I came across a snippet today which detailed out about a Fb page on "Boycott Marks & Spencer" because M&S has a policy wherein its employee can deny the customer the service needed solely on the ground that the service is against his religious beliefs. There is a backlash because people have found it to be against common sense and against the rule that "customer is the king" theory. http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/why-there-s-a-boycott-marks-and-spencer-facebook-page-462175
The whole thing got me thinking about is there a black and white in such a situation, is it actually possible to take a stance on it. If tomorrow I happen to work in a Cigarette or a Liquor company , the two products which are forbidden in my religion will my profession be considered "bad", is "the butcher" or for that matter "the hangman" bad people, because logically all they are doing is their work for which they get money to sustain themselves.
If tomorrow I decide to open a restaurant and decide to serve non-veg in it and realize it makes business sense for me to serve Halal meat than Jhatka will my act be against my religion?
Often do each one of us encounter situations, things which do not have white and black and that's the big conundrum of life.
The whole thing got me thinking about is there a black and white in such a situation, is it actually possible to take a stance on it. If tomorrow I happen to work in a Cigarette or a Liquor company , the two products which are forbidden in my religion will my profession be considered "bad", is "the butcher" or for that matter "the hangman" bad people, because logically all they are doing is their work for which they get money to sustain themselves.
If tomorrow I decide to open a restaurant and decide to serve non-veg in it and realize it makes business sense for me to serve Halal meat than Jhatka will my act be against my religion?
Often do each one of us encounter situations, things which do not have white and black and that's the big conundrum of life.
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