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| wm pasz |
Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 8:36 pm
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Joined: 29 Jan 2006 Posts: 1219 Location: Toronto |
I couldn't help but post a link to this story which is, I think, one of the most significant stories about workers so far this century and not just from a health and safety perspective.
These men could teach the rest of us a lot. It's remarkable that they were able to survive for so long in such nightmarish conditions. Although I'm sure that each will have to cope with the aftereffects of this traumatic ordeal it's really something to see the camaraderie, good humour and sense of hope and optimism that has been hard to miss in the videos and live coverage of their rescue. As I look around our North American workplaces and see the backstabbing, pettiness, selfishness and meanspiritedness that characterizes relations among co-workers I wonder how long we would have survived if this happened to us and what these men could teach us to save us from ourselves.. There are tons of media stories on this rescue but I especially liked these pics. _________________ Time is on the side of the oppressed today, it's against the oppressor. Truth is on the side of the oppressed today, it's against the oppressor. You don't need anything else. - Malcolm X |
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| SharynS |
Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 11:06 pm
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Joined: 28 Jan 2006 Posts: 2939 Location: the 'puter |
Pretty amazing (but not surprising) what happens among humans when competition goes out the window and life becomes the only priority.
_________________ Free speech is the whole thing, the whole ball game. Free speech is life itself. - Salman Rushdie |
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| Elvis |
Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 3:22 am
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Joined: 01 Feb 2006 Posts: 661 Location: Toronto |
Miner #2 is the super-star of the bunch!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKKBLXPRgsA _________________ Henri Ducard: Your compassion is a weakness your enemies will not share. Bruce Wayne: That's why it's so important. It separates us from them. |
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| wm pasz |
Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 1:53 pm
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Joined: 29 Jan 2006 Posts: 1219 Location: Toronto |
Yeah, that guy's awesome. I really hope these guys tell their stories. If anyone has any contact info...j/k.
_________________ Time is on the side of the oppressed today, it's against the oppressor. Truth is on the side of the oppressed today, it's against the oppressor. You don't need anything else. - Malcolm X |
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| SharynS |
Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 8:43 pm
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Joined: 28 Jan 2006 Posts: 2939 Location: the 'puter |
Quote: chi, chi, chi, le, le le, viva Chile! _________________ Free speech is the whole thing, the whole ball game. Free speech is life itself. - Salman Rushdie |
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| The Third Element |
Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 5:55 am
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Joined: 22 Feb 2006 Posts: 368 |
I haven't seen that many miners in front of the press cameras since the Los Angeles Zoo hosted a Petting Zoo day in honour of Michael Jackson.
(badump bump) _________________ No Beast so fierce knows but some small amount of pity, but I know none and so I am no beast. ~ Richard III |
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