Trapped Chilean miners found alive, but...
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papers yesterday said the mine saga was covered by 3000 reporters etc. Thank god it wasn't something more serious.................Tiggsy said:
Vipers said:
I think Little John in the Daily Mail sums that question up with :-
[b] Under our modern elf 'n' safety culture, the emergency services are actively discouraged from risking their own lives to save others.
During the floods two years ago, for instance, rescue workers stood aside and watched a man drown in a storm drain because it was "too dangerous" to try to rescue him.
If these Chilean miners had been British, they'd probably still be down there [b]
To sides to every story, the flip side of this one is Littlejohn is a t[b] Under our modern elf 'n' safety culture, the emergency services are actively discouraged from risking their own lives to save others.
During the floods two years ago, for instance, rescue workers stood aside and watched a man drown in a storm drain because it was "too dangerous" to try to rescue him.
If these Chilean miners had been British, they'd probably still be down there [b]
Edited by Vipers on Friday 15th October 14:24
t.http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-502302/Eme...
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[footnote]Edited by Tiggsy on Saturday 16th October 00:46t he was, the automated response 3 days ago was :-Thank you for taking the trouble to send me your e-mail.
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If he ever does, I will post.
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