Miners

Miners were rescued yesterday, after being trapped for nearly 3 months. Painful 3 months were if you turned on the TV, you rode the bus to attend to classes and you had forgotten your headphones, you turned on the radio, you would hear about them... Everywhere, it was the trend topic (just like twitter). I am not saying it is not a very shocking event. I am not saying that working conditions should be discussed more often than it is. But anyway, the media took this matter and made what they do best... They created kind of a reality show of it, making known every detail of the lives of every miner. I guess it is a strategy for getting the image of the miners closer to the audience, and a very good way of producing new material, but it can't be good to have all your life exposed because of an accident. To be famous, and make your family famous because of it. And on the other side the abusive use of patriotic signs... I can't understand how this accident could raise the appreciation of our country, and why is our flag and coat of arms everywhere now. This is not the country where 33 miners were rescued from death. It is a country were only this year 34 workers died, and if the government had failed rescueing, they would be 67. So how could we be proud of it? The focus should be there, and not in these new saints.

I hope this kind of accidents don't repeat. And I hope this soap opera doesn't continue.