Muslim cab drivers refusing to pick up blind people

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2007-01-06 07:31pm

Darth Servo wrote:What exactly does the Koran (sp?) say on this topic? Are Muslims not supposed to come withing a certain distance of a dog or something? Somehow I seriously doubt it includes giving an "unclean" animal a ride in your car.

Even if it did, who gives a fuck? I think that people looking for Koranic reasons to criticize this behaviour are missing the point, which is that religious freedom has limits. You can't cite "religious freedom" as an excuse to harm other people, any more than the Southern slavocrats in 1850 had the right to cite the Bible to defend slavery.

Darth Servo · Post by **Darth Servo** » 2007-01-06 07:37pm

Darth Wong wrote:
Darth Servo wrote:What exactly does the Koran (sp?) say on this topic? Are Muslims not supposed to come withing a certain distance of a dog or something? Somehow I seriously doubt it includes giving an "unclean" animal a ride in your car.
Even if it did, who gives a fuck? I think that people looking for Koranic reasons to criticize this behaviour are missing the point, which is that religious freedom has limits. You can't cite "religious freedom" as an excuse to harm other people, any more than the Southern slavocrats in 1850 had the right to cite the Bible to defend slavery.

Of course and I agree that these muslims are assholes. I just want to know what the religion itself says on the matter. This sound to me more like a bunch of morons "extrapolating" a particular verse(s) of scripture much like the JWs do with blood transfusions.

Post by **Broomstick** » 2007-01-06 09:29pm

Darth Servo wrote:
Darth Wong wrote:
Darth Servo wrote:What exactly does the Koran (sp?) say on this topic? Are Muslims not supposed to come withing a certain distance of a dog or something? Somehow I seriously doubt it includes giving an "unclean" animal a ride in your car.
Even if it did, who gives a fuck? I think that people looking for Koranic reasons to criticize this behaviour are missing the point, which is that religious freedom has limits. You can't cite "religious freedom" as an excuse to harm other people, any more than the Southern slavocrats in 1850 had the right to cite the Bible to defend slavery.
Of course and I agree that these muslims are assholes. I just want to know what the religion itself says on the matter. This sound to me more like a bunch of morons "extrapolating" a particular verse(s) of scripture much like the JWs do with blood transfusions.

As I said earlier - the Koran comes down against ornamental-type pet dogs. It has nothing bad to say about working dogs, which in Mohammed's time would most likely have been hunting, guarding, or herding dogs. These days, Middle Eastern immans are usually positve towards those as well as mine-finding dogs. Seeing-eye dogs, as working dogs, should be entirely OK except to the ignorant dumbfucks who can't be bothered to understand their own religion.

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2007-01-07 01:40am

Especially given that the prophet was actually quite fond of both cats and dogs. (or at least the working/hunting/guard types)

Darth Servo · Post by **Darth Servo** » 2007-01-07 10:20pm

Broomstick wrote:As I said earlier - the Koran comes down against ornamental-type pet dogs. It has nothing bad to say about working dogs, which in Mohammed's time would most likely have been hunting, guarding, or herding dogs. These days, Middle Eastern immans are usually positve towards those as well as mine-finding dogs. Seeing-eye dogs, as working dogs, should be entirely OK except to the ignorant dumbfucks who can't be bothered to understand their own religion.

Even the original stuff seems like just another unjustifiable rule against anything that brings joy to life. What was it with these ancient dickheads that they thought life needed to be even MORE unpleasant that it already was?

Soldier of Entropy · Post by **Soldier of Entropy** » 2007-01-11 03:39pm

If they are so disturbed by the idea of being near a dog that they cannot even have one in their back seat, then they should have realized when they decided to become a taxi driver that they would probably have to have a dog in their car at some point and gotten a different job.

Darth Servo · Post by **Darth Servo** » 2007-01-11 07:15pm

Soldier of Entropy wrote:If they are so disturbed by the idea of being near a dog that they cannot even have one in their back seat, then they should have realized when they decided to become a taxi driver that they would probably have to have a dog in their car at some point and gotten a different job.

Anyone disturbed by anything in the back seat shouldn't become a cab driver. Period.

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2007-01-11 07:56pm

man that dead hooker in the back seat is dripping all over it

Zed Snardbody · Post by **Zed Snardbody** » 2007-01-13 02:51am

The Yosemite Bear wrote:man that dead hooker in the back seat is dripping all over it

We had the epoxy for a reason but noooo, you didn't want to bother with it.