[Imc-uk-features] Sheffield bus strike feature

[Etienne]

Hi,

Sorry to be a bit behind the times with this, but another IMC-er in
Cambridge and me thought it really wasn't appropriate for the Sheffield
bus strike feature to link to this post:

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/sheffield/2004/07/295199.html

Although some of the debate in the comments is worthwhile, the original
post is, I would have thought, a disruptive provocation from a scab,
rather than a sincere response to the strike. Certainly, had I seen it
before it was linked to in the feature, I would have hidden it for the
line:

"bus drivers, who after all are largely unskilled, providing a less then
perfect bus service. How much I wonder of the frequent delays are caused
by drivers taking crafty breaks"

which is simply a snobbish attack on the strikers and their supporters.
This interpretation of the original post seems to be confirmed by the
comments from the original poster in the comments section.

I can see the value of linking to the debate, but the wording of the
feature might be seen to imply support for the _post_ rather than the
rebuttals in the comments section.

I haven't made any changes to the feature, as it is not just a UK
feature but also appears on the Sheffield page, but perhaps the wording
could be changed to make it clear that IndyMedia does not endorse this
kind of privileging of individual convenience over collective struggle?
If IMC Sheffield agree, I would be happy to make the necessary changes,
although it might be that someone on the ground in Sheffield would be
able to express the point better.

-- 
     "There are very few members of the establishment press
      who will defend the idea that things like aggressive
      flatulence, forced feedings of swill, or even a barely-
      muted hostility on the part of the candidate would 
      justify any kind of drastic retaliation by a professional
      journalist - and certainly nothing so drastic as to
      cause the Democratic front-runner to cut short a major
      speech because some dangerous freak was clawing at his
      legs and screaming for more gin."
                                              -- Hunter S. Thompson
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