Originally Posted by
untied
We don't need to embrace the scabs to be unified.
Nobody wants to be unified with the scum of the earth.
Scabs are left out of the equation. They only care about themselves and aren't much good anyway.
The non scabs need to come together. We're the VAST majority.
You are most likely one of them…so I guess I won't convince you.
Untied, I'm one of the few here that has actually gone on strike, so nice try.
My point was an effort to counter some of Pkcola. You don't need to preach to me the definition of a scab.
My point though, is simply this: ALPA wants us to put behind us the fact that several thousand scabs were on the CAL list when CAL was reintegrated into ALPA in '01 (I believe the number now is around 500, give or take). Pkcola tries to argue that the ALPA tie pin is the ultimate sign of unity. I disagree. The truest sign of unity would be to truly bring the scabs back into the fold, not just taking their money, which is all that ALPA really wants.
I personally can't go that far. Maybe some can, but I cannot. And now that the scab group is so small as a percentage of the combined list, it doesn't matter.
If you're nice, I will let you touch my battle star.
