Another coal mine explosion with 140 lives lost and 11 missing! And yet, this happened in the same province where the toxic water spilled into the river. Life, under whatever hard condition it lives, should be respected and treasured. Imagine those miners working hundred meters underground where there is no light and fresh air, and everyday is another day living on the edge of death. They don't have much in life, yet still have much to lose. And of course, nobody choose to live a life like that. And who would?
Equality and liberty is always a difficult call when the bottom line is not taken care of, when people have to struggel to survive. The lucky babies in the city rarely realize how we have been abusing the resources we have without caring much about where it comes from and how much we should appreciate what life has offered us and then give back in return.
Compassion has its own limitations. We only make progress when we indeed fight for it. Sometimes the outcry has to be loud and so it will resonate in more places.
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"Imagine those miners working hundred meters underground where there is no light and fresh air, and everyday is another day living on the edge of death" - this is of course total nonsense. YOu do not hear of people dieing in mining accidents in Germany, Canada, the UK etc. In Canada they are mining at depths over 1,000 metres. Yet the mines and well lit and well ventilated. This is simple greed. You need propoer safety standards and proper enforcement. And significant penalties for breaches of safety. It is not difficult. These accidents reflect a callous disregard for life and a chronic lack of good, honest, and responsible, government.
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