Sorry clappy, I'm not buying it. You can do better than that :-(
"Perhaps all you saw were the words saying stuff about threatening phone calls, etc."
Nope.......... I read the whole thing...........
And IMVHO, that's where the problem lies............
You, bia & far too many others only read part of the message & then imagine your way into malicious distortions & lame excuses, etc. It seems it's more important to make one's point rather than deal with all of the facts, accept reality or accept responsibility.
....."eating and breathing coal dust and God only knows what else, and then watching some of his fellow workers either get hurt, become sick, or die working in those conditions. "
Is that really true clappy? Why isn't this fact part of union negotiations? Why isn't this widely known? Why isn't it part of the liberal press bashing of corporations & conservative politics? Perhaps black lung is not the problem it once was & your premise (read excuse) lacks credibility.................
In the years since the federal government has regulated dust levels in coal mines, the number of cases of black lung disease has fallen sharply. Since the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969, average dust levels have fallen from 8.0 mg. per cubic meter to the current standard of 2.0 mg. per cubic meter. The 1969 law also set up a black lung disability benefits program to compensate coal miners who have been disabled by on-the-job dust exposure.
Despite the technology available to control the hazard, however, miners still run the risk of developing this lung disease. The risk is much lower today, however; fewer than 10% of coal miners have any x ray evidence of coal dust deposits. When there is such evidence, it often shows up as only small black spots less than 1 cm. in diameter, and may have been caused by smoking rather than coal dust. This condition is called "simple CWP" and does not lead to symptoms or disability.
findarticles.com
Since these poor, helpless coal miners don't have to worry about black lung, what other 'excuse' could they have for their various malicious threats toward RR?
Again, you seem to have more empathy for those you don't know than RR, someone you should know. Now, you are going beyond credibility to justify their horrific, illegal actions. Do you really think RR would take on a union with legitimate & life threatening health issues at stake & maliciously try to break it...... And then have RR boast about it publicly? Is that the RR you know?
Why do you persist in defending these criminals then?
Further, you & polvie have completely ignored bia's calumnious statement that I want all Arab American's shot. You ignored it when she made it & you continue to ignore it in my posts today. I can't think of anything so outrageous to claim that another person harbors such despicable beliefs.
As unbelievable as that is, apparently you both had no problem with this malicious lie.......... and yet you defend polvie's cruel & insensitive comments to JW when he wished death upon Arafat, who only harbors & supports terrorists who kill innocent civilians. If bia's statement was accepted by your deafening silence, then how do you accept & vigorously defend polvie's mean spirited words to JW?
Sorry clappy, but something just doesn't add up. The excuses get worse. Critical, albeit indefensible points are completely ignored. It appears more & more to be simple denial........... In this situation, you two treated certain individuals very differently, even when there were somewhat similar circumstances............ and the only difference is that those you defended were liberals & those you chastised, demonized & minimized were conservatives........... and it is all justified via a litany of flawed excuses piled one on top of another.
Perhaps I may have a point after all.
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