If you're gonna term a post "idiotic," Carrol, at least have the courtesy to identify the "idiot" -- in this case, me. Look, I know life has been hard on you (or so it seems from your heavy-hearted, wounded posts), but the fact is that workers -- scab and non-scab alike -- use very foul language on work sites. Not always (did some work yesterday with a young contractor who seemed to blush whenever I said "shit"), but often enough. This is not "narrow" nor "incredibly stupid": it is a fact. Besides, I used the terms "cocksucker" and "motherfucker" in a humorous manner, hoping to contrast this rough language to the dry, Marxist prose offered by Yoshie. I myself never use the "cocksucker" line as an epithet, for I find the practice, when done right, beautiful and "uplifting." If you consider this grounds for having me purged from the list, by all means do your worst.
DP