[lit-ideas] Re: British cab driver refuses ride to blind couple
- From: "Veronica Caley" <molleo1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2010 20:28:33 -0500
I didn't believe the bit about the "guide horse." But, see below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_sAFESUNqE&feature=related
Veronica Caley
Dearborn, MI
----- Original Message -----
From: Judith Evans
To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, November 27, 2010 4:04 AM
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: British cab driver refuses ride to blind couple
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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