WSJ on A16

Gordon Fitch gcf at panix.com
Sat Apr 8 14:07:34 PDT 2000


Max B. Sawicky wrote:
>>> Now we're channeling Philion. Two weeks ago labor
>>> was supposed to be talkin' 'yellow peril,' then
>>> they were 'goosestepping.'

Steve: Actually I think I said that not all American labor activists were
> > goosestepping in line with the AFL-CIO's approach to the China trade
> > issue. Be sure to channel Henwood, Perleman, Tabb, Bacon, as well as
> > Yoshie, Rakesh, and me...on this one...

Max B. Sawicky wrote:
>> So only *some* of us are nazis. That's a relief.

Stephen E Philion:
> Actually, no, I don't think you're a Nazi in the least. Let's just say,
> 'falling in line' instead of 'goostepping'. Perhaps my attempt at using
> flavorful lanugage wasn't so successful. I didn't mean to pull an HCKL on
> you, but I can see I'm being read that way, which is not helped by that
> word.
>
> I stand by my agreement with the arguments put out by Henwood,
> Yates,Rakesh, Perleman, Yoshie, Tabb,, and Bacon on this list about the
> wisdom of the AFL-CIO's policy on China trade. That you are a Nazi is not
> one of the arguments being advanced by any of us...

You never know. He might favor animal rights, too.

Gordon



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