CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh, Sept. 2, 2007

The Ship Breakers Of Bangladesh

Ship Breaking Industry Arrived In Bangladesh By Accident, Literally

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    In Full: Working for barely a dollar a day with little but their bare hands, the ship breakers of Bangladesh strip old ships in one of the world's most dangerous jobs. Bob Simon reports.

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(CBS)  This segment was originally broadcast on Nov. 5, 2006. It was updated on Aug. 29, 2007.

Now and then 60 Minutes take viewers to places they’ve never been to before. They are exotic places, the stuff of dreams. This is a story about one of those places. But as Bob Simon reports, the ship breaking beaches of Bangladesh belong more in a nightmare.

We all know how ships are born, how majestic vessels are nudged into the ocean with a bottle of champagne. But few of us know how they die. And hundreds of ships meet their death every year. From five-star ocean liners, to grubby freighters, literally dumped with all their steel, their asbestos, their toxins on the beaches of some the poorest countries in the world, countries like Bangladesh.



You can’t really believe how bad it is here, until you see it. It could be as close as you’ll get to hell on earth, with the smoke, the fumes, and the heat. The men who labor here are the wretched of the earth, doing dirty, dangerous work, for little more than $1 a day.

It’s not much of a final resting place, this desolate beach near the city of Chittagong on the Bay of Bengal. Ships are lined up here as at any port, but they’ll never leave. Instead, they will be dissected, bolt by bolt, rivet by rivet, every piece of metal destined for the furnaces to be melted down and fashioned into steel rods. The ships don’t die easily - they are built to float, not to be ripped apart, spilling toxins, oil and sludge into the surrounding seas.

The men who work here are dwarfed by the ships they are destroying. And they dissect the ships by hand. The most sophisticated technology on the beach is a blowtorch. The men carry metal plates, each weighing more than a ton from the shoreline to waiting trucks, walking in step like pallbearers, or like members of a chain gang. They paint images of where they would like to be on the trucks - pictures of paradise far from this wasteland.

And when night falls, the work continues and the beach becomes an inferno of smoke and flames and filth.

This industry, which employs thousands and supplies Bangladesh with almost all its steel, began with an accident - a cyclone to be precise. In 1965, a violent storm left a giant cargo ship beached on what was then a pristine coastline. It didn’t take long before people began ripping the ship apart. They took everything and businessmen took note - perhaps they didn’t need a storm to bring ships onto this beach here.

Mohammed Mohsin’s family has become extremely wealthy bringing ships onto these beaches. He pays millions of dollars for each ship and makes his profit from the steel he sells. The name of his company is PHP, which stands for Peace, Happiness and Prosperity.

His latest acquisition is a ship weighing in at 4,000 tons but Mohsin tells Simon that's small by comparison to other vessels that have been gutted on the beaches. They have handled ships as large as 68,000 tons.

This the first time Mohsin has seen the 4,000 ton ship close up. In fact buying a ship is not at all like buying a car. He didn’t even need to see a picture before he bought it for $14 million. All he needed to know was its weight and how much the owners were charging for each ton of steel.

One of the single most valuable parts of the ship is the propeller. The "small" ships propeller is worth around $35,000 alone, Mohsin estimates.

It may be a small ship to Mohsin, but getting onto it from the beach is still a bit delicate.

Mohsin's ships don't have seafaring captains anymore - he is the captain now of dying ships and the captain of one of the largest of 30 shipyards on this 10-mile stretch of beach. Some 100 ships are ripped apart on the beach each year, most of them from the west.

"It is the west’s garbage dump," says Roland Buerk, who lives in Bangladesh. He spent a year in these yards, writing a book about the industry. 60 Minutes hired him to guide Simon through the tangled world of shipbreaking.

To do the same work in America or England would be very expensive.

"It would be because in Europe and America when they do this, they do it in dry docks," Buerk explains. "So in actual fact, the owners of these ships are selling them to the yard owners here to break up. If they had to do it in America, they’d have to pay for that process to be carried out. So you see it makes real economic sense to do it here."

"So old, out-dated ships that were previously a liability, are now an asset," Simon remarks.

"Exactly," Buerk agrees. "And that's why they end up on these shores."

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by onehdeagle November 5, 2006 8:46 PM PST
What a *** Simon is, never had any dirt under his manicured nails, doesn't know the difference between a blow torch, and a cutting torch. And had to bring up the child labor thing on his story about the ships. Many children could be singled out as having to do child labor in the US, who work for their family business.
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by marcelde November 5, 2006 8:58 PM PST
The ship breakers of Bangladesh have nothing in common with The ship breakers of the Exxon Valdez. While these poor people in Bangladesh try to earn a dollar a day, America%u2019s wealthiest continue to pollute with large oil ships breaking apart and contaminating what is left of our fish in the sea. === We will sadly learn, all too soon, not only what our reliance upon foreign oil is costing beyond the pumps, but the cost of this misadministration%u2019s failure to endorse the Kyoto Accords to lessen global warming. ===

The ignorant see the Spotted Owl as simply %u201CAn Inconvenient Truth%u201D, but those who are not simply attaching labels, like %u201CEnvironmental Extremist%u201D but understand that an owl or a salmon is the lynch pin in the balance of nature, applaud the efforts of Al Gore and others to use science as a tool to better mankind. ===

Dominion over the animals does not mean Extinction of the animals. If God, whose name is perverted by the hypocrisy of Foley and Haggard, meant to extinguish all life save the Christian Right (which is neither) we would have remained in The Garden of Eden, alone with the snake we now call Rumsfeld.
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by fredricksons November 5, 2006 11:06 PM PST
Shame on the West for exploiting the worlds poor.
It's worst than WalMarts treatment of their employees!

