I'm surprised that no one has wrote anything about this yet because the song is great. The way I see it (I don't know any actual details about what happened; just what I hear in the music) 19 men were fired from their jobs for violating a rule that prohibited unions in probably a factory (once again I'm not sure exactly what this is about). What the bosses figured was that they would make an example of these guys but instead the entire factory took to the streets in protest and the bosses called in the cops. I figure the cop part because of the "thin blue line" part in the song but once again I'm not entirely sure what event this is about so anyone who knows anything should post here and help me if I fucked it up.
I'm surprised that no one has wrote anything about this yet because the song is great. The way I see it (I don't know any actual details about what happened; just what I hear in the music) 19 men were fired from their jobs for violating a rule that prohibited unions in probably a factory (once again I'm not sure exactly what this is about). What the bosses figured was that they would make an example of these guys but instead the entire factory took to the streets in protest and the bosses called in the cops. I figure the cop part because of the "thin blue line" part in the song but once again I'm not entirely sure what event this is about so anyone who knows anything should post here and help me if I fucked it up.