Posts by giovanni tiso
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Structural unemployment also favours pockets of chronic and inter-generational joblessness in the communities failed by the education system and the economy. But that's precisely the genius of the system: if you know how to blame those victims you get to profit from them twice.
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How long before we see a return to ads such as this one, which basically greeted me in the country when I first arrived?
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You're also reserving the ability to spell his name correctly it seems.
When asked about whether the mine would reopen, he said he couldn't possibly comment on that. I'm not sure how it constitutes equivocation, but maybe that's the language barrier thing.
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Oh absolutely, although it pays to remember that Whittall had become CEO a matter of weeks before the accident.
On this topic, I found a headline on Stuff today quite staggering: "DOC red tape had no impact on mine safety". There might have been somebody actually willing to blame DOC for a mining disaster, it seems.
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Whittall just seems to be more charismatic on camera.
I think mana would be a more exact word than charisma. Think about it: there is a major industrial accident involving a loved one, and you're dealing on a daily basis with the CEO of the company - and not only you don't hate him, but he becomes a vital source of information and support, and somebody to share the burden with. It has been quite extraordinary.
So I think the poor behaviour of the media in Greymouth is better sourced than mere rumour.
Nonetheless, the rumous about specific incidents seem to be swirling - I wouldn't necessarily credit all of them.
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All the reports seem rather vague and the situation at the moment is a potential incubator for urban legends of this kind, is all.
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I'd like to know how many of these reports are factual to be honest.
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250 jobs will now disappear from the Greymouth area. It will be of great comfort to the people of the region that they can count on the support and solidarity of their country should these jobs not be replaced inside of five years.
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That, and a maximum wage of around $300k a year
The chief advantage of which would be the calibre of the people we'd lose.
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[EDIT: deleted double post of shame]