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Naldo
10-10-2006, 12:19 PM
An interesting story reared it's head today.

http://www.startribune.com/462/story/709262.html

So muslim cabbies in the Minneapolis area are refusing to carry passengers that have alcohol on their persons.

I heard this story on the radio and apparently there are even some cabbies that are refusing to pick up blind/disabled people that have seeing-eye/assistance dogs. (apparently the Koran forbids hanging out with dogs in addition to alcohol).

So what I'm wondering is, who is more intolerant? The city that tells a cabbie he can't discriminate against those with aid animals? or the city that tells the public they can't discriminate against the muslim cabby? How far are these practices to be accommodated?

And how is this different than a christian pharmacist refusing to fill a prescription for b.c.?
Samurai
10-10-2006, 12:28 PM
Already a pretty long thread on the subject here: http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=146976
Hoss
10-10-2006, 12:33 PM
It would be interesting to know the specifics of who actually owns the cabs, the agreement they have with the airport, etc. However, there are all kinds of places and businesses that don't allow you to posses or carry alcohol. I think the seeing eye dog issue is more problematic since there are federal laws protecting the rights of the disabled.

Right now this seems like a market issue. If more than half the cabbies are Somalian Muslims, then my guess is that they control the market for Taxi drivers. If you want to have Taxi drivers, you need to do as they say.

As far as the comparison with the pharmacist, I don't see much of a difference. In both of cases, until there is some sort of legal action, it is a matter of the market and the employers willingness to tolerate the behavior.
Hoss
10-10-2006, 12:34 PM
Already a pretty long thread on the subject here: http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=146976


Thanks for posting the link
Naldo
10-10-2006, 12:53 PM
Yeah thanks Samurai, didn't see that one.
Shellhead
10-10-2006, 12:56 PM
Yeah thanks Samurai, didn't see that one.

There is also a thread just about the so-called prohibition cabs:

http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=146608