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lizziegrace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 03:23 PM Original message |
I hate having to compromise my beliefs to survive |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
1. what was the subject of the petition? |
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lizziegrace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 03:29 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Remember, these are my beliefs |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 03:33 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. i asked because a material alteration in a term or condition of employment |
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lizziegrace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 03:35 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Yeah |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 03:38 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. you don't work in a tanning salon, do you? |
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lizziegrace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 03:44 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. I can't go into the details |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 03:51 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. i understand...it's still an odd thing to make a condition of employment |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 04:03 PM Response to Reply #4 |
23. I would follow up with a letter to whomever the petition directed... |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 04:14 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. that is an outstanding idea. |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
2. That depends. What was the petition for? |
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lizziegrace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 03:30 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. In the big picture |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 03:39 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. Ah, pushing against regulations that might help people? |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
3. This is analogous to voting for Bush as a condition of employment. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 03:33 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Tough call (on edit: "Tough" only because I misread it) |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 03:36 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Suppose it was a petition to sell cigarettes to 18 year-olds? |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 03:38 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Doh! Forget that--I totally misread the post!! |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 03:39 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. there's no Constitutional prohibition against those petitions |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 03:47 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. That's fucked up. |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 03:53 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. that's what failure to acknowledge wage slavery will lead to |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 03:53 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. Don't be so sure. Many of the civil rights statutes are directed against private actors. |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 03:57 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. i'm positive...there's no employment discrimination here. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 04:53 PM Response to Reply #13 |
27. So, can her employer force her to sign a petition to lower the age of tobacco sales |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 05:02 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. the KKK one might not fly |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 07:08 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Now wait a minute. If they told you to wear a pancake on your head, that is legal? |
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Pale Blue Dot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
6. I worked for a retail company for years that was strongly anti-union. |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
14. I would've misspelled my name. |
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lizziegrace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 03:44 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. I didn't sign my legal name |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 08:01 PM Response to Reply #17 |
34. No |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
24. In a well armed society, no one could force you to sign a petition you didn't agree with |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 04:20 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. hell yeah |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
29. ? |
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Mike03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
30. The honest answer is that in the past, I did compromise |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
32. It was a "condition of employment" that you sign it? BS!!! |
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lizziegrace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 07:36 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. I'd like to |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 08:34 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. But then you could sue them and make out |
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Mike03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
35. Really Important Thread |
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