Hollywood's Writers' Strike - Page 26

Gemini Cricket · 01-08-2008, 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by LSPoorEeyorick

It's Quiz Show.

That's it!

NirvanaMan · 01-08-2008, 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

You're all right, you're all wrong, everything is true and false at the same time to some degree.

Doesn't it hurt? To be straddling the fence like that?

Gemini Cricket · 01-08-2008, 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by NirvanaMan

Doesn't it hurt? To be straddling the fence like that?

Only if there's barbed wire involved.

Kevy Baby · 01-08-2008, 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by LSPoorEeyorick

It's Quiz Show.

Yeah, but the line has been around for much longer than that.

Ponine · 01-08-2008, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

All I can say is that everytime I pass the CBS, WB and Disney strikers I think the same thing: "Not a good-looking one in the bunch." Call me shallow but, hey, we all see what we want to see or don't see.

Hey now, to be fair, you might not be going by when the right group is there. I know some of the guys in that picket group. And they were makin a big deal about being out there shirtless.
And I know, that means nothing, but I got pics. Although they don't sway my way, there were good looking ones in the bunch.

Cadaverous Pallor · 01-08-2008, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by NirvanaMan

Doesn't it hurt? To be straddling the fence like that?

Do you really think what I said was incorrect?

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Originally Posted by me

Some companies strive for excellence in their employees, some look for inexpensive yet crappy labor. Some unions do great work, some are extorionists. Some strikers deserve to be canned, some are pleading for fair treatment.

Fences are artifice
placed and valued by individual perception
created to divide
ostracize
dehumanize
obscure the other side
casting shadows on anything not me
so I wherever I stand shines all the brighter

JWBear · 01-08-2008, 06:05 PM

My father worked for IBM for over 30 years. While he was there they were never unionized. (I have no idea if they are now.) One of the reasons was that they paid very high wages and benefits for the industry, and had a reputation of loyalty to their workers. Employees weren't interested in unionizing because there was no advantage - they didn't need it.

Amazing how productive a happy, well cared for workforce can be.

innerSpaceman · 01-08-2008, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Ponine

...they were makin a big deal about being out there shirtless. And I know, that means nothing, but I got pics. Although they don't sway my way, there were good looking ones in the bunch.

Um, and when do we see said pics of good looking shirtless picketers???

€uroMeinke · 01-08-2008, 11:42 PM

In concept I have no problem with Unions, but in practice they seem as corrupt as they claim the corporations to be. Like all organizations they are self serving, and you benefit only if your values align.

Moonliner · 02-13-2008, 02:53 PM

If anyone is still following this story...

It's over.

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€uroMeinke L'Hédoniste Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: A.S.C.O.T. Posts: 8,671	In concept I have no problem with Unions, but in practice they seem as corrupt as they claim the corporations to be. Like all organizations they are self serving, and you benefit only if your values align. __________________ I would believe only in a God that knows how to Dance. Friedrich Nietzsche
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02-13-2008, 02:53 PM	#260
Moonliner 8/30/14 - Disneyland -10k or Bust. Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 9,022	If anyone is still following this story... It's over. __________________ - Taking it one step at a time.
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