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subbie
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Message 22 of 48 (437160)
11-29-2007 12:51 AM
Reply to: Message 20 by Thor
11-28-2007 10:16 PM


Re: Where would it end?
Maybe an Islamic police officer could refuse to investigate a burglary or hold-up at a liquor store.
Most Islamic cabbies working at the airport in Minneapolis/St. Paul will not take a fare if they know that the person is carrying alcohol. It's creating rather a nuisance situation. Apparently in at least a few cases, if the cabbie finds out about the alcohol during the ride, they will simply tell the rider to get out of the cab on the spot, regardless of where in the ride that happens to be.

Those who would sacrifice an essential liberty for a temporary security will lose both, and deserve neither. -- Benjamin Franklin
We see monsters where science shows us windmills. -- Phat

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Message 24 of 48 (437165)
11-29-2007 1:50 AM
Reply to: Message 23 by AnswersInGenitals
11-29-2007 1:21 AM


Re: Poetic justice?
When we briefly touched on "wrongful life" or "wrongful birth" causes of action in law school, the general trend seemed to be to not allow them, although I think there may have been one or two jurisdictions that did recognize them. A quick google search (it's late) didn't give me a definitive answer.
It usually comes up in one of three ways; a vasectomy that didn't take, a botched abortion, or a doctor's negligence in not diagnosing some kind of prenatal defect in the child in time for the pregnancy to be terminated. Hypothetically, in a jurisdiction where wrongful birth might be recognized, I can see a pharmacist's refusal to fill a doctor written prescription could be the kind of wrongful conduct that might give rise to liability.

Those who would sacrifice an essential liberty for a temporary security will lose both, and deserve neither. -- Benjamin Franklin
We see monsters where science shows us windmills. -- Phat

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