to secure the borders.

The first step is refusing fares that "might" be carrying alcohol.

The next step is fire-bombing the bars, as they do in Baghdad.

These people disgust me. We need to keep them out of our country.

[Michael Barnes]

My first impulse would be to drag them out of their cabs and beat the shit out of them, on the spot. But, that's just me.

Get out of my head!

[Toby06]

I don't argue that one bit, and agree. It wasn't my point though.

[LukeL]

I would have the cab driver take me through McDonalds so I could order a Mcrib.

[Alouette]

Well, I for one do not want to ride in a cab driven by a Muslim.

I'll just carry a can of Bud around with me.

[Nihil Obstat]

What do muslims have against alcohol anyway? Are they afraid drinking will make them anti-social and violent?

[MonroeDNA]

If someone can refuse a passenger for carrying alcohol, someone can refuse a passenger for wearing a turbin. Or a burka. Or speaking anything except English.

As long as this is true, it sounds good to me.

[Michael Barnes]

HA! If only that were true..I know a few cops in large cities that say homosexual domestic desputes are very violent compared to married folks or M/F (un-married) couples domestic's.

[nj26]

Next time I grab a cab in Minneapolis, I'll be sure to bring my Merle Haggard CD and a loudspeaker:

I hear people talkin' bad
About the way we have to live here, in this country
Harpin' on the wars we fight
An' grippin' 'bout the way things oughta be

An' I don't mind 'em switchin' sides an'
Standin' up for things they believe in
When they're runnin' down my country, man
They're walkin' on the fightin' side of me

Yeah, walkin' on the fightin' side of me
Runnin' down the way of life
Our fightin' men have fought and died to keep

If you don't love it, leave it
Let this song I'm singin' be a warnin'
If you're runnin' down my country man
You're walkin' on the fightin' side of me

[Alouette]

Remember the last time you saw somebody carrying a six-pack or box of Franzia off the plane?

It's quite common for international arrivals to carry their purchased from the duty-free shop.

[nj26]

Next they'll be refusing rides to women wearing miniskirts.

This has to end or they will destroy our nation.

Paging Ann Coulter for a test case...

[codercpc]

In the past few days (I know I am a slow learner) I have this dreaded feeling of the great religious war, with the Muslims trying to take over the world.

But having said that, I really want to know what the difference between this and the pharmacist who refuses to dispense birth control based on his religious beliefs? I am 100% behind the pharmacist, so I must also agree with the taxi drivers right to deny service (it's not like there are not other taxis available). One thing I hate is hypocrisy.

[doc1019]

I always look for Sikh drivers when possible, you know, the ones with the hugh turbans? They will not cheat you and would protect you to the death if necessary because you are their charge during the cab ride. They don’t care what you might be carrying (e.g. booze) or who you are and usually will wittily banter with you during the ride if you want to (or remain silent if that is your wish). Their only purpose is to please the customer (rider) and get them safely to their destination.

Unfortunately they are not everywhere, would make cab trips less stressful.

[ARealMothersSonForever]

The good old days are gone. Who would ever think that we would pine for the days of a hammered Irish, Russian, or Romanian cabbie? The Nigerian cabbie that I used a few times for rides to and from the airport could NEVER smell alcohol on a customer's breath. It was not because Mahboob did not have a nose. He was simply too stoned.