[lbo-talk] Boycotting the unorganized? (multiple replies)

Michael Dawson MDawson at pdx.edu
Fri Jan 21 11:36:52 PST 2005



> Michael Dawson:
>
> > Whether or not to cross a picket line is not a law. It is an
> > individual choice.
>

Commissar Lacny:


> I know it is not a LAW -- in this country, that is. But it is a
> moral/ethical imperative for people on the left.
>
> Come to think of it, though, maybe there ought to be a law . . .

Now, there's a non-surprise.


> > As a unionist, I support everybody's right to make the choice
> > for herself or himself.
>
> Really? You support someone else's right to steal your job? I very much
> doubt it. You can't be serious. Are you?

Yes, I do support that right, just as I support people's right to try to fight that. I also support everybody's right to vote and argue for fascists, though I obviously oppose fascism. It's called democracy.


> Isn't the question here whether the capitalist has a right to give away
> someone else's job, and whether someone else has a right to "benefit" from
> the theft of that job?

Again, I support capitalists' rights, just as I support our rights to create regulations and anti-capitalist enterprises. That doesn't mean I favor capitalism.


> > Stalin is dead and buried, thank god.

I was wrong. You are obviously one of his grandchildren.


> Spare me the melodrama. My sense of humor may occasionally be morbid, but
> at
> least I have one.

Your antics could be considered funny, I suppose. Your letter to the Pittsburgh paper was funny. Your postings to this board, however, are as humorless as could possibly be.



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