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Originally Posted by ken0042
However with your RCMP example, you are saying that the turban wearing RCMP member can do the exact same job as the (let's just say) white guy. The fact that the one guy is wearing a different object on his head in no way impacts his duties as a police officer.
In this case, why does one person's rights have priority over mine? I forget how the old saying goes but it's something like "your right to swing your fists in the air ends at my face." Meaning yes you can flail your arms in the air, but not at the expense of somebody else's rights.
As for who cares, how about those of us who often purchase alcohol?
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I purchase alcohol much too frequently, and I have felt the pains of trying to catch a cab at 2:00 am on First St. in the middle of winter many a time, but I would rather have cabbies out there taking care of those not drinking so that non-practising Muslims can be freed up to take care of my drunken friends and me.
Personally, I could care less if these cab drivers want to deny fares. If it's wrong to them, I would hate to see how they would drive/interact with their passengers if they could not distinguish between who they should or should not drive. Forcing these people to go against their beliefs doesn't exactly make me feel safe if I got into a cab.
As someone already mentioned, taking a cab is not a right - but practising your religious beliefs is. If some religion had to have human sacrifices, then yes, I can see that as compromising your rights, but a taxi? I don't think so...
Don't get me wrong, I think this situation sucks, especially considering 98% of the time when I take a cab I am intoxicated, but who I am to tell people what religious beliefs they can or can not follow?