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gsxr750r

Joined: 29 Jan 2007
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Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 4:09 pm Post subject: Moslem cab driver/ESL teacher runs over students |
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They had disagreements over religion, so he ran them over.
Tolerance?
Look at the last line of the piece:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,252783,00.html
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| She noted that he also teaches English as a second language next door to the cab company. |
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huffdaddy
Joined: 25 Nov 2005
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Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 4:15 pm Post subject: |
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| They should definitely revoke his cabby license. |
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ChuckECheese

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Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 4:18 pm Post subject: |
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They should let him off so he can use his hatred against America.
Islam is region of peace and love, but if you don't agree with me and my religion, I'll just run you over with my cab.  |
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gsxr750r

Joined: 29 Jan 2007
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Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 4:24 pm Post subject: |
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| huffdaddy wrote: |
| They should definitely revoke his cabby license. |
But not his ability to teach ESL?
I can just see his lessons:
Ok, today we will learn the phrase, "You talk about the honorable Mohammed, and I will run you over. Your life is worth nothing. You must die in a horrible cabbie-jihad!"
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caniff
Joined: 03 Feb 2004 Location: All over the map
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Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 4:25 pm Post subject: |
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| huffdaddy wrote: |
| They should definitely revoke his cabby license. |
Yeah, then he should be free to go. |
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supernick
Joined: 24 Jan 2003 Location: Seoul
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Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 5:16 pm Post subject: |
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Not too long ago, people in the same country were shot and killed by hooded men just for being black.
I'm sure there are other incidents where people have been attacked by a car or a cab, but that doesn't make news copy unless it involves Islam.
I wonder how a Christian cabby would take it if I said that Jesus was gay ( no offence to gays) and was always willing to give a reach around. (The hand of God takes on a new meaning) If I did that down in the bible belt of good old America, I would probably get shot and nothing about it would make national news, just some story in the local news that would read like this. "Cabby Leroy Penner pleads not guilty for murdering passenger who insulted Jesus." |
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caniff
Joined: 03 Feb 2004 Location: All over the map
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Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 5:25 pm Post subject: |
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I can believe that the college kids were abrasive. I can give the taxi driver some credit on this. In fact, I guess they probably were abrasive (at least, in his eyes).
I just don't want to live amongst people who can't have a conversation (even if it was heated) without trying to kill people. Those kids also deserve to live in that style of a place until they finish their education. |
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caniff
Joined: 03 Feb 2004 Location: All over the map
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Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 5:31 pm Post subject: |
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I reacted to Supernick's post without reading it through. (Although I stand by what I said in my previous post).
It just seems to me that nothing could justify this guy trying to run people over after they had paid him and were walking away.
This doesn't seem like the higher moral ground to me. |
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ChimpumCallao

Joined: 17 May 2005 Location: your mom
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Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 6:00 pm Post subject: |
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| supernick wrote: |
Not too long ago, people in the same country were shot and killed by hooded men just for being black.
I'm sure there are other incidents where people have been attacked by a car or a cab, but that doesn't make news copy unless it involves Islam.
I wonder how a Christian cabby would take it if I said that Jesus was gay ( no offence to gays) and was always willing to give a reach around. (The hand of God takes on a new meaning) If I did that down in the bible belt of good old America, I would probably get shot and nothing about it would make national news, just some story in the local news that would read like this. "Cabby Leroy Penner pleads not guilty for murdering passenger who insulted Jesus." |
1) you do not know what was said between the parties, and i doubt it was that muhammad was a gay who loved reach-arounds. love your big leap into the most ridiculous scenario though. I reckon if you just randomly go up to someone and call his Lord and Saviour a fhag you have more problems than the threat of hillbilly violence.
2) it WOULD make the news, except that, despite how much you HATE to hear this...IT DOESN'T HAPPEN AS OFTEN.
think of the demographics of america...now think about muslim influenced violence versus xtian influenced violence. its safe to say that both per capita, and in general, islam is a far greater proponent of violence than is christianity....
THEREFORE IT'S IN THE NEWS MORE.
if the students had only accepted that Islam was a religion of peace then this would never have happened....for shame... |
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Adventurer

Joined: 28 Jan 2006
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Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 12:00 am Post subject: |
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| I think the fellow should serve jail time and then be deported to Somalia. I don't know if he is a citizen. I don't think he is. However, there should be something about revoking the citizenship of terrorists. The government in London did that to a fanatical imam. Yes, there is a serious lack of tolerance in the Muslim world in terms of discussing religion and differences. However, it was not smart of those students to discuss religion and perhaps put down the religion of a cab driver they don't know. I would say about Somalis, that I've met plenty of nice ones, but I would suspect that tribal Somali has too many youths who are prone to violence, and that is one reason they didn't have a country for over 10 years. The U.S. is better off taking more of the Bantus of Somalia who are discriminated against in Somalia as being darker Africans, and they should make sure they are getting quality immigrants with tolerant views. Many people want to immigrate so be more selective. I don't mean ban immigration from those places just have a more vigorous process. |
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ChuckECheese

Joined: 20 Jul 2006
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Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 1:17 am Post subject: |
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Do you know why people are so hateful and intolerant?
IGNORANCE! The majority of muslims need more education other than from Koran. |
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ddeubel

Joined: 20 Jul 2005
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Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 2:11 am Post subject: |
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Do you know why people are so hateful and intolerant?
IGNORANCE! The majority of muslims need more education other than from Koran. |
Excuse me? Is that sarcasm? Or besides your great leap into broad strokes of facile ity; that most Muslims are just uneducated buffoons, do you really believe that education or non-ignorance =s less hate and less intolerance? If you do, I have some swamp land and Korean language pills for your easy purchase.
My point? in case you are not too deignorant. Ignorance is a self inflicted disease. Also very neutral when it comes to violence and mayhem and hate and all that.....
Please clarify or should I say "enlighten" me, about how education leads to beneficence or primum non nocere ? Then I'll say the rest of my "peace".
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ddeubel

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Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 2:37 am Post subject: |
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J.B. Clamence

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Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 2:45 am Post subject: |
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"We are working with the police to see what happened," United Cab manager Cherrie Machado said.
"I don't believe he will be working here anymore, but that is up to the licensing cab board � whether they will pull his permit � and the owners of the company." |
I thought this was pretty interesting. So basically, as long as he doesn't lose his license, he can keep working for United Cab. Nice. The guy did add the part about the owners of the company, but that was more of an afterthought. What exactly do you have to do to get fired as a cabbie? |
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ChuckECheese

Joined: 20 Jul 2006
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Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 2:47 am Post subject: |
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My point? in case you are not too deignorant. Ignorance is a self inflicted disease. Also very neutral when it comes to violence and mayhem and hate and all that..... .
Please clarify or should I say "enlighten" me, about how education leads to beneficence or primum non nocere ? Then I'll say the rest of my "peace". |
How is ignorance a self inflicted disease? When in some parts of the world, their elders and government are actively sensoring and dictating what materials that you can and cannot learn.
And very neutral? Well..... I won't even get into it. That's your own opinion.
We know that majority of us here in this forum are fairly well educated. So there's no point in arguing or fighting over what I believe and what you believe. Just accept that people have different opinion. Afterall, that's what tolerance is all about. Isn't it? |
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