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by q_ball81 November 6, 2006 12:22 AM PST
It's not only the West's fault or an administration's fault. These problems would've arisen under anyone's administration - money and survival will always have control over developed and developing nations versus environmental issues, child labor, etc. We are dealing with human nature and neglect, and it is sad. It is ignorant to blame all of our problems on any one religion (Christian or Islam) and on a current U.S. administration.

Having served as a Peace Corps Volunteer south of Chittagong, I have seen many of these atrocities first hand working at the grassroots level. I have seen young students who I would teach be forced to leave school because their families need them to work, or kids forced to leave their families at age 14 and be shipped to other South Pacific or Middle Eastern nations as indentured servants. Our own country has problems, but nothing compared to Bangladesh - we are fortunate to be born in America.

When you're dealing with the most corrupt country in the world for over five years, what do you expect? We have a demographic that has become apathetic due to extreme corruption at all levels, a place where religion reigns over everyday life versus proven medical and science practices, and where money means immediate survival over longterm education for children. Despite all of this, there is beauty to be found since personal and national pride can be found amongst the people, and this something the article should have also mentioned.
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by q_ball81 November 6, 2006 12:23 AM PST
It's not only the West's fault or an administration's fault. These problems would've arisen under anyone's administration - money and survival will always have control over developed and developing nations versus environmental issues, child labor, etc. We are dealing with human nature and neglect, and it is sad. It is ignorant to blame all of our problems on any one religion (Christian or Islam) and on a current U.S. administration.

Having served as a Peace Corps Volunteer south of Chittagong, I have seen many of these atrocities first hand working at the grassroots level. I have seen young students who I would teach be forced to leave school because their families need them to work, or kids forced to leave their families at age 14 and be shipped to other South Pacific or Middle Eastern nations as indentured servants. Our own country has problems, but nothing compared to Bangladesh - we are fortunate to be born in America.

When you're dealing with the most corrupt country in the world for over five years, what do you expect? We have a demographic that has become apathetic due to extreme corruption at all levels, a place where religion reigns over everyday life versus proven medical and science practices, and where money means immediate survival over longterm education for children. Despite all of this, there is beauty to be found since personal and national pride can be found amongst the people, and this something the article should have also mentioned.
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by heineyjohn November 6, 2006 12:38 AM PST
Dear Bob Simon,

Many terms are mis-used these days, often because some words just feel good and everyone wants to use them. "Bling" is a recent example. An old example is "blow torch". It must give a reporter a warm feeling to work blow torch into a story. I hear it too often for a device that went extinct in the 1950s.

A blow torch is a liquid-fueled torch roughly the size and shape of a 1960s percolator.(My dictionary has a picture} They were hand-pumped to intensify the flame with a stream of air. They have not been used since the advent of the propane torch. The fact that one had to pour gasoline into it might have something to do with that.

The tool you referred to in "Ship Breakers" is an oxy-acetylene cutting torch, or just a cutting torch. Each time I hear a reporter mis-use a term, I wonder what else he is mis-informing me about.

Sincerely,

John Heiney

San Marcos CA
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by heineyjohn November 6, 2006 12:39 AM PST
Dear Bob Simon,

Many terms are mis-used these days, often because some words just feel good and everyone wants to use them. "Bling" is a recent example. An old example is "blow torch". It must give a reporter a warm feeling to work blow torch into a story. I hear it too often for a device that went extinct in the 1950s.

A blow torch is a liquid-fueled torch roughly the size and shape of a 1960s percolator.(My dictionary has a picture} They were hand-pumped to intensify the flame with a stream of air. They have not been used since the advent of the propane torch. The fact that one had to pour gasoline into it might have something to do with that.

The tool you referred to in "Ship Breakers" is an oxy-acetylene cutting torch, or just a cutting torch. Each time I hear a reporter mis-use a term, I wonder what else he is mis-informing me about.

Sincerely,

John Heiney

San Marcos CA
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by craigru1 November 6, 2006 1:00 AM PST
I met a member of the crew who worked on this piece when I was leaving Dhaka last August. Here are a few things about the ship breaking industry in Bangladesh that 60 Minutes didn't mention...

