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Unions Urging Actors Not To Work On Hobbit Movie
lbalbalba writes "Last we heard about The Hobbit, Guillermo Del Toro dropped out, Peter Jackson was unofficially directing and secretly auditioning actors, the movie had yet to be green-lit, and Ian McKellen was getting super-antsy about the whole thing and threatening not to play Gandalf. This shouldn't help the long-gestating movie happen any quicker: Actors guilds including SAG issued actual alerts yesterday against working on any of the Hobbit films, advising their members not to take parts in the non-union production, should they be offered them."
So one example shows that every employer abuses their employees? Makes about as much sense as saying all car tires are unreliable because one goes flat.
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Modding on slashdot has been a joke for a long time. I don't even pay any attention to it anymore. Maybe give them "I Disagree" option or something so they don't abuse Troll and Flamebait so much on posts that are obviously neither.
Negative moral value of force outweighs the positive value of good intentions.
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I like progress, but in what direction? I hope not the directions you define. Like anyone, I prefer progress towards my values, and productive efficiency is not something I think is a great way to measure societies (unless among many other factors).
P.S. Saying "I am a XXXX" is not likely to convince anyone in a discussion. At best, people don't care, unless the discussion is about you - usually they'd rather talk about whatever's being discussed than what flags people wave above their head.
For every problem, there is at least one solution that is simple, neat, and wrong.