But, as I said, the logic of his position is that if he doesn't give a damn about the industry itself he doesn't give a damn about the workers in the industry. He won't pay attention. He claims that he is not anti-union. But this is precisely an anti-unino positiion, and he should be honest enough with himself either to give it up or to own it. As I said, "The logic of Jordan's position is that if he didn't eat chicken he wouldn't give a damn about a strike in a Mississippi Purdue chicken parts factory." Where and how is that _not_ the logic of his position?
Excuse me, but I am a very Jesuitical Marxist-trained ex-Catholic, and I was always taught to look for the "logic of a position". I may be wrong about why the Hollywood labor struggle is importantw but Jordan never says why I am wrong. He only says he doesn't care. But no matter what saying something like "I don't give a flying fuck" about workers on strike because "I don't care about the industry" where those strikers work is the kind remark I would expect from a person who is anti-union or super-capitalist. It is not the kind of remark I expect from a person who is in some way "left" enough to communicate his/her positions on a list called the "left business observer."
Jordan, I am not putting words in your mouth. I am only quoting your words. Perhaps I drew the wrong conclusion. But this is what you wrote. Perhaps in typing your thoughts into an email you misquoted yourself. It happens.
Jerry
On 1/12/08, Jordan Hayes <jmhayes at j-o-r-d-a-n.com> wrote:
> Jerry says:
>
> > The logic of Jordan's position is that if he didn't eat chicken
> > he wouldn't give a damn about a strike in a Mississippi Purdue
> > chicken parts factory.
>
> Jerry has stepped off the deep end into the realm of speculating out
> loud, putting words into Jordan's mouth. He's done it twice now, and
> both times he's been dead wrong.
>
> The subject was WGA writers; he projected to other unknowns; then he
> speaks of logic.
>
> Ok, whatever.
>
> /jordan
>
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