Mining must be safe

Around 20 miners were killed in a mining accident in Slovakia on Monday. The liberal daily Sme writes: "Mining is pretty much as dangerous in 2009 as it was in 1791, when the verses of the oldest Slovakian miners' song were penned. In many ways it's even more difficult for today's miners to get up for work than it was in past centuries. The mining profession has lost its privileges, and its prestige has waned. The government of [ex-prime minister Mikuláš] Dzurinda didn't waste a single word on them in its programme, and the current government gives mining just a single sentence, stating that it is working towards closing down the mining industry. ... But as long as it exists, only safe mines should remain open, so that everyone who goes down comes back up in one piece."

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