Had one of those strange waking moments yesterday - the radio was on, playing the Today show on Radio 4, and I half woke to hear sounds of jubilation, apparently all but one of the miners in West Virginia had been found alive. Cut to clips of friends and relatives "we have been praying so hard for them and God has answered our prayers" etc.
I fell asleep again. One hour later, I woke up, Today still playing. Apparently, all but one of the West Virginia miners had been found dead. There was no mention of God. Perhaps he's only there for the good things in life. Now instead of praying to God, the relatives are talking of sueing the mine owners. For verily, where God fails, Mammon shall find a way!
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Yes, all very sad. I saw the TV coverage... I think part of the problem was the opportunism of the local Baptist church which rapidly seized on the "miracle" that subsequently didn't happen...
And verily a Whole Load Of Shit is about to befall those mine owners. So some good will come of it.
All in all a case of hope and misunderstanding - the killer so as to speak was the 2 hours extra it took the employers to fess up to the f*ck up as they found out virtually immediately that when the guy on the rescue team said he'd found the bodies he meant, bodies...
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