NationStates Jolt Archive

Yes, if you're out of work in the Palestinian Authority areas, all you have to do is pick up your AK, go outside, fire a few rounds to get everyone's attention, and issue demands.

One wonders about people who can afford automatic weapons and ammunition, and their concomitant inability to find a job.

Here in the US, of course, potential employers generally don't hire people with a history of "going postal" like that. Maybe their job prospects would improve if they weren't wearing the khaffiya over their face and shooting bullets in the air.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10542632/

Maybe they can apply for seasonal jobs. I mean, the Nativity scene in there has got to be massive.

Maybe they can apply for seasonal jobs. I mean, the Nativity scene in there has got to be massive.
Figure that most people there already have a costume. Have to leave the AK at home though.

Look, you can't criticize them. Just because our culture encourages job applicants to drop off a resume and go for an interview doesn't make their culture's method of storming city hall with automatic weapons any less valid of a job hunting strategy. It's American cultural imperialism like yours that is causing problems around the world.

Look, you can't criticize them. Just because our culture encourages job applicants to drop off a resume and go for an interview doesn't make their culture's method of storming city hall with automatic weapons any less valid of a job hunting strategy. It's American cultural imperialism like yours that is causing problems around the world.
That's what I keep telling people around here, but no one seems to like it when I show up to an interview carrying my rifle.

Whatever happened to multiculturalism?

Well, judging by the NYC transit strike, I can't say we're much better. Oh sure, there's a lack of firearms involved (due to our conception that guns = bad), but there is force. PAY ME EXTRA OR THE CITY'S ECONOMY STOPS! echoes throughout the whining workers.

That's what I keep telling people around here, but no one seems to like it when I show up to an interview carrying my rifle.

Whatever happened to multiculturalism?

I'm willing to bet that in any culture, bringing a gun to an interview might be a little...intimidating.

Well, judging by the NYC transit strike, I can't say we're much better. Oh sure, there's a lack of firearms involved (due to our conception that guns = bad), but there is force. PAY ME EXTRA OR THE CITY'S ECONOMY STOPS! echoes throughout the whining workers.
MTA's running a one billion dollar surpluss. They can afford to share the wealth. MTA shares as much blame as the strikers.

I'm willing to bet that in any culture, bringing a gun to an interview might be a little...intimidating.
See the first post - it's how things are done by Palestinians. Who are you to judge them?

I'm willing to bet that in any culture, bringing a gun to an interview might be a little...intimidating.
Maybe in some cultures it's expected.

See the first post - it's how things are done by Palestinians. Who are you to judge them?

I'm sure that not everyone in the Middle East likes a gun in their face.

MTA's running a one billion dollar surpluss. They can afford to share the wealth. MTA shares as much blame as the strikers.

So basically it's ok to hold hostage a city's transportation network while making demands for cash as long as someone can afford said cash?

The fact is MTA would be the ones operating legally and following a contract these workers are now taking a shit on. The employees on strike are to blame. What if the firemen on 9/11 had decided they weren't being paid enough and refused to work? Gimmegimmegimme, is what its all about. Just like all "wealth sharing."

I'm sure that not everyone in the Middle East likes a gun in their face.
Well, nobody in the US likes traffic jams, but we've learned to deal with them. Maybe guns in your face are just seen as an annoyance, like a traffic jam.

Well, nobody in the US likes traffic jams, but we've learned to deal with them. Maybe guns in your face are just seen as an annoyance, like a traffic jam.

Hmm...Good comparison. But generally, people don't create traffic jams with the intent to harm.

So basically it's ok to hold hostage a city's transportation network while making demands for cash as long as someone can afford said cash?

The fact is MTA would be the ones operating legally and following a contract these workers are now taking a shit on. The employees on strike are to blame. What if the firemen on 9/11 had decided they weren't being paid enough and refused to work? Gimmegimmegimme, is what its all about. Just like all "wealth sharing."
1) If you can avoid holding the city's transportation hostage then it's not ok, but when the employees of a company help earn big profits they deserve a bonus or raise. Something to show them that their hard work is appreciated.

2) There's a difference. Nobody is going to burn to death because of a transit strike. Gimmegimmegimme is what capitalism is all about. Strikes are just a way for those selling their labor to make sure they get a good price for it by shrinking supply. Like the way that Ford doesn't make a shitload of Mustangs so the going price for them drops to match the price of a Hyundai.

Hmm...Good comparison. But generally, people don't create traffic jams with the intent to harm.
Usually true, but I've done it. When I first got my licence I thought it was funny to wait through a green light and go just as the light turned from yellow to red, thus backing up traffic behind me because I didn't like the car following me.