Originally Posted by
NineGturn
Wow. Just to be clear. I've already stated my history and that I was never directly involved in any union disputes thus if someone calls me a "scab" in here it's just out of frustration and an unwillingness to discuss the topic at hand (which tends to be dynamic from post to post).
Someone may also call me a "scab lover" or something similar but that just proves that the word has devolved into a derogatory term used for petty name calling rather than an accurate term to describe a worker who decides to cross a picket line and work against a decision to strike.
I'd enjoy an honest discussion of my previous points without the name calling though.
The following poem by Jack London was written in 1915.
Ode To A Scab
After God had finished the rattlesnake, the toad, and the vampire, He had some awful substance left with which He made a scab. A scab is a two-legged animal with a corkscrew soul, a waterlogged brain, and a combination backbone made of jelly and glue. Where others have hearts, he carries a tumor of rotten principles.
When a scab comes down the street, men turn their backs and angels weep in heaven, and the devil shuts the gates of hell to keep him out. No man has a right to scab as long as there is a pool of water deep enough to drown his body in, or a rope long enough to hang his carcass with. Judas Iscariot was a gentleman compared with a scab. For betraying his Master, he had character enough to hang himself. A scab hasn't.
Esau sold his birthright for a mess of pottage. Judas Iscariot sold his savior for thirty pieces of silver. Benedict Arnold sold his country for a promise of a commission in the British Army. The modern strikebreaker sells his birthright, his country, his wife, his children, and his fellow men for an unfulfilled promise from his employer, trust, or corporation.
Nine gee,
You think the word scab has recently devolved into a derogatory term? Really? It always has been and it always will be. And the term Troll is a derogatory term for somebody who intentionally tries to disrupt an Internet forum or claims to be somebody or something that are not.
Maybe you ought to look those terms up. They'll provide some clarity in your life. The good news for you though, is that trolls seem to be a preferred and protected species on APC. Your future career on APC looks bright.