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by Thundercloud on 02:48 PM January 5th, 2006 EST (#1)
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I don't remember what news network it was, but yesterday when this mine tragedy was being covered I heard a reporter say something about; "The men AND WOMEN who risk their lives doing this kind of work."
Hello..., NONE of the people who died in that mining accident were WOMEN. Not ONE of them!
So where do they keep getting this "Menandwomen" stuff from...???
And MOST miners are MEN, not women. There are SOME women but very few who are mine workers.
Man, they have to slip feminism into EVERYTHING they report.
What the Hell...?!?
Thundercloud.
"Hoka hey!"
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by Tumescent on 10:43 PM January 5th, 2006 EST (#4)
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Great point, Thundercloud-- on point as usual.
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by Thundercloud on 11:48 AM January 6th, 2006 EST (#7)
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Thanks.
I try.
Thundercloud.
"Hoka hey!"
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by Davidadelong on 07:47 PM January 5th, 2006 EST (#2)
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I haven't met a Family Man yet that wasn't working to "do the right thing" by supporting their Family. Actually most Men will tell you they wouldn't do what they are currently doing if it wasn't for their Family. Damned if you do, Damned if you don't. Those poor Guys were just trying to make a comfortable living, they won't benefit, but the two million dollar starter for the fund for their Family's will make sure that their progeny will consider working in the coal mines. Because it ain't so bad if you die when your Family is OK! Hogwash!
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by Roy on 11:21 PM January 5th, 2006 EST (#5)
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Most of the media coverage has shifted to the typical "grieving women and families" angle.
You will never see even two-minute TV profiles about the actual MEN who died in this industrial disaster.
They are now anonymous dead, just as they were anonymous while alive.
Of course, the wives will get a television movie deal.....
And the company will soon be sold to an off-shore untraceable other off-shore conglomerate, so that no law suits for wrongful death will ever succeed.
Everyone in this story.... is now a ghost.
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by Daoistfire on 01:19 AM January 6th, 2006 EST (#6)
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This most be surprise for the Feminist.
The man are actualy working for them!
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by gatsby on 12:01 PM January 6th, 2006 EST (#8)
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Men are never shown to have any value on their own except in relation to the women and children they affect. We are like Boxer in the classic "Animal Farm" workers for the common good, the common good of everyone else.
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by MR on 04:22 PM January 6th, 2006 EST (#9)
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No, sure haven't seen that, nor, "Explosion at W.V. mine - all victims are male."
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by Thundercloud on 01:52 PM January 7th, 2006 EST (#10)
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The media also doesn't go on and on about how many of the men killed were fathers and how sad a loss it is for their children, the way they do about mothers who die.
Thundercloud.
"Hoka hey!"
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by thatold55 on 03:08 PM January 7th, 2006 EST (#11)
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Here is a recent news story about a man's death in Marysville, Washington. The guy went crazy, and jumped out of a moving car his wife was driving. About a year ago, his daughter (step-daughter?) died in a road-rage traffic accident, and his wife says he is a Gulf War veteran suffering from post-traumatic stress syndrome.
Anyway, read the story, and especially, listen to the audio. I was bothered by how quickly the woman's lament changed from poor daughter and poor husband into poor me. I am a little ashamed that I was not moved more than I was by her suffering. Something about her and her situation strikes me as false. I even wonder if they should see if her husband's estimated time of death is consistent with the timeline for the alleged scene of his death.
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by Davidadelong on 01:24 PM January 10th, 2006 EST (#13)
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I heard on the radio news a while ago a psychologist that was talking about PTSD, and how the current paradigm was abusing People by not dealing with the problems, just issuing scripts for drugs to mask the angst that these people suffer under. The guy made sense, and he commended the Warrior ethos by saying that we needed to adhere to some of the old ways of dealing with this angst. Drugs don't work Folks, unless of course you have stock in one of the major drug companies, then you are just adding fuel to the fire. Perhaps this poor Man was rejecting the "BS" that he was taught; his wife felt she was losing control over him, and maybe he did exactly what he wanted to, end his own existence, for it takes a strong Person to know the truth when surrounded by lies.........
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by Davidadelong on 09:14 AM January 8th, 2006 EST (#12)
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I heard on the tv this AM that the mayor of the town in WV has a son in the mines, she said she didn't know how he did it! But, she then went on to say how the coal industry "is a good business". I wonder why? Because she isn't down there taking years off of her life to support her husband, thats why!
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by khankrumthebulgar on 06:04 PM January 15th, 2006 EST (#14)
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This is the part of the wage disparity the FemNags never mention. That they are blatant liars is obvious. The hazardous and life endangering jobs that Men take. Underground Miners risk death daily. As do Fishermen, Lumberjacks, and many other Male dominated professions. That the Media dwells on the feelings of the families and ignore the death of the Men is no shock. It is standard Lace Curtain censorship.
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The current mine tragedy story points up the fact that men are far-more often victims of industrial accidents than women due to the jobs they do and the way they are perceived as being "less valuable" than women, so more readily sacrificed in the name of profit margins. As