On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 1:37 PM, Jim Devine <[email protected]> wrote: > raghu wrote: >> - Unions as they currently exist (corrupt, undemocratic >> special-interest lobbyists for the labor aristocracy, and enablers for >> the financiers) > > Let's be specific rather than broadcasting empty generalities. Some > unions are corrupt (e.g. the Laborers International), while others are > undemocratic (e.g., the SEIU) without being corrupt in the usual > meaning of that word, i.e., taking bribes and the like. Some are > neither (like the UE, I understand). [...]
I don't feel the need to qualify every sentence with the disclaimer that of course, there are always exceptions. No generalization applies equally to every instance. Life is complicated and so forth. That is implied in any conversation between intelligent adults. -raghu. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
