Posted on 08/16/2007 9:53:10 AM PDT by Alouette
So you support discrimination. Guess Bill O’Reilly was right.
mud slime bump!
This was in Canada. What's that have to do with it?
You have the driver of a public conveyance refusing to provide service to an American citizen because the driver personally dislikes and disapproves of an inseperable part of the rider's existence.
I guess I just don't see a problem with this. I would sort of prefer to live in a society in which people are free to associate with only those that they choose.
I don't care one way or another. But I support a person's right to associate only with those that they choose.
His ski instructor dog told him.
Once upon a time an old man named Paul died. His best friend, his dog Dude, died at the same moment. They had been companions many years.
The old man found himself walking along a country lane with his dog.
He came to a gate in the lane. Standing by the gate was the best specimen of manhood the old man had ever seen. It looked like there was a party going on in the yard of the house, which was one of the grandest the old man had ever seen.
The man standing beside the gate said, "Paul we've been waiting for you. C'mon in and sit down."
Paul asked, "What is this place? The house and property are the best I've ever seen."
The man by the gate replied, "This is Heaven and the party is for you."
Paul started to walk in but the man told him, "Sorry, but your dog can't come in."
Paul looked at the man, the house, the property, and Dude, his dog.
He finally said, "Well, c'mon Dude, we'll just walk along the lane then."
As they walked along they came to another gate.
Standing beside this gate was a gentle looking man, dressed all in white. On the other side of the gate a gentle mist seemed to carress the land, which looked like the very best property ever seen anywhere by anybody.
The man standing beside the gate said, "Welcome Paul. You've reached your destination."
Paul asked, "What is this place?"
The man in white said, "This is heaven."
Paul asked, "Can my dog, Duke, come in with me?"
The gentle man said "Why, of course. We welcome all animal friends here."
The gentle man asked Paul, "Why didn't you enter the other gate earlier where the big party was going on? They told you that was heaven too."
Paul told the gentle man, "well, I'll tell you, when they told me I couldn't bring my friend, Duke, along I wasn't about to leave him behind."
The gentle man told Paul, "It's good that you're faithful to your friends. That other place was Hell."
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I heard this story a long time ago. Your comment just reminde me of it.
Religious belief? Ok, where in the Quran does it say you must not accommodate blind people with guide dogs?
If your religion does not permit you to DO your chosen job, choose a new profession. Do not discriminate against the blind and tout your own legal code.
They believe that angels will not visit homes that allow dogs inside.
Would it be okay if a white supremacist called for “another” cab when he sees a black man flagging down his cab?
LOL, actually though, I’ve seen blind people ski at Winter Park. They have a big program there for handicapped skiing.
I didn’t know that, thanks.
Is that chicken halal? Did an Imam say a prayer as it was killed?
You want him to eat kufir chicken? That is an OUTRAGE.
Ask the imam has all sorts of questions answered.
Including a lot about passing gas.
http://islam.tc/ask-imam/index.php
And I agree that more people should be able to drive a cab and not fork money over to the city for the “privilege”.
A 15 minute wait is a blessing.
Read this on islam-watch.org, I’ll try to paraphrase.
Suppose a muslim winds up in the emergency room and needs blood transfusions. The Red Cross (”how dare you mention crosses, infidel!”) screens donor blood for every known communicable disease, but, uh, last time I donated, they didn’t ask if I consume pork.
In other words, ol’ Achmed Al-Muzzi Al-Raghedd is going to wind up with blood of pig-eater coursing through his veins. If he gets mine, anyway.
(Oh, dear, that’s next. Muzzies will demand pig-free blood. Then let them set up their own #$%&x!! islamic blood banks!)
There is a twilight zone that tells that story. It was on just a couple of days ago on the Sci Fi Channel.
In it, a man drowns trying to save his hunting dog from a coon. He finds himself walking along a road, and comes to a turn. The man at the gate invites him into “heaven”, but tells him he can’t bring the dog.
The old guy says he’ll just keep walking along then, and finally comes to the real heaven, where he’s told in hell thay can’t let the dog in, because he’ll know right away from his sharp nose he’s in the wrong place.
If you have a chance take a look for it. It’s sort of cute. TV used to be so good.
Absolutely, but it's more than just courtesy. Clearly, there are several jobs that true muslims shouldn't be doing, such as cab drivers, clerks in liquor stores and grocery stores or any other place where alcohol and pork is sold, to name just a few. But, to take that job and then discriminate against those who are smart enough to not be muslim is or should be illegal.
I would certainly have to consider whether or not a person is a muslim if such a thing would interfere with their ability to do the work I'm hiring them to do. That's not discrimination, being racist or bigoted or whatever. Why should I hire someone who isn't able to do the work?
How would he know?
Guide dog organizations give each blind recipient several weeks of training (at least The Seeing Eye, in Morristown, NJ does).
Included in this training is recognizing the sound of cars, recognizing patterns of vehicle movements, etc.
So it's likely the man would be very attuned to the way taxis move about a taxi stand, especially if he travels a lot.
He also probably could hear people down the line from him getting picked up, as they spoke with the cab drivers and put their luggage in the cab.
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