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[Martin Eden]

I'm risking everything for her candelight dinners and her plates of oysters and her pan-seared tuna and her carefree laughter.

No, you're not. If that ignorant woman were the sole beneficiary of your efforts and sacrifice, you wouldn't do it.

I'm striking because it is the right thing to do, because I won't cross a picket line, because I have to carry the torch, because I have to fight for the ones who come after me.

Much of what is good in this world is the result of people such as yourself doing the right thing when others were too cautious or selfish or ignorant to fight the good fight.

When all is said and done -- even if you pay a price for your efforts and the union isn't recognized -- you will be much better off having done the right thing. You don't have to live with that oyster-slurping ignoramus all your life -- you have to live with yourself, and with those you love and who love you.

Decades from now, you will look back with no regrets that you did the right thing and didn't allow some idiot(s) who don't possess a fraction of your character and integrity to influence your course of action.

Please do not despair on their account. You know there are all kinds of people in this world. With strength and humility, you should be proud to count yourself among the many good people whose efforts help to make a better life for everyone -- even for those whose own personal shortcomings lead them to heap derision on their betters.