Re: WGA Strike 90%+ vote to strike

On Sat, 20 Oct 2007 13:19:40 -0400, Josh Hill wrote:

On Sat, 20 Oct 2007 11:12:51 -0500, "Lance Corporal \"Hammer\"
Schultz" <starfist@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Sat, 20 Oct 2007 03:07:21 -0000, Charles French wrote:

Joe, I'm sure I speak for everyone here, we're with you and all the
other writers in this.

No, you don't.

Well, then, count me as with the writers. From what I've seen, the
studios' proposal is a travesty.

Unions are an anachronism. They have long since ceased to serve the
purpose of preventing labor abuse. They now exist to perpetuate
themselves as institutions and nothing more. Without continually
bringing up "issues" over which to strike these institutions would be
(rightly) regarded as irrelevant.

Being intimidated into joining a union just to work should bother
anyone who values individual liberties. The writer's guild may or may
not be as "bad" as the break-your-kneecaps labor unions, but the sin
of abdicating your individuality to a collective will is the same
nonetheless.

--
Lance Corporal "Hammer" Schultz
Promote someone else.
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