The miners are tough guys
Hah. So because you do a physically hard job then you have no emotional side at all?
Right.
I suppose you think PTSD in soldiers is just them being a bit wet, don't you?
so its only me that thought this was the chilean version of big brother !!
[i]Hah. So because you do a physically hard job then you have no emotional side at all?[/i]
No, you're missing the point. What I'm saying is that this modern assumption that counselling is essential can actually cause more problems than it solves by giving people problems they never had before the counselling. I'm not saying it's inappropriate in every case; more that the people I've been hearing on the radio are saying it's essential.
Apparently 25,000 men are killed in mining incidents each year around the world
And 60,000 construction workers are killed every year around the world (that's as many as die in armed conflicts)
So what ?
Those figures have absolutely no bearing on the fact that the historic rescue of 33 miners through a half mile long 24" tube was a stunning achievement worthy of the huge global media coverage it received.
And its not as if those who like to whinge about anything which captivates a large audience are actually bothered about workplace related fatalities.
They castigate the media for focusing on the plight of a few dozen workers whilst ignoring the larger picture, but why were they [i]themselves[/i] also previously completely uninterested with global situation ?
Or are they going to claim that they have long been frustrated by the media's lack of interest on the subject ?
*rolls eyes*
When do you think they will be taking the sunglasses off?
Why are the 33 miners heroes? - Surely the real heroes are the rescuers. The drillers and capsule designers saved the 33 lives - they should be the ones getting all the glory.
Why are the 33 miners heroes? - Surely the real heroes are the rescuers. The drillers and capsule designers saved the 33 lives - they should be the ones getting all the glory.
Yeah, they haven't had a mention, which is pretty damned unfair seeing as they have worked their nuts off day and night for two months.
The media have been dining out on this whole charade like vultures.
I just saw a PR thing on the One show about how these miners could make between £10-100 million out of this. FFS!
The claptrap commentary I heard on BBC was incredible - just making a story out of speculation and other fluff. We've had BBC reporters and a small army of others out there for weeks on end - totally ove the top, total waste of license payer's money!
The accident should never have happened and Chilean authorities should feel embarrassed about their gross negligence. So they should have wound their necks in a bit.
It's the same same old media hype and bullshit. It's so damned patronising!
I am very pleased these guys got out alive, but the media storm has been ugly (as usual)!
How long before hollywood make a film and that it was the yanks that rescued them?
Media nonsense spotted:
Channel 4: "It's a miracle". Nope.
BBC News: "They're keeping the positive energy going" whatever that is...
Metro: "Returned from the dead" - er, no, actually.
[i]I just saw a PR thing on the One show about how these miners could make between £10-100 million out of this. FFS![/i]
In reality they'll make a tiny fraction of this. In six months time hardly anyone will remember the story, such is the fickle nature of the world today.
These are guys who until a few months ago had crap jobs for crap wages. If they now have the chance to make a few bob then good luck to them.
