Going Underground

The story of the two Tasmanian miners got a bit too much for me this week. News networks were scrambling around trying to get exclusive rights to their "story". How interesting is the story of people trapped in the dark going to be? "Well, I didn't do anything, or see anything, or go anywhere, but I've got a story worth millions." The only thing these two men did was some basic stretching - what a scoop! And if the media are really interested in people being trapped, they should interview the ones in detention centres; I'm sure their stories contain much more emotion and heartache than two blokes waiting for a drill. But of course these detainees are not "Australian" enough to make a good story for the sensationalising networks.
The two miners were said to be "good Australians" for being trapped in a dark cell for two weeks. If that's all it takes to be a good Australian then David Hicks would surely be the most Australian person in the world by now. Except that he's now British.
While trapped, one of the miners requested a McDonalds burger as his first meal for when he was freed. If I were a rescuer, I would have blocked back up the hole and let him die. Of all the things he could have chosen, he opted for that. What a tool! That's like being offered a dream holiday anywhere in the world and choosing to go to Guantanamo Bay with Amanda Vanstone.