14 Jan 05
Mark Thatcher, son of Margarer the Hated, had been charged with helping to finance and organise a coup in Equatorial Guinea.
It seems though, that he's got off with a fine - he claims that he thought the helicopter and guns he sold were for humanitarian purposes!
Exactly what does this waste of skin have to do before he gets what he deserves? I'd been looking forward to him rotting in an African jail.
15 Jan 05
Originally posted by SbecspeledrX'scab' has a non-offensive meaning - the crust of dead blood cells that forms over a cut. Also, why is not going along with a strike which Arthur Scargill decreed without a ballot such a heinous crime? The strike didn't exactly help the cause of the miners - if a pit is being closed anyway for economic reasons, how is refusing to work there going to help?
LOL - I see scab is allowed and b1tch isn't!
Seems to me the only one with a non offensive connotation is banned whilst the ugliest name anyone can be called is ok.
Hope there aren't too many sensitive Nottm folks on the board!
Censorship of words can be silly sometimes - I found out on battle.net that putting '-king' in a word is forbidden. I was trying to type 'barking'.
15 Jan 05
Originally posted by RedmikeA fine???
Mark Thatcher, son of Margarer the Hated, had been charged with helping to finance and organise a coup in Equatorial Guinea.
It seems though, that he's got off with a fine - he claims that he thought the helicopter and guns he sold were for humanitarian purposes!
Exactly what does this waste of skin have to do before he gets what he deserves? I'd been looking forward to him rotting in an African jail.
Who says the ruling classes don't look after themselves?
15 Jan 05
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Originally posted by AcolyteScab has a very offensive meaning.
'scab' has a non-offensive meaning - the crust of dead blood cells that forms over a cut. Also, why is not going along with a strike which Arthur Scargill decreed without a ballot such a heinous crime? The strike didn't exactly help th ...[text shortened]... -king' in a word is forbidden. I was trying to type 'barking'.
It means selling out your colleagues and your class. That's a terrible thing to do, and terrible thing to be called.
16 Jan 05
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Originally posted by RedmikeIt means deciding to do what you think is right, regardless of what your colleagues and authority figures tell you to do.
Scab has a very offensive meaning.
It means selling out your colleagues and your class. That's a terrible thing to do, and terrible thing to be called.
Definitely to be discouraged - after all, how could you run your sort of union, a death squad, or a prison full of torturers if people could decide what they should do based on their conscience?
16 Jan 05
Originally posted by steerpikeMhmmm....
It means deciding to do what you think is right, regardless of what your colleagues and authority figures tell you to do.
Definitely to be discouraged - after all, how could you run your sort of union, a death squad, or a prison full of torturers if people could decide what they should do based on their conscience?
Don't scabs do exactly what the authority figures want them to?
"Hey. You. Yes you! You go to work and undermine all your collegues and support my profits over your backs."
So, basically a scab can either join his collegues or destroy everything they are fighting and hoping for. Does he benifit from it himself? Maybe in the short term. In the long term he's just managed to undermine himself and his collegues by making conditions worse for everyone...except the authority figure; the boss.
Your argument is the same argument used by paedofiles, thiefs and dictators. You can hide it behind the mask of self-choice, individualism and capitalism all you want, but in the end, society will want to protect itself. That's why you have laws protecting children, laws protecting car radios and laws protecting the work force.
What always amazes me is that when a boss decides to do something, he is justified in doing so. For example, if the president of the US wants to start a war...he's doing so in the name of the majority.
But when the majority of the workforce want to do something for themselves, suddenly democracy is passe and they are undermining individualism.
I seriously expect, that if we prompted people to do what's best for themselves and act on what they want instead of acting on fear (fear of losing their jobs, their houses, their children, etc.) you'd have a whole lot less scabs...and much better conditions for everyone.
17 Jan 05
Originally posted by steerpikeOr an army?
It means deciding to do what you think is right, regardless of what your colleagues and authority figures tell you to do.
Definitely to be discouraged - after all, how could you run your sort of union, a death squad, or a prison full of torturers if people could decide what they should do based on their conscience?
Although there it is called Dereliction of duty, insubordination or just AWOL.
Aren't unions like mini-me versions of governments? With a majority of people voting to abide by set sets of rules?