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I don't disagree with you about the absence of 'the perfect liberal' or the sexist requirement for female drivers or the lack of protection for non-Irish national workers here. But none of these change the fundamental issue.It's irrational, not racist. At worst it is xenophobic, but even that's a huge leap.
My objection is to the throwing around of racism at each and every turn. My objection is that there is no perfect liberal out there who doesn't at some point in time display the good old human trait of being irrational and making a choice against the non-national. Not one.
Just because there are times where a person has a preference and comfort with a more known set of circumstances doesn't mean they're a racist. The poster isn't saying send all foreigners home or white Irish only taxi drivers, it was just that in their experience (what else can they go on?) they've had a better and more efficient service when they'd used Irish drivers and so they have a preference for that.
Heck even the socially conscious unions haven't exactly been too forthcoming in protecting the foreign national worker rights of late in favour of their Irish colleagues. So much so many foreign national workers have had to set up their own unions.
How many female customers have experience of all male drivers in Dublin? Zero.
To make assumptions the assault potential of every driver based upon their gender on the experience of a very small number of events is sexist.
To ask for a taxi driver based on race rather than based on abilities is racist.
To ask for a taxi driver based on race rather than based on abilities is racist.
Nonsense. Insurance rates aren't based on 'general assumptions'. They are based on hard actuarial data.Insurance companies are entitled to make decisions against whole swathes of people on the basis of general assumptions about their driving habits which are formed based on past experiences and the likely impacts of insuring those people.
This is not illegal or seen as discriminatory by the Law of the Land.
The poster's comments about preferring Irish drivers is merely the same scenario but on a smaller scale.
No racism here IMO.
Indeed, it is racist. What you need is a taxi driver who knows their way around Dublin, regardless of where they were born.
OK, so one customer's experience with a few drivers is now equivalent to years of data analysed by actuaries?The original poster's reasons for preferring an Irish driver are also based on hard data, learned through experience.
Insurance companies make general assumptions on a driver's ability. It may be based on past historical data yes but they are still assumptions.
Is that you, Charlie McCreevy? Your application of back-of-the-envelope calculations to big problems has cost the State billions, so now you want to screw up the taxi industry as well.
OK, so one customer's experience with a few drivers is now equivalent to years of data analysed by actuaries?
Is that you, Charlie McCreevy? Your application of back-of-the-envelope calculations to big problems has cost the State billions, so now you want to screw up the taxi industry as well.
Not much point in continuing the debate if you're going to resort to insults.
Not much point in continuing the debate if you are going to equate anecdotal experience in dealing with a few drivers with actuarial data.Not much point in continuing the debate if you're going to resort to insults.
Sorry, can't stay to discuss it further - my taxi is waiting. Hold on, Isaac, I'm coming....So I win then
Nah nah nah nah nah!
You gotta love Friday evenings.
Sorry, can't stay to discuss it further - my taxi is waiting. Hold on, Isaac, I'm coming....
I still don't see a difference with the female driver. Isn't that sexism? Just how many incidents are there of violence, agression, or inappropriate behaviour from male taxi drivers to female passengers? Are there enough to rationally justify selecting a specific gender of the driver?
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