>>> sokol at jhu.edu 10/19/00 12:07PM >>>
What is so special about hobbies like hunting and sport that elevates people to a special status in this country, whereas work or protecting work conditions does not. In fact, protecting workers' interests will not even get you the public benefit status with all the tax breaks it entails - whereas shooting animals for pleasure will. And on the top of it, few people bitch about unfair treatment of workers, but everybody is up in arms about the "unfair" treatment of gun owners. That is one of the most insane aspects of this society.
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CB: Interesting observation , Wojtek. There's the right to play with guns, but not the right to work for a living, truly the cart before the horse. Perhaps this is a residue from early capitalism, demonstrating the error of Weber's claim that rationality and the work ethic, not force and violence , were the differentia specifica of Europe's bourgeoisie.