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New in America: Not Muslim, No Taxi

Submitted by David Powell, Jan 9, 2007 12:52

Hey! So blind people get stranded at the airport when they get to a new town, people get dissed first thing on arival, and the word is "Why you have to do everything under our law, now that we are here. Yours means nothing now." BULL. If they want to live in a place like that, let them go home to where they came from. What I really want to know is where the people who throw a fit whenever a Christmas tree goes up are, I guess they don't have the guts to protest things which really hurt people. Or maybe they keep their fire limited to only one religion. Also, where are the Americans with Disabilities act people? Heck, where are the Feds? Prohibition ended in this country in the 1920s, for crying out loud - and isn't the word in the commercials to get a ride or a cab if you have had too much to drink?

What really gets me is that they are coming from impoverished hell hole countries to the best one in the world, and instead of saying "Hey! Great!" they are trying to turn it into something like the one they left. If they want that law, let them go back where they came from. No problem, they are free to do so, but if they live here, there are realities to living in the US, and you may not like some choices people make, but it is a free country. We already have laws here based in tolerance and respect for other beliefs. Those laws are too precious to throw away for a few cab drivers who don't want to integrate into society.

Finally - Refusing service? Is that like kicking someone out of the cab because they're black? Arrrgh.

Taxis? Bring back Latka and Professor Jim!


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Why doesn't some enterpenurial soul take up the gautlet and start their own taxi service to push these miscreants right... [MORE]

Jeffrey Geiser 

Jan 12, 2007 16:49

such drivers need to be removed from their positions. If they will not observe the equal access public service laws,... [MORE]

Dave petteys 

Jan 10, 2007 16:41

You may call your own taxi to pick you up at the airport in Minmeapolis. Many people use the company... [MORE]

paul 

Jan 11, 2007 08:24

Come on fellow north Americans, don't be racist like this. It only looks bad on you Americans. [MORE]

James Robinson 

May 27, 2007 11:55

Listen up Metropolitan Airports Commission, anywhere else these taxi drivers would lose the right to work the airport. Taxi drivers are... [MORE]

Al Griggs 

Jan 9, 2007 21:04

This piece is a transparent attempt to stir up prejudice against Muslims. No source is quoted. Nothing is verified in... [MORE]

Duncan Brown 

Jan 9, 2007 15:15

Hey! So blind people get stranded at the airport when they get to a new town, people get dissed first...

David Powell 

Jan 9, 2007 12:52

It is astonishing to me that there would be any question that the taxi driver had any right to refuse... [MORE]

Claude Broussard 

Jan 8, 2007 16:18

I read with great interest the article written by someone I can only assume is a Muslim, though that is... [MORE]

Keith Hoffman 

Jan 8, 2007 14:04

As you point out, this is not limited to the US. It is a problem face in Europe as well... [MORE]

T om Lemmen 

Jan 8, 2007 07:43

If the taxi drivers will not accept certain kinds of passengers because of the drivers' beliefs, they should not be... [MORE]

Sondra Eckstein 

Jan 9, 2007 03:31

Why is the ACLU not all over this. This is a separation of church and state issue if there ever... [MORE]

eric 

Jan 9, 2007 15:06

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