Apples and Oranges

Submitted by Steve (United States), Oct 12, 2006 at 21:27

You are completely mixing apples and oranges. In the case of a dry county it is dry to booze SALES not possession. Secondly, those are dry counties because the VOTERS have elected to make them dry counties by a MAJORITY of American voters there. The other religions that forbid the use of alchohol are not telling their followers to ignore service to those who might possess booze. Furthermore, these cab drivers are not independent businesmen. They have a government franchise that limits their competition and regulates their rates and as such are subject to regulation about being non-discriminatory.

Isn't it interesting how only Moslem MSP cab drivers find this a problem and Moslem cab drivers elsewhere in the WORLD don't seem to have an issue? Furthermore, why doesn't Emerates airline or Saudi's airline have the same prohibitions???

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