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    West Virginia mining disaster

    This story of members of miners’ families being told that they were alive, only for it to turn out that the information was wrong, and all but one had died, is clearly tragic, and my thoughts are with the family and friends of the dead.  But one small thing struck me: When it was falsely announced that the miners were alive, the assembled crowds thanked god.  When it was announced that a mistake had been made and the men were actually dead, they blamed the company.  I just thought that was an interesting disparity – make of it what you will.





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    Comment from Fern

    I blame you for making me laugh while reading about a tragic event.

    5th January 2006 | Permalink

    » This comment was received at 20:27 on 05 January 06


    Comment from the original poster, sjhoward

    If that’s all you blame me for, I’m not doing terribly badly ;-)

    5th January 2006 | Permalink

    » This comment was received at 20:35 on 05 January 06


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