Sitian Evening Post
May. 21st, 2016 04:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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As rumors that Lorena Station may get permanently closed and the dust seems to settle without any arrests from either side of the coin, one can began to look into the theories, lies, and truths from this round of civic unrest.
Or was it an uprising?
Looking at the first reports leaking out, the air quality wasn't as bad as the protesters feared, but the mining safety was worse than expected. Meanwhile, the water, which was mostly considered to be foul, turned out to be far more dangerous than assumed. The price fixing in the company store, the living quality of the workers, and so on is quietly swept under the rug.
Even Victoria with her less than perfect records with worker safety can't deny that these workers had reason to rise up.
Which of course, is why the anti-union factions came forward today supporting the theory that it was ergot in the grain supplies to the station that started the fervor. So let us clear that up now. According to the general manager and the inspectors looking at the station, all grain products were imported, tested, and irradiated safely.
Another claim was that there was some kind of psychoactive drug popular among the masses. Again, zero recreational drugs found in the black market, the company store, or in the medical records.
In fact, the IntSec workers that were tested had worse blood work results compared to the common worker. Pictured below is an anonymized copy. Note the amount of things marked "unknown" and "unknown (narcotic?)".
A curious thing, is it not?
Or was it an uprising?
Looking at the first reports leaking out, the air quality wasn't as bad as the protesters feared, but the mining safety was worse than expected. Meanwhile, the water, which was mostly considered to be foul, turned out to be far more dangerous than assumed. The price fixing in the company store, the living quality of the workers, and so on is quietly swept under the rug.
Even Victoria with her less than perfect records with worker safety can't deny that these workers had reason to rise up.
Which of course, is why the anti-union factions came forward today supporting the theory that it was ergot in the grain supplies to the station that started the fervor. So let us clear that up now. According to the general manager and the inspectors looking at the station, all grain products were imported, tested, and irradiated safely.
Another claim was that there was some kind of psychoactive drug popular among the masses. Again, zero recreational drugs found in the black market, the company store, or in the medical records.
In fact, the IntSec workers that were tested had worse blood work results compared to the common worker. Pictured below is an anonymized copy. Note the amount of things marked "unknown" and "unknown (narcotic?)".
A curious thing, is it not?