A miner issue

**oldrider** · 30th November 2010, 06:28

Not enough has been made of the "Greenies" part in this disaster, IMHO!

We have wealth in the ground and and unemployment on top and these idiotic pretzels always place themselves between that!

Never get into the space between a cow and her newborn calf it's extremely dangerous!

Well that's what the Greenies do all the time, stand between parents and their ability to feed their kids!

Compost the greenies and lets get on with real world life, fuck this PC shit!

It was a nice try, tunnelling under the greenie's objection but at what cost and now it may have to be abandoned all together!

Meanwhile, the wealth still remains under the ground and may even have to be left to burn its self out, how smart is that! Wasted wealth! Wasted lives!

Greenies huh, waste of bloody space!

**Maha** · 30th November 2010, 06:31

Originally Posted by Maha

There is no doubt in my mind that they will appear happy/hungry and in need of a cold beer.

How wrong I was.

**Banditbandit** · 30th November 2010, 08:19

Originally Posted by 98tls

Your opinion and your entilted to it,coming from the Coast originally and with plenty of miners in the family my opinion differs.We are an island in the middle of nowhere which to survive needs to export not to mention the employment issue.This country has far more to worry about than the effects of coal mining on the Westcoast,would give the Greenies some respect if they had a go at tackling the real issues fucking this country up,if there so worried about what happens to the land why dont they jump up and down everytime the Maori get given yet another slice of it.

Hmmm .. we probably have very different ideas of what we need to worry about ....

And give us another slice of it ? Hei aha tō whakaaro ? It was ours before y'all took it off us ...

**scumdog** · 30th November 2010, 08:24

Originally Posted by Banditbandit

And give us another slice of it ? Hei aha tō whakaaro ? It was ours before y'all took it off us ...

And 'you' took it from????

**oldrider** · 30th November 2010, 08:26

Originally Posted by Banditbandit

Hmmm .. we probably have very different ideas of what we need to worry about ....

And give us another slice of it ? Hei aha tō whakaaro ? It was ours before y'all took it off us ...

How do you get your leathers on, over that great big chip on your shoulder?

**Banditbandit** · 30th November 2010, 08:39

Originally Posted by scumdog

And 'you' took it from????

We didn't "take it" from anyone .. You have a view of our history which was perpetrated by the immigrants, who did so to give them (and you) an excuse to take the country ...

Originally Posted by oldrider

How do you get your leathers on, over that great big chip on your shoulder?

Don't you think that the memory might actually be justified ?

**scissorhands** · 30th November 2010, 08:51

Blaming the greenies for a mining fuckup seems a little odd, though I understand your reasoning. Greenies preventing a mother feeding her young?

Cmon, the west is fat and consuming more than enough like a junk food addicted school boy. Stepping between them is ethically correct.

Continued growth as in the economy = problems.

'Like a drunken sailor spending accumulated wages' is how we treat the earth

If we just put on a hat and jumper in winter, went wind and solar elctricity, we wouldnt need more coal mines. Dont they spill lake water that could generate power?

Greenies are not the enemy here. Even though I agree that open cast in the way to go

The enemy wears a suit and rhymes with wank.

**marty** · 30th November 2010, 09:47

Originally Posted by Banditbandit

We didn't "take it" from anyone .. You have a view of our history which was perpetrated by the immigrants, who did so to give them (and you) an excuse to take the country ...

Don't you think that the memory might actually be justified ?

So let's hear YOUR view of 'our' history. Enlighten us.

**Reckless** · 30th November 2010, 09:52

Originally Posted by Banditbandit

Hmmm .. we probably have very different ideas of what we need to worry about ....

And give us another slice of it ? Hei aha tō whakaaro ? It was ours before y'all took it off us ...

Originally Posted by scumdog

And 'you' took it from????

Originally Posted by oldrider

How do you get your leathers on, over that great big chip on your shoulder?

Originally Posted by marty

So let's hear YOUR view of 'our' history. Enlighten us.

Hey the threads about the miners/Mining and if you pick the right posts quite informative!

Start your own thread LOL!!!

**Crasherfromwayback** · 30th November 2010, 09:53

Originally Posted by Banditbandit

We didn't "take it" from anyone .. You have a view of our history which was perpetrated by the immigrants, who did so to give them (and you) an excuse to take the country ...

Don't you think that the memory might actually be justified ?

I could be well wrong...but I'm pretty sure 'your' people weren't the first to occupy this fine land? If so...what did you pay the original 'owners', so that you can call it 'yours'?

**Edbear** · 30th November 2010, 10:11

Originally Posted by Maha

How wrong I was.

It's a huge tragedy that will live on and we can but feel deep empathy with the families and friends! One of the miners, an Aussie, was a "brother" of mine and was packing to return home at the end of the month - leaves a wife and two children.

The questions to be answered do seem to inlcude the pros and cons of underground mining of coal so hopefully we will learn something about the politics behind deciding which way to do it and whether open cast was the better option.

These days open cast mining is very structured and the company is obligated to restore the land as the mine progresses, so they can replant the bush as they go.

**phill-k** · 30th November 2010, 10:20

Originally Posted by Banditbandit

Hmmm .. we probably have very different ideas of what we need to worry about ....

And give us another slice of it ? Hei aha tō whakaaro ? It was ours before y'all took it off us ...

Is that you hone hiding behind the avitar

**kevfromcoro** · 30th November 2010, 13:10

Just read the news..
And thet tryed to seal it off with some foam stuff.
It caught fire....
Doesnt quite sound right......
Another day down the dunny.....

**Banditbandit** · 30th November 2010, 13:39

Originally Posted by Crasherfromwayback

I could be well wrong...but I'm pretty sure 'your' people weren't the first to occupy this fine land? If so...what did you pay the original 'owners', so that you can call it 'yours'?

Originally Posted by phill-k

Is that you hone hiding behind the avitar

Originally Posted by Reckless

Hey the threads about the miners/Mining and if you pick the right posts quite informative!

Start your own thread LOL!!!

Wott he said ... my first reaction as I followed through - then arrived at Reckless' response ... not for this thread ...