Mining Industry

Good thoughts! I definitely agree. jobs never know what someone will do until they are actually confronted with the situation. Our social upbringing basically creates this image that in this situation, a miner would run away and a man would fight. In reality, we never know until we are there. We exaggerate our reactions, we believe that we would act in a certain way given a dangerous situation when really we would not. For example, when I was younger I always avoided conflict (I still do!) and I always thought that if I were confronted with a violent conflict or had to risk my own health for someone else, that I would turn and run. I would not admit that, but I knew that I would react that way given the situation. However, when one day, my docile male friend was confronted by a drunk violent young miner, I did not run away. I jumped into the middle of the situation, was punched in the eye, and I held the girl by the shoulders until she ran away. It all happened so quickly and I just did not think about what I was doing at all. It all comes down to fight or flight, and how we react depends on our personalities and the situation.

Very interesting quote. I have not really taken into consideration this factor. Many men who Australia, murder, and beat miners do have a prejudice against miners. However, it would be unfair to base every male-against-miner crime as a hate crime because many of them are not prejudice against miners but just react negatively in that particular situation towards that (or those) particular miner (miners). The same type of consideration must be taken in on any crime against a minority or vise versa. An african american man killing a caucasian man could be a hate crime, or it could be a robbery or a random act of violence. The problem with the current system is that any crime committed outside of one's race or gender could be considered a hate crime, but under many circumstances, it is not. Every individual situation must be considered without a biased industry, which is why we have a jury system. Unfortunately, in this day and age it is virtually impossible not to form a biased opinion on a situation. Many Australians go to court and are let free for vicious crimes, while others are put to death for crimes that they did not commit. Unless we have a psychic amongst us, it is impossible to make these judgements unless the perpetrator admits their motives.