Why is this?

[anotheoldgit]

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If they could only gain the same admiration from some of their fellow countrymen?

I recently posted on another thread, why it is that some ABers can say that to see those miners come out of their 'hell hole', brought tears to their eyes?

Yet when our own brave troops return home from their 'hell hole' after 6 months away from their loved ones, and to see their little children also in tears, because daddy is home safe and sound, they do not show the same sentiment?

These are your own country men, who have woken every day during that 6 months, wondering if that day would be their last, and their wives, children, girlfriends, family and friends wondering everyday they were away if they would ever see them again.

Yes parallels between the two events can be drawn, but it is the situation of the miners that seemed to grab the hearts of some, why is this?

Similar postings can be found under Lie-in King's question 'What a result'.02:32 Thu 14th Oct 2010.

[squarebear]

I assume it's because the soldiers volunteered to be in their "hell hole".

[anotheoldgit]

Oh! so those miners where forced to go underground then?

[squarebear]

No but I assume they didn't expect the mine shaft to collapse and they be stuck down their for 2 months. I understand that this was a one off event.

[squarebear]

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However, the soldier can expect the conditions he faces.

I think our troops do a fantastic job and am merely answering your question.

[ummmm]

As SB has said. Soldiers knew they were going to away from their families. Minors thought they were doing a shift and would probably home for dinner.

[sp1814]

Also, because the wars in Afghanistan, the Gulf and Iraq have been going on for so long, and there have been so many deaths, I guess people are suffering from 'compassion fatigue'.

This phenomenom also partly explains why there's a steep tail off in interest a couple of weeks after a natural or humanitarian disaster.