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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-28-05 07:38 PM
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Suppose I worked with the utilities department of a city and a church
Needs the tap they get holy water from fixed because it won't flow. And my personal beliefs are that religion is a bad thing and I refuse to fix the tap, what would you think of me?
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Crowdance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-28-05 07:41 PM
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1. That you might have a future as a pharmacist or a Michigan doc
because you hold the apparently requisite and forgivable bigotry to do the job.
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lastliberalintexas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-28-05 07:43 PM
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3. LOL!
Great post. Now-

:popcorn:
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-28-05 07:44 PM
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4. Oh.,...so it IS the same thing huh?
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Crowdance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-28-05 08:03 PM
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15. Indeed! n/t
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Fenris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-28-05 07:42 PM
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2. ...
:hide:
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jmcon007 Donating Member (782 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-28-05 07:46 PM
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5. I would say you were the plumber from hell.
Seriously, without advocating necessarily either way, when you mention your "personal beliefs" are you not also talking 'religion' of a sort? Or is this splitting hairs?
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-28-05 07:47 PM
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6. That'd be barbershoppin' it
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BuyingThyme Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-28-05 07:47 PM
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7. I think you should stay out of the
hospice business.
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Tux Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-28-05 07:48 PM
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8. God's will
If you believe that, it's god's will at work. The church would have to convert to the Truth in order to get water. If they refuse, send tracts telling them of the errors of thier ways. They are sinners and must be put on the right path.
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Cuban_Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-28-05 07:48 PM
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9. I'd examine the conditions of your employment, and act accordingly.
:hi:
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-28-05 07:50 PM
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11. So someone who doesn't do their job because of personal beliefs
Should be reprimanded or fired?
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Cuban_Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-28-05 07:55 PM
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13. If the condition of their employment requires that they do X, ...
... and they refuse to do X, they should be reprimanded or fired, yes.
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meisje Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-28-05 07:49 PM
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10. I'd suppose your an idiot who needs to get a life
but that's just me
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-28-05 07:50 PM
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12. So that would go the same for a similiar situation I suppose?
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Lars39 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-28-05 07:58 PM
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14. Take it a step further,
You and your co-worker are in a humongous ditch that collapses.
You jump clear, co-worker is trapped.
You're the only one that can reach him,
but it goes against your beliefs to actually dig in the mud.
Some posters would see nothing wrong with letting the co-worker die.
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