[lit-ideas] Re: British cab driver refuses ride to blind couple
- From: Judith Evans <judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2010 09:04:11 +0000 (GMT)
it happens, Mike, here and in the US. Here it is illegal and has been since
2001 for any driver to refuse to take a guide dog. (I assume it is there,
too.) It's an offence under the (extended) Disability Discrimination Act. For
a first offence, it's simply a hefty fine.
It is an offence for any taxi driver to refuse to take a guide dog (simply
because it's a dog, for religious reasons alone) but since the law was passed,
it's (some) Muslims who still do it
and
it's an offence (same body of law, but 2007) for hotel and B and B owners to
turn away gays, but Christian couples still do it
>You're so eaten up with hostility for Muslims
indeed
Judy Evans, Cardiff
--- On Sat, 27/11/10, Mike Geary <jejunejesuit.geary2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Mike Geary <jejunejesuit.geary2@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: British cab driver refuses ride to blind couple
To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Saturday, 27 November, 2010, 6:35
Lawrence: "Would I be profiling if I guessed that this cab-driver
was Muslim? Europe News has the subheading, "No Tolerance for
Intolerance -- No Apology for Being Free." A bold statement, that, but
why not draw attention to the roots of this cab-driver's intolerance,
that is Islam?"
Moi: "Profiling"? I don't think so. More like expressing your bigotry. You
have no idea what the man's nationality or religion is or of the circumstances
at the time of the incident. You're so eaten up with hostility for Muslims
that you probably think Sarah Palin is a Muslim. She's not. She's a
Republican. That's worse.
Mike Geary
Memphis
On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 8:47 PM, Lawrence Helm <lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
http://www.lawrencehelm.com/2010/11/british-cab-driver-refuses-ride-to.html
Lawrence
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