In a recent forum thread I asked what the world would look like if a hypothetical omnipotent American maritime union came to power. My personal responses to the posts were uncharacteristically abrasive. Why? Partly out of frustration and partly because its my job as a gCaptain editor to push button…

It probably wouldn’t be easy to get a functioning union under the present laws, political climate and attitudes among a large proportion of the US workforce, never mind the mariners. It is apparently easier to tell other countries that they have to allow freedom of organization than to implement it…

^^^ Nobody take the bait and we’ll all be better off ^^^

[image] john: Activist? No! We are doing the same thing we’ve always been doing… publishing the maritime news. There’s a line between reporting the news and making the news. Once a journalist starts advocating they risk their reputation as an impartial broker. You are looking for a cause to a…

[image] DeckApe: Once a journalist starts advocating they risk their reputation as an impartial broker Other than hou… Who said anything about advocating? [image] DeckApe: Southerners and Republicans tend to think unions are bad Yes, I worked in the Gulf dor a decade. I understand the…

I’m not sure what you are trying to say. It’s a disjointed ramble that makes little sense.

I’m saying that I want gCaptain to investigate and expose issues that continue to weaken the US Merchant Marine and present new ideas that will support it. We are looking for issues that have a chance for positive action and will not just dissolve into infighting within the industry.

John. I was not responding to you. I understand what you are saying very clearly. I was responding to that other guy in that other thread before you split the thread and move my reply into a different thread.

[image] john: IDK, my last work of investigative journalism opened a congressional inquiry. [image] john: I don’t know if you pay attention to any of the ads posted here on gCaptain but the various CLASS societies are a BIG reason I was able to pay off those credit card bills. They know e…

[image] johnny.dollar: I missed your posts where you tell of the billion dollars you toss around like the oligarchs to get things done. WTF are you talking about?

[image] john: My original plan was to build gCaptain’s influence then open it up to forum members who would post articles here that we could distribute via our main site. But despite several attempts, that never happened. So in recently evaluating the options I said, well screw it, we can just …

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