Re: RAT Scabs and other wounds in need of healing

[DESILEF@cs.com]

In a message dated 5/20/00 10:14:05 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
kken19@hotmail.com writes:

<< 
 What was the purpose of your posting against him?... it certainly wasn't for 
 him.... the whole tone smacked of blacklisting... ergo the McCarthy 
 reference... you were also denigrating him for a personal moral choice... 
 much as was done to members of the communist party, alleged or otherwise... 
 hence the McCarthy reference... you are seeking to intimidate by publishing 
 in a pejorative manner the name of someone who doesn't act in a way you 
 approve of ... once again, nice job Senator McCarthy
 
 ...and just for the record, I support the strike but NOT the opinion that 
 every one should even if they must be intimidated to do so >>

To me, this smacks of Reagan-era labor policy, i.e., Sure you have the right 
to organize a union though of course you can be fired if you try to do so; 
Sure you can go on strike, though of course you can be fired and replaced if 
you choose to do so; Sure you can have a picket line though of course it's an 
act of moral courage for people to break the strike and cross it. I do think 
it's been up for grabs in this country whether labor rights are anything but 
a cosmetic pretense. There's no point to unionization and strike (and threat 
of strike) and picket lines if there are no teeth. And yes, there is an 
inherent (at least potential) conflict between individual rights and 
collective rights on behalf of groups of individuals, but if that's the 
philosophical issue, why not come out and say so? 

Diane