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This thread has shown them for the people they are - we should all pity them in thier existance - they must be lonely
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Never forget Jack London's short essay.
The 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 water brain, a combination backbone 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 (or woman) has a right to scab so long as there is a pool of water to drown his carcass in, or a rope long enough to hang his body with. Judas was a gentleman compared with a scab. For betraying his master, he had character enough to hang himself." A scab has not.
"Esau sold his birthright for a mess of pottage. Judas sold his Savior for thirty pieces of silver. Benedict Arnold sold his country for a promise of a commision in the british army." The scab sells his birthright, country, his wife, his children and his fellowmen for an unfulfilled promise from his employer.
Esau was a traitor to himself; Judas was a traitor to his God; Benedict Arnold was a traitor to his country; a scab is a traitor to his God, his country, his family and his class."
Author --- Jack London (1876-1916)
The 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 water brain, a combination backbone 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 (or woman) has a right to scab so long as there is a pool of water to drown his carcass in, or a rope long enough to hang his body with. Judas was a gentleman compared with a scab. For betraying his master, he had character enough to hang himself." A scab has not.
"Esau sold his birthright for a mess of pottage. Judas sold his Savior for thirty pieces of silver. Benedict Arnold sold his country for a promise of a commision in the british army." The scab sells his birthright, country, his wife, his children and his fellowmen for an unfulfilled promise from his employer.
Esau was a traitor to himself; Judas was a traitor to his God; Benedict Arnold was a traitor to his country; a scab is a traitor to his God, his country, his family and his class."
Author --- Jack London (1876-1916)
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The Scab
A short diatribe on "The Scab" is often quoted within the U.S. labor movement and frequently attributed to Jack London. It opens:
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 water brain, a combination backbone of jelly and glue ….[41]
This passage figured in a 1974 Supreme Court case, in which justice Thurgood Marshall quoted the passage in full and referred to it as "a well-known piece of trade union literature, generally attributed to author Jack London." A union newsletter had published a "list of scabs," which was granted to be factual and therefore not libellous, but then went on to quote the passage as the "definition of a scab." The case turned on the question of whether the "definition" was defamatory. The court ruled that "Jack London's... 'definition of a scab' is merely rhetorical hyperbole, a lusty and imaginative expression of the contempt felt by union members towards those who refuse to join," and as such was not libellous and was protected under the First Amendment.[41]
The passage does not seem to appear in Jack London's published work. He once gave a speech entitled "The Scab"[42] which he published in his book The War of the Classes, but this speech contains nothing similar to the "corkscrew soul" quotation and is completely different from it in content, style, and tone. Generally Jack London did not use demotic language in his writing except in dialogue spoken by his characters.
One online source, no longer accessible, gave a chain of citations which credits the diatribe as having been published in The Bridgeman, official organ of the Structural Iron Workers, which in turned credited the Elevator Constructor, official journal of the International Union of Elevator Constructors, which credited the Oregon Labor Press as publishing it in 1926.
[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_London"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_London[/URL]
A320Driver
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Yes,and many of them have said as much. But it would be rationalized because it is them. Don't you understand all they've been through? They are like cornered rattlesnakes. It would be a "righteous scabbing".
Probably not their majority position though. Just the saber rattlers who can hide behind their web board call sign.
Go ahead, attack me!
A320 Driver
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"righteous scabbing"?
Now there's a contradiction in terms.
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Have a 700UW free day!
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Charlie_Tuna
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Clue me in on this America West was an upstart airline, no pilots were on strike to be replaced by scabs.
So how can they be called scabs if there was no strike or picket line?
And his name is NOT on the scab list.
Someone needs a brain and learn how to comprehend.
So how can they be called scabs if there was no strike or picket line?
And his name is NOT on the scab list.
Someone needs a brain and learn how to comprehend.
I guess you are the one that needs to get a brain then.
He did not scab at AWA, he scabbed at Wein, and his name is on the list if you scroll down to the bottom of the list to the Wein scabs.
As you say, "don't let the facts get in your way".
Walmartgreeter
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700, you can be a scab at an airline other than your own. The name is there.
Greeter.
Greeter.
Hawkhunter
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I wouldnt scab however, it seems it would be okay to you guys. Why is it okay for this guy to scab? I know because HE didnt affect YOU. Get it?
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" A Scab " quoted in CIO News, September 13,1946
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