Some Sobering Lessons From Muslim Taxi Drivers (Dennis Prager Looks At Muslim Intolerance Alert)

Townhall.com ^ | 10/17/06 | Dennis Prager

[To Hell With Poverty]

tkathy wrote:

"Today's taxi drivers may well be tomorrow's suicide murderers. The taxi drivers may talk and smile during the day, while plotting to kill us all at night."

Indeed. Some of the 9/11 hijackers drove cabs in Boston.

[Alberta's Child]

One of the most important points to remember about this story is that it involves a group of people -- cab drivers -- who have long occupied one of the lowest rungs on this nation's socio-economic ladder. You don't read stories about Muslim doctors refusing to treat patients with dogs, Muslim engineers refusing to work for clients who consume alcohol, etc. This is because anyone who works a job that requires extensive education/training and an IQ above 70 would laugh at the silly, bizarre ideas that are the basis of the actions of these cab drivers.

The lesson to be learned here is this . . .

This is what happens when a modern nation like the United States becomes so thoroughly reliant on immigrants to serve as a source of cheap labor. The cab drivers who refuse to accommodate certain passengers have a lot of leverage here -- mainly because most people in this country have no interest in driving cabs.

[Fudd Fan]

This is not religion, it's mass hypnosis.

A cult. BINGO.

[ladyjane]

You bet and should those who are not bringing alcohol in the cab decide they don't want a Muslim driver?

You bring up an interesting question: Are passengers allowed to request a non-Muslim taxi?

[rogator]

"If they want to pick and choose their customers, especially to decide whom to allow into an enclosed space with them where mayhem might occur unwitnessed, I'm all for choice---and each person seeing to his own personal safety. You can still choose not to get into a particular cab, and we should uphold the cabbie's right to decline a fare."

Then cabbies should not be protected from competition as they are now.

Since the public has given them a franchise, they have an obligation to serve that same public without discrimination.

[Alberta's Child]

Here's a real sobering lesson to be learned from this -- and something that someone like Prager ought to think long and hard about . . .

How ironic is it that people like these cab drivers may not only be tomorrow's suicide bombers -- but that they may also be the most effective tool this country has in opposing the Left's radical agenda (i.e., abortion on demand, the "gay rights" movement, etc.)?

[CurlyDave]

You don't read stories about Muslim doctors refusing to treat patients with dogs, Muslim engineers refusing to work for clients who consume alcohol, etc. This is because anyone who works a job that requires extensive education/training and an IQ above 70 would laugh at the silly, bizarre ideas that are the basis of the actions of these cab drivers.

I disagree. You don't hear about it because no one brings a bottle of wine to a doctor's office, or an engineer.

[bruin66]

Prager == Clarity

[Jo Nuvark]

The issue is crystal Prager.