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nator
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Message 16 of 22 (402649)
05-29-2007 8:46 AM
Reply to: Message 15 by Jon
05-29-2007 12:35 AM


This topic is about janitors?
I thought that you were actually trying to make a point about prostitutes, since you cut n pasted the OP from the Prostituion-what to do thread and replaced key words about prostitution with those about janitors.
Wasn't that what you were trying to do?

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Jon
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Message 17 of 22 (402984)
05-31-2007 7:48 AM
Reply to: Message 16 by nator
05-29-2007 8:46 AM


Prostitution?
I'm amazed, really. Aren't you the one who started an entire thread declaring me incompetent in the area of reading comprehension? And now, have you interpreted my thread on janitors to be about sweatshop workers and prostitutes?
Reread the opening post, and point out any parts that you think hint at prostitution or sweatshop work. As for:
you cut n pasted the OP from the Prostituion-what to do thread and replaced key words about prostitution with those about janitors.
This is true, but I didn't merely switch out 'prostitute' for 'janitor.' I used the format of the prostitution thread's OP because its format was suiting to my needs.
Jon

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Percy
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Message 18 of 22 (402988)
05-31-2007 8:31 AM
Reply to: Message 17 by Jon
05-31-2007 7:48 AM


Well, wait a minute, of course your thread is about prostitution. You're pointing out that the same arguments that prostitution is demeaning and/or exploitive apply equally well to the more socially acceptable profession of janitorialism, thereby calling into question the initial premise.
I'd write moreif I had time, but the realities of my situation (mortgage, kids in college, saving for retirement) require that I place myself at the mercy of an exploitive employer who pays me only what the market says my services are worth and places me in a demeaning cookie-cutter office environment staring at a glowing screen for hour after hour for days on end. They should pass a law making this illegal! Of course, I'd probably make much less money if jobs like this were made illegal, but hey, there's a principle here!
--Percy

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crashfrog
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Message 19 of 22 (402998)
05-31-2007 10:33 AM
Reply to: Message 17 by Jon
05-31-2007 7:48 AM


This is true, but I didn't merely switch out 'prostitute' for 'janitor.' I used the format of the prostitution thread's OP because its format was suiting to my needs.
If you weren't making an argument, which you admit, then you committed an act of plagiarism by not attributing your source.
Just sayin'.

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ringo
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Message 20 of 22 (403017)
05-31-2007 12:52 PM
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05-31-2007 7:48 AM


Jon writes:
Aren't you the one who started an entire thread declaring me incompetent in the area of reading comprehension?
You've certainly demonstrated that you're incompetent in the area of janitor comprehension.

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nator
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Message 21 of 22 (403075)
05-31-2007 6:34 PM
Reply to: Message 17 by Jon
05-31-2007 7:48 AM


quote:
Prostitution?
I'm amazed, really. Aren't you the one who started an entire thread declaring me incompetent in the area of reading comprehension? And now, have you interpreted my thread on janitors to be about sweatshop workers and prostitutes?
Jon, I really thought you were merely "playing dumb" in your responses to me in this thread in order to avoid addressing my point.
I had you all wrong.
You weren't "playing", it seems.

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riVeRraT
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Message 22 of 22 (403597)
06-04-2007 11:33 AM
Reply to: Message 1 by Jon
05-27-2007 5:11 AM


Janitors. male or female, are products of neglect by our societies. These young people come out of homes where physical, non-mentally challenging labour has occurred. They are basically forced from their environment to the boiler rooms.
Prove it.
Is it better to vomit in the middle of the floor so they can clean it up to help them survive, or is there a better way.
Your whole sense of values dissappear when throwing up.
"I don't care about my shoooooooooooooeessssssagagagagagag"
( a shiny nickel to whoever knows where that came from)
It seems to me, that if you have denyed that you are going to throw up, and did not make it to the bathroom for any reason, then everything is fair game. It also depends on ones self-control, and just how bad your body wants to get rid of whatever you ate/drank.

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