Posted on 06/11/2009 11:34:50 AM PDT by LibWhacker
A driver told a blind cancer sufferer to get off his bus when a woman and her children became hysterical at the sight of his guide dog.
George Herridge, 71, told how the mum flew into a rage and shouted at him in a foreign language. A passenger explained she wanted him to get off the bus during the incident on May 20.
Mr Herridge, from Tern Close, Tilehurst, said: “Her child was kicking and screaming and someone off the bus told me her child was frightened of my dog. The driver said, ‘Look mate, can’t you get off?’
“I stood my ground. I had not done anything, my dog had not done anything and I was getting off the bus for no one.”
The retired NHS worker claimed he was forced off a bus by a driver after a similar encounter last summer.
And a day after the latest bus incident an lady began screaming “I don’t like dirty dogs” at Mr Herridge at the Royal Berkshire Hospital.
A week earlier he faced further animosity from a couple at Asda in The Meadway, he said.
He is unsure what has provoked outbursts but said he thinks some have come from Asian people and that it may be due to religious or cultural differences.
If the people who were upset were Muslim, they consider dogs to be ritually unclean.
Some may have them as pets but keep them in a separate living area. Anything coming into contact with its saliva, such as clothes, must be washed seven times if they intend to pray in those clothes.
Mr Herridge said: “I do not expect any special treatment but just to be left in peace and live my life the best I can.”
Reading Buses accepted the driver was wrong but had been placed in an “impossible situation”.
Drivers have been re-instructed to convey the blind and the bus company has sought advice from the Royal National Institute for the Blind and hopes to speak with Muslim leaders.
As part of a Muslim Council of Britain project, Mufti Zubair Butt, Shar’ia advisor to Muslim Spiritual Care Provision in the NHS, admitted Muslims “require some education” on guide dogs.
In response to concerns raised about guide dogs in mid-2008, he said: “It is important that one does not impose one’s own understanding upon others, but one shows understanding and compassion for others, their needs and their views, especially in an open communal space and in a country where Muslims are living as a minority.”
Unbelievable the driver kicked the poor blind guy off. %#$&@! should be fired.
I misread your line. I thought it said “holding his business” and I
had to think about that because it seems they are pre-occupied with sex
be it virgins or having to cover the women up least they become aroused, I guess. They must have such a boring, depressing life that all they have in their mind is sex.
LMAO! But I agree.
"I don't like screaming women and their dirty kids" ~ The Guide Dog
Pow! Best one I’ve seen in a long time!
It’s good, because it’s true!
They don’t have an problems with sheep..cute ones of course.
Islam is a very sensual instead of spiritual religion.
It is all about the flesh and fulfilling the desires of this world.
The Bible describes this orientation as “worldly”, and as serving the “prince of this world”, ie, Satan.
Yet, Muslims and Arabs will kiss their camels.
Best solution is for Moslems in UK to simply not risk encountering a dog on a bus by NOT GETTING ON BUSES. Allah gave them legs to walk, so it’s time for them to get with the program.
The highest number of all.
They have already insured their survival by not aborting.
Impossible situation? Telling the screaming muzzie to get off the bus if she's so offended. If I lived in Europe today, I'd be making plans to move to the U.S. or Australia.
Not only that, but they know how to take over these countries.
Go to the ones with the generous social programs,
pop out kids, let other people support them - the ones having 0-2 kids and working their asses off.
My comment on this story is inappropriate and too offensive for FR.
Heard a story from my cousin stationed in Kabul. Said that the inmates there use their left hands to wipe and their right hands to eat. The left hand is considered inferior and left handed folks are forced to learn how to write with their right hands. Left is bad... right is good... sounds like they’ve got something right?
I’m all for reasonable accomodation of religious beliefs, but this is NOT reasonable!
Simple solution: put the friggin' complainers off the friggin' bus.
Aren't there anti-discrimination laws in Britain?
The U.S. government has dumped millions of these same types of people, right into our own country...
The more people I meet, the more I love my German Shepherd.
Oh HELL no! In his place I would have had my dog urinate on the filthy ragheads. In fact , the policy should be changed to allow passengers with ANY dogs onboard.
You fight these barbarians one incident at a time.
Wait- England is doomed. When Elizabeth dies Chuck will hand the place over to the Muslims.
Death by inches- that’s what’s happening to modern civilization.
Spoken like true cowards.
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