tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post8529227247707624758..comments2024-03-28T11:13:05.893-07:00Comments on The Rap Sheet: Hammett Won’t Play the Red RatJ. Kingston Piercehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17073921191624535912noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-50528156102767890192011-07-14T23:10:31.432-07:002011-07-14T23:10:31.432-07:00Good for Dashiell Hammett! He was a principled pe...Good for Dashiell Hammett! He was a principled person who stood up and didn't back down.<br /><br />He was imprisoned but he did not name names. He took responsibility for his acts and beliefs, but maintained respect for other people.<br /><br />He didn't cave in.<br /><br />This is a good lesson for today, for those caving in to the super-rich on cutting Social Security and Medicare -- for which people pay their own working lives, and it does not contribute to the deficit - and for Medicaid which millions of poor and unemployed people need (Many more people need it than receive it).<br /><br />Principles matter. Principles are important, especially when the lives of tens of millions of people are affected.kathy d.noreply@blogger.com