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David 
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| think positive wrote: | | David wrote: | Dream come true for the Daily Mail: Muslims behaving badly and The War on Christmas!
In all seriousness, of course the ham-wielders should have either been given their ride or passed on to the next driver at no cost. But it’s much more fun to have something to get outraged over, I say. |
So it’s ok to force someone to make a cake, but not someone else to carry shopping? Who knows how long the next taxi or Uber would be?
This is still a Christian country,(not that that matters but it is) even though I no longer buy it, ham is a legal product, therefore he discriminated against the customer. Forno good reason. They ordered the car, they waited, and got turned away for the most ridiculous reason. If he feels that strongly, he can go back to his pig free country. Ifhes an Aussie he should abide by Aussie rules and laws. No law against ham. .
Andfuck thathappy holidays shot! If your offended by our countries traditions, **** off! Try being offended by Muslim tradition in a Muslim country, they won’t tell you to **** off, they make you! |
I don’t think you read my post carefully enough, TP – of course I think he should have taken them (though whether the ideal resolution to this is that a) devout Uber drivers be commanded to take all Haram hitchhikers or lose their jobs or b) there be some mechanism to be able to decline on conscience and swiftly order a replacement is something I don’t have a strong opinion on, and frankly I don’t care).
What I do care about is that this non-story (missing out on an Uber ride and getting short-changed ten bucks is annoying but hardly a human rights violation) is going to be used as fodder for another round of online Muslim-bashing. That’s the only part of this story that isn’t funny. |
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think positive
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to be fair its pig hating muslim bashing. not all muslims!!
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stui magpie 
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| David wrote: | Dream come true for the Daily Mail: Muslims behaving badly and The War on Christmas!
In all seriousness, of course the ham-wielders should have either been given their ride or passed on to the next driver at no cost. But it’s much more fun to have something to get outraged over, I say. |
It hit more media than the daily mail and IMO it's more about Uber than Muslims.
A Muslim taxi driver wouldn't be able to refuse, unless he contacted base and got a replacement. What you had was an elderly couple stranded because they put their faith in a rideshare company and the driver stood them up.
I find your thought process that this could will lead to another bout of Muslim bashing, curious. I've seen the same before when activities that fit terrorism are first reported and social media is full of people hoping the perpetrator isn't Muslim instead of expressing shock, sympathy or anger about the incident.
I posted that as a bit of fun, but getting serious I don't give a fVck what your religious beliefs are , what prophet you subscribe to, what fairy in the bottom of the garden you take your life advice from. That dickhead had no right to do that and I also hope he loses his job or gets a serious rocket up his arse to say don't do it again.
I'd make him do a weeks community service mucking out sty's at a piggery.
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think positive
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Yup!
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David
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Unfortunately, the story is totally designed for overreaction. Most likely, now it’s been publicised, the couple will be refunded, and the driver probably will lose his job. Those are both reasonable outcomes. But I dare you to read the online comments and find out how many of them are specifically about a driver being unprofessional or a couple being ripped off as opposed to directing generalised abuse at Muslims. Once you’ve considered that, the next question to ask yourself is whether the Daily Mail and their tabloid fellow travellers are aware that they’re generating that reaction and whether that is affecting their decision to run the story (which is scarcely newsworthy) in the first place. And if you realise that that’s the only reason they are running the story, then you start to get some insight into how the editors of these publications think.
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I was i the drive in bottleshop of my then local in malvern when a muslim taxi driver refused to take a blind passenger because of his assistance dog. the publican called the cops and blocked the taxi.he was an ex cop and ho hosted a lot of blind cricketers.
The cops had a field day. Vision Australia has a zero tolerance policy. the driver had no taxi licence either. The owner had his taxi stood down for a spell and copped a heavy fine. the driver had breached and overstayed
his visa and kicked out . it never made the news the taxi mob didnt fight it.
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David
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It never made the news, but you know all this ... how, exactly?
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Wokko 
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| It's in the post, he was there. |
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David
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He claims to have been there when the taxi driver refused a ride to a blind passenger outside the bottleshop. The reason I’m sceptical (beyond RR’s general penchant for tall stories) was that he somehow knows what the outcome of the incident was, despite it not being covered in the mainstream press. For comparison, I don’t have the foggiest clue what happened to the people who were arrested for burgling my house a couple of years back, and that’s something that concerned me directly. So either RR knows everything and everyone (and just happens to be in the vicinity whenever stuff happens), or he has a ... strong creative streak.
It reminds me a bit of this *obviously not made-up* story here, which was being uncritically shared on Facebook a few weeks ago:
https://www.out.com/news/2019/12/03/rain-dove-just-gave-master-class-responding-transphobia
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Wokko
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Oh I wasn't passing any judgement on the validity of the tale, just the answer to your question  |
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stui magpie
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I did a couple of psych online tests today. Apparently I have Anhedonia and sociopath tendancies.
The good news with that combination would be, If you piss me off and I kill you, I won't feel happy about it.
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Skids 
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Joined: 11 Sep 2007
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Geez it's been warm, only 43 today after 45 yesterday, but the 7 day forecast looks a bit warm...
Tuesday - 29/45
Wednesday - 29/46
Thursday - 30/47
Friday - 30/47
Saturday - 31/47
Sunday - 31/48
ho ho ho 
It's actually cooler than December '18.... well so far anyway.
December avg 2018 - 26.1/44.1
December avg 2019 - 26.8/43.5
It's going to be close!
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David
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I wonder if perhaps this whole "capitalism" thing has gone a bit too far?
https://youtu.be/bU48DkVo7-E
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stui magpie
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Had a WTF moment this arvo, luckily.
Dishwasher is in the laundry, haven't used it in at least 12 months. Decided to wash all the Christmas dishes in it, so turned it on and put some dishwasher cleaner in first, started to turn around and walk out, then the WTF moment.
Hang on, I never had that plumbed in, where the hell is the drain hose? Quick check, washing machine goes into drain spot, no sign of dishwasher hose.
Turn dishwasher off, pull out from wall, reach down behind, find drain hose, wrestle it out from under washing machine, plug it into drain spot, replacing washing machine, turn back on and go drink some more.
Glad I still had enough sense.
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Wokko
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Under socialism that could be a breadline instead. |
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