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11-13-2008 | 10:50 PM

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BoredwLife

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Originally Posted by skull

What do you mean by "Even the French can do it”?
Historically Sir, it took a very long time and a lot of commitment and sacrifice from mainly blue-collar workers to obtain the so-called "right to strike" (literal translation here). It is amazing to observe that this historically highly criticized right on this side of the pond has become something you would like to gain almost overnight. I have a dual-citizenship and I rarely react to uneducated comment like "Even the French can do it", but please do yourself a favor and browse the web, travel the world, read some books. You will hopefully soon realize that a lot of things can be done by "other” people all over the world.

I have traveled and I do read books, but that’s not important. But I will suggest that you go and read some about American history. I would suggest "If Workers Took a Notion" You might read about The Great Strike of 1877 were rail workers went on strike because of a pay cut. This resulted in bloodshed between workers and hired thumpers. Or how about the Haymarket Square Riot. I could cite many different occasions in which American workers lost their lives to strike or fight for what they wanted. To say that we want it over night shows that you have no concept of "our" history. American factory workers and blue collar class fought and gained the right to strike. The point I am making is that after all the death, fighting, and legal actions that many people fought for we no longer have in these "Great" United States. Basically because of RLA.

The United States of America is supposed to be the country where people have the right to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of happiness. My statement about "even the French can do it" relates to this fact that we as Americans believe we are in the most great and free country in the world. Yet many other countries, including France, have rights that we do not. So sorry if I offended your French heritage.

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