Comments on: Mining and Water: San Antonio Pit, Marinduque http://allan.lissner.net/mining-and-water-san-antonio-pit-marinduque/ independent multimedia journalism Thu, 05 Jan 2012 20:02:34 +0000 hourly 1 By: admin http://allan.lissner.net/mining-and-water-san-antonio-pit-marinduque/comment-page-1/#comment-21 admin Mon, 30 Mar 2009 19:25:38 +0000 http://allan.lissner.net/?p=1137#comment-21 Thanks for the comment, Seer. You make a fair point, and many people have left. But keep in mind we're talking about over 100,000 on a small island with limited capacities. Where do they go? Who pays the costs of relocating 100,000 people? What are the elderly (like Thomas) supposed to do? if they did leave, where do you think they would end up? the one alternative available to them is to move to a big city and live in the over-crowded urban slums. The population of Metro Manila was about 5million in 1975 and has exploded to 15million and growing now precisely because so many people are finding it impossible to continue their traditional ways of life for a variety of reasons, only one of which is irresponsible mining practices. Many have chosen to move to the cities, but many others would not consider this a viable option, many will have decided that they'd rather take their chances and die at home than spend the rest of their lives trying to survive in a slum. Thanks for the comment, Seer.
You make a fair point, and many people have left. But keep in mind we’re talking about over 100,000 on a small island with limited capacities.

Where do they go? Who pays the costs of relocating 100,000 people? What are the elderly (like Thomas) supposed to do? if they did leave, where do you think they would end up? the one alternative available to them is to move to a big city and live in the over-crowded urban slums.

The population of Metro Manila was about 5million in 1975 and has exploded to 15million and growing now precisely because so many people are finding it impossible to continue their traditional ways of life for a variety of reasons, only one of which is irresponsible mining practices.

Many have chosen to move to the cities, but many others would not consider this a viable option, many will have decided that they’d rather take their chances and die at home than spend the rest of their lives trying to survive in a slum.

]]> By: Seer http://allan.lissner.net/mining-and-water-san-antonio-pit-marinduque/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Seer Thu, 26 Mar 2009 23:22:46 +0000 http://allan.lissner.net/?p=1137#comment-15 There is one thing that they could do, MOVE. I know this sounds harsh but I thing that if my life was threatened by a badly built dam and I knew it was in danger of letting go at any time I would not be hanging around waiting to be rescued by someone else. You need to take controle and get yourself and family out of the way. And they know "“Look, that dam could break at any time, maybe next week, maybe tomorrow, I don’t know. But I do know that when it does happen, my house and my family will probably be destroyed."" Get out of there Man!! There is one thing that they could do, MOVE.
I know this sounds harsh but I thing that if my life was threatened by a badly built dam and I knew it was in danger of letting go at any time I would not be hanging around waiting to be rescued by someone else.
You need to take controle and get yourself and family out of the way.
And they know ““Look, that dam could break at any time, maybe next week, maybe tomorrow, I don’t know. But I do know that when it does happen, my house and my family will probably be destroyed.”"
Get out of there Man!!

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