A Point of Clarafication
Author: Espee2472
Date: 03-10-2017 - 13:22
J. K. Trowling Wrote:
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> Agreed, it is a term thrown around too often. I
> tossed it once early in my career, and a long-time
> union man said "Whoa, hold on-- we don't have any
> scabs on this operation, because to earn that
> title, you have to cross a picket line. We've
> never had a strike. Call them freeloaders."
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> Much like the term "racist" is tossed around by
> any number of people...the term has been tossed
> about so freely, most using it no longer have any
> clue what a real one is.
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> Tom H Wrote:
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> > How did you come up with the word "scabs" to
> > describe these two?
actually the term that i wanted to use was "scab bastard", but wasn' to sure whether or not david's program
wouldn't except it, being an union man all my life, this term is accepted as a description of one who
uses labor as fodder to enrich one's
self