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Because they had an amazing crack at trashing the country and needed to be put down. 3 day work week, rolling black outs, propping up of old dead industries.

Because they had an amazing crack at trashing the country and needed to be put down. 3 day work week, rolling black outs, propping up of old dead industries. Not to mention all the dead companies they striked in to the ground. Bloody criminals the lot of them.

switch007 5y ago
Put down. Interesting choice of phrase.
- swarnie 5y ago
  Interesting that my phrasing is the only thing you seem to have issue with. I assume you agree with my general analysis of the unions effect on Britain?
  - switch007 5y ago
    Why interesting? I simply decided to call you out for calling for the murder of union members. It was before I was born and I don’t have much of an opinion. I do have a very strong opinion that nobody should advocate the murdering of union members, though.
    - swarnie 5y ago
      None of the 11 definitions offered by google mention the murder of people, maybe your confused? The closest answer is the 3rd: put down phrasal verb of put 3) suppress a rebellion, coup, or riot by force. "the security forces put down a coup attempt in the capital"
      - throwaway525142 5y ago
        https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=put_down&oldid=63914349 https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=put_down&oldid=6... 4th definition: (euphemistic) To euthanize (an animal). I'd say it's not out of question that this could be applied to people as well.
makomk 5y ago
Yes, what people need to understand about the history of British unions is that they effectively shut down the entire country repeatedly to try and force the Government to keep coal mining which wasn't viable anymore going. That's basically intolerable in a democracy. Thatcher's breaking of the unions only happened after previous governments who thought the unions could be negotiated with were brought down by their inability to deal with the damage being done. (There's also some impressive double-think on the British left around this and global warming, since of course dealing with that means that coal mining and use has to go away.)

switch007 5y ago

Put down. Interesting choice of phrase.

swarnie 5y ago
Interesting that my phrasing is the only thing you seem to have issue with. I assume you agree with my general analysis of the unions effect on Britain?
- switch007 5y ago
  Why interesting? I simply decided to call you out for calling for the murder of union members. It was before I was born and I don’t have much of an opinion. I do have a very strong opinion that nobody should advocate the murdering of union members, though.
  - swarnie 5y ago
    None of the 11 definitions offered by google mention the murder of people, maybe your confused? The closest answer is the 3rd: put down phrasal verb of put 3) suppress a rebellion, coup, or riot by force. "the security forces put down a coup attempt in the capital"
    - throwaway525142 5y ago
      https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=put_down&oldid=63914349 https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=put_down&oldid=6... 4th definition: (euphemistic) To euthanize (an animal). I'd say it's not out of question that this could be applied to people as well.

makomk 5y ago

Yes, what people need to understand about the history of British unions is that they effectively shut down the entire country repeatedly to try and force the Government to keep coal mining which wasn't viable anymore going. That's basically intolerable in a democracy. Thatcher's breaking of the unions only happened after previous governments who thought the unions could be negotiated with were brought down by their inability to deal with the damage being done. (There's also some impressive double-think on the British left around this and global warming, since of course dealing with that means that coal mining and use has to go away.)