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You're joking, right?
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No.
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You aren't drawing parallels between homosexuals and people who choose to drink, are you?
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I'm drawing parallels between two different groups of people being discrimated against. What does it matter what the discrimination is based on? Sure, one is more severe that the other, but that the point of the analogy. You did the very same thing on page 2 of this thread when you said:
"Would you say that it is wrong for Christian cab drivers to deny fares to murderers?"
You aren't drawing parallels between murders and drinkers are you??? Oh my God, how dare you?!?! The humanity! Don't be such a hypocrite.
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I am not even going to touch that can of worms, but just so you know, it is illegal to judge someone based on their sexual orientation, as it is something they are born with.
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No it isn't. If you chose to be ignorant enough to base your judgements of people based on their sexual practises then you are free to do so. You are equally free to judge people based on your personal religious beliefs as the cabbies are doing. What we are talking about here is denying them a service based on these judgements. So my original analogy still stands, which you didn't address at all. Instead you just skirted around the issue by questioning my integrity. Attack the arguer, not the argument. How very "neo-con" of you. For someone that critizes them so much, you sure took a page right out of their playbook.
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Judging people based on their actions, such as getting wasted, is the way it should be and is anything but illegal -
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You can judge people on whatever you want, as I just pointed out. But can you deny them your services based on your judgements? That's the whole point, which you really like to avoid. And as an aside, here, once again you take things to exteme. Where I said "consuming or transporting alcohol" you replace it with "getting wasted". Can you argue in a reasonable fashion or do you always have turn into a drama queen at every possible turn?
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Just so you're up to date with the 21st century.
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Thanks for the update, Big Ben.
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As far as I know, Christians are allowed to interact with homosexuals... marrying them is a different story. Muslims are not supposed interact with those who possess alcohol.
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Do you honestly believe there isn't a fundamentalist Christian organization out there that doesn't forbid it? I bet you wouldn't even have to look that hard to find out. Looks like you are the one that needs and update with the 21st century.
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Of corse there are going to be situations where religion and rights conflict each other - I suggest you read the thread, and take note of the numerous times that riding a cab is not a right whatsoever was mentioned. The only time that you can use that argument is when there is a blatent breech of someone's rights - such as human sacrificing... not catching a cab...  |
Where did I say riding a cab was a right? I'm talking about denying a service to someone because your religious beliefs. Did you even read the original article? The same cabbies refuse to give rides to transgendered people? Is that okay with you too?
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I hate to break it to you, but what "people choose to do in their own personal time" is exactly what everybody should be judged on. If you kill a person in your "personal time" you're telling me that you shouldn't be judged on that?!?!
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You certainly have an obession with "judging", that's the fourth or fifth time you've used that word now. Where in my original post did I say anything about judging? That's right: nowhere. You twist the what I actually said, so you can actually come up with arguments. Certainly makes arguing easy when you can just make things, doesn't it?
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Oh, that's rich!
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The only thing that's rich here is the way you argue. Seriously. Read my post again and then read yours. You don't address anything in it. Instead you just make things up to argue with that I didn't say in the first place. But way to make yourself look like a hero.
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The only thing anyone SHOULD be judged on is what they do under their own free will.
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Judging? Is this a new theme for you? I don't think I've heard you mention this yet....
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Thanks for the good laugh!
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Trust me, the laughs are on you.