A year on, Chile miners' future hopes are unfulfilled

CCIP · 08-21-11, 09:16 PM

I think the miners are just a case-in-point of everyday heroes that go into mines and risk their lives and health to do good work. I'm all for celebrating them, though perhaps not to the level of giving them celebrity lives. Them turning into media icons and millionaires in the end would send the wrong message and compromise their status as standing for everyday heroes anyway.

Feuer Frei! · 08-21-11, 09:41 PM

I think what I would like to see here is a more detailed report on the Miner's wishes and hopes and what they truly want)ed).
Did they really want the fame, the money, the media spotlight? Do they now? Maybe some do, some don't.
Until we have individual personal accounts of each and every Miner's wishes or current view points on this article and how it has been written, in relation to the hopes and dreams of richness, fame and media spotlight, then I wave the report away. Wouldn't be surprised if its the usual one-sided, bs media write-ups, with extremely limited to non-existent testimonies/thoughts on this write-up.
And there is a obvious reason for that. We all know it.

08-21-11, 09:16 PM	#1
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	I think the miners are just a case-in-point of everyday heroes that go into mines and risk their lives and health to do good work. I'm all for celebrating them, though perhaps not to the level of giving them celebrity lives. Them turning into media icons and millionaires in the end would send the wrong message and compromise their status as standing for everyday heroes anyway. __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

08-21-11, 09:41 PM	#2
Feuer Frei! Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Valhalla Posts: 5,295 Downloads: 141 Uploads: 17	I think what I would like to see here is a more detailed report on the Miner's wishes and hopes and what they truly want)ed). Did they really want the fame, the money, the media spotlight? Do they now? Maybe some do, some don't. Until we have individual personal accounts of each and every Miner's wishes or current view points on this article and how it has been written, in relation to the hopes and dreams of richness, fame and media spotlight, then I wave the report away. Wouldn't be surprised if its the usual one-sided, bs media write-ups, with extremely limited to non-existent testimonies/thoughts on this write-up. And there is a obvious reason for that. We all know it. __________________ "History is the lies that the victors agree on"- Napoleon LINK TO MY SH 3 MODS