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This kind of pedantry reminds me of people who want to call prisoners "detainees" and who want to call torture "enhanced interrogation".

• 908B64B197 5y ago
  Setting aside the implication you are trying to make that following employment law equals to agreeing with torture, it's not the same at all. There's a legal definition of a strike, union and employment vs contractor. Just like there's a legal definition for prisoners and torture. You can't get the rights associated with an unionized strike (anti scab laws) without the consequences of being unionized (dues for instance).
  • cloudfifty 5y ago
    You're a scab if you are undermining the strike. No legal pedantry will suddenly wash that away. This is just common sense.
    • refurb 5y ago
      A scab is just a union term for people who disagree with them. It’s like being called racist when complaining about crime.
      • cloudfifty 5y ago
        It's a pejorative for someone undermining other people's struggle for a better life. Either way, it's a sad state of affairs when HN threads constantly get derailed by a dozen or two very prolific reactionaries like yourself. Always the same names.
  • 8note 5y ago
    A scab is a scab, regardless of what legal trickery the owning class has engaged in to make striking illegal