So, there's an article making the rounds on the web news sites that on this topic: (headline is linked)
Strife surrounds Muslim drivers who won't serve passengers with alcohol
(in this particular case, linked article is from MSNBC, originally from Associated Press)
And what I would ask readers here is who the heck is standing up for the rights of the cabbies? Where's the usual crowd of people that would cry about the trampling of a person's rights to cry over why these cabbies must forego their own rights in order to continue to hold the jobs that they have previously held?
What happens when one of these cabbies pulls up to a corner, sees a suspicious looking individual who may or may not be carrying a weapon, but then is forced to pick up the individual for fear of losing their job or being severely penalized thanks to the laws passed by the governments that are trying to look after the rights of the drunks or persons that are carrying alcohol on them even though the cabbie would prefer not to deal with that individual?!
While I feel for the people that might be severely inconvenienced by not being able to get a cab ride when they need one, it is their own choice to consume alcohol or to be carrying alcohol and the results of that choice could be that they'd have a difficult time finding a ride via cab when they need one. No one told those individuals that they had to drink, or had to be carrying alcohol. They choose to do so. And that choice might cost them a ride. Booo stinkin' hoo for them if it does.
