Rice Protest Idea

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Sat Feb 22 08:54:47 PST 2003


Carrol Cox wrote:


>But in respect to causing trouble for workers _at_ work, out of the
>public view, my response remains,
>
>FUCK ALL.
>
>I may have some bias here. Jan worked for the post office for nearly 20
>ears, was a shop steward for over 10 years and local president for 4
>years. I know something about the conditions under which postal clerks
>work.
>
>I think everyone who has approved of scaring postal clerks are ... well,
>I don't to have much to do with them.

Your point is valid. Running a publication, I have a lot of dealings with the postal service, and they do a fine job under often dreadful conditions and in the face of public hostility. But you could have made that point without THE CAPITALIZED EPITHETS. Gar's a worker-friendly humane fellow - can't you give people the benefit of the doubt without FUCKING INSULTING THEM the way you do? Because even when you're making a valid point, your style is FUCKING OFFPUTTING.

Doug



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