Recruitomatic says: Absolutley, yes! Just as it would be an inherent contradiction to expect all Catholics to be priests and nuns.

I hope this clears things up.

Amitai

My point regarding the question you asked was not relative to the unionizing of a co-op which I think you implied was odd – hence my Church comparison – but that you should have known that the Wobbly agitator’s where about as politically in tune with the today’s realities as the ‘punks’ they more properly represent. I’m sorry – reading it again I can see I was unclear.

My referencing your question as stupid should not imply that I think you are. I know for a fact that you are not! I would never mean to cause you any embarrassment. If I did, I apologize.

Amitai

I am uncertain exactly what you meant by the following:

“I think George should have known that before asking, “Is there something inherently inconsistent about unionizing a co-op?”. With all due respect, George, that is a stupid question. Should all Catholics be priests and nuns?”

The analogy between the questions can be interpreted to present different answers to the first question.

I would answer your question: “of course, not all Catholics should be priests and nuns; it depends on many factors, notably their own personalities and preferences.”

So the answer to my original “stupid question” is “sometimes, George, but don’t overgeneralize. A union might be needed in a particular co-op that was exploiting employees despite its lip-service to utopian principles.”

Or is your point the less subtle one that both questions are “duhs,” but my “stupid question is a “duh, yes” and yours a “duh, no”?