[Fmpro] One step further.......scab? OT

[Tracey Larvenz]

BTW Chris,

If you're going to take someone to task for their English, I'd take a  
hard look at your own first.  "Then" should be "than" in most places  
where you use it.  And I'd be willing to bet you don't have the  
mother tongue excuse... Inherent is misspelled.  It was fairly  
pathetic to take shots at someone who speaks English as a second or  
third language, particularly when your command of grammar and  
spelling is less than perfect.  How many languages do you speak?   
When I've travelled and attempted to speak languages other than  
English, the native speakers were always gracious, accommodating and  
thankful that I was trying.

I thought that your reference to European orchestral musicians as  
scabs was in poor taste.  While it is true that "scab" can refer to  
non-union players, the common usage of the term is generally  
derogatory with regards to quality, no matter how you choose to frame  
it.

I don't believe that corruption is inherent in anything, politics  
aside.  It's thinking like that which brings acceptance of corruption  
and disempowers people to take action against it.  There's a  
difference between "inherent" and "accepted."

Tracey Larvenz
www.melodiousthunk.net



On Sep 8, 2007, at 3:50 PM, Chris Alpiar wrote:

> How specifically were you lied to by the UK Musicians Union?
>
> I am not saying that the current unions work for everyone, anymore  
> then
> Mark's ideals worked in the Soviet Union, but it’s the IDEALS we  
> must stand
> by and demand or else we just contribute to the continued spiral  
> down. In
> every EVERY organization corruption is an inherant aspect. I don’t  
> like to
> hear you were ripped off, but saying FU to the whole thing and  
> supporting
> anarchy will not get you anything either
>
>> Dozens of jobs these days for a rock production......  the
>> band, the sidemen, the video folk, the sound crew, the
>> catering crew, makeup, the guys who travel . riggers/drivers
>> etc...... the folks who sell concessions, the folks who sell
>> the tickets, the folks who print the tickets, the folks who
>> clean the auditorium etc etc..... I'm sure you get my point.
>
> Umm if you ever EVER find a rock concert that hires anyone from out  
> of town
> much less out of country for anything other then the band and its  
> entourage
> please tell me I will come take pictures lol
>