At the Gulshan Two traffic circle in Dhaka, you will find a number of shop keepers selling items left behind by crews who once manned the ships being disassembled in Chittagong. These relics include old coins, watches, wheels, anchors, compasses, wooden chests, and much more. Other items not found on the ships, such as pearls and shoes, have also found their way into the market due to frequent visits by wealthy Bangladeshis and foreign nationals (including the few tourists who travel to Bangladesh).

Bangladesh is also the most over-populated country in the world, adding to Simon's argument that work is hard to find. If one does not work on the ship breaking beaches of Chittagong, the common alternative is to become a rickshaw puller instead; a job just as laborsome and one that constantly threatens physical and verbal abuse by traffic cops and passengers.

Though not a completely accurate depiction of Bangladesh, 60 Minutes has, at least, offered a brief glimpse into a country that has continuously been ignored by the media. But next time they should do a story on a more pressing issue like the 18 people who died last weekend in violent political protests. Disagreement over who should overlook the upcoming election continues following the recent takeover by an interim government.
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by one-opinion November 6, 2006 1:13 AM PST
This report was very distrubing to acknowledge the fact that the West exploits poor countries. You would think that the U.N. or the U.S. would do more to help Third World Nations instead of allowing some to take advantage of them and endanger the lives not only of those who slave day and night to make one dollar per day and, the lives of all from the pollutants sweeping back into the sea. If there were sanctions in place that these ships had to be decontaminated before being torn apart, the process would still be profitable if it was done in Bangladesh.

Mohammed Mohsin tried to justify his business by making the impression that he his helping his country by providing it with steel since, it is unable to produce steel due to the lack of iron. However, he and his company are making millions per ship. Bangladesh is not gaining any economic advantage.
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by codelek November 6, 2006 3:45 AM PST
PBS-like in-depth feature wanted ! It would be so enlightening to follow a handful of these fellows through their daily routine. HOW HEALTHY they look - I try to imagine how *I* would have looked as a teenager, living on what a dollar a day would buy. This is Zahavi's "Handicap Principle" ( buy the book ! ) - poverty is unfortunate, but it would take a big fool to call the poor "genetically inferior". There were a lot of Indian students in my Quantum Theory Physics 602 class, who looked similar to these dudes, and they were SHARP !
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by marcelde November 6, 2006 5:56 AM PST
The ship breakers of Bangladesh have nothing in common with the ship breakers of the Exxon Valdez. While these poor people in Bangladesh try to earn a dollar a day, America%u2019s wealthiest continue to pollute with large oil ships breaking apart and contaminating what is left of our fish in the sea. === We will sadly learn, all too soon, not only what our reliance upon foreign oil is costing beyond the pumps, but the cost of this misadministration%u2019s failure to endorse the Kyoto Accords to lessen global warming. ===

The ignorant see the Spotted Owl as simply %u201CAn Inconvenient Truth%u201D, but those who are not simply attaching labels, like %u201CEnvironmental Extremist%u201D but understand that an owl or a salmon is the lynch pin in the balance of nature, applaud the efforts of Al Gore and others to use science as a tool to better mankind. ===

Dominion over the animals does not mean Extinction of the animals. If God, whose name is perverted by the hypocrisy of Foley and Haggard, meant to extinguish all life save the Christian Right (which is neither) we would have remained in The Garden of Eden, alone with the snake we now call Rumsfeld.
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by mjv2944 November 6, 2006 7:20 AM PST
Keep voting the same bunch of losers and we'll be working for a $1 a day. I believe that is what big business really wants, and the current bunch of lackeys in our congress is helping them out all they can. VOTE THEM OUT TOMORROW!!!!!!!
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by oleander8 November 6, 2006 8:00 AM PST
To: John Heiney
"cutting torch"/"blow torch"

I think everyone gets the idea of what 60 minutes was talking about...I still occasionally refer to my refrigerator as an ice-box -- no one yet has had to pull out a dictionary to figure out what I'm talking about.

And, as primitive as these operations are - maybe they are using blow-torches.

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by djconklin November 6, 2006 9:50 AM PST
one-opinion: "However, he and his company are making millions per ship."

You didn't produce any evidence for that claim.

You complain that the West is exploiting them when the West has nothing to do with these operations. You claim that Bangledash gains no advantage--tell that to the workers who otherwise wouldn't have a job.
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by random_radar November 6, 2006 12:27 PM PST
The environmentalist credo is "The only good human is a dead human." I would rather work for a $1 a day than be exterminated to save the spotted owls. Apparently Bangladeshis feel the same way.
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by craigru1 November 6, 2006 12:39 PM PST
"If you can't pay your worker the minimum wage, you can't operate. You can't. If you can't ensure the minimum environmental safeguard you shouldn't operate."

If this were the case in Bangladesh, no one would be working because no entity would stay in business. If you think ship breaking is a tragedy, you should learn how much teachers make there. In some cases, they don't get paid at all. Women working in the garment industry are also underpaid and work in terrible conditions.

But Bangladesh must find reasonable alternatives for employment before they shut these entities down for not meeting minimum wage requirements. You certainly can't shut down an education system all together. And the garment factories have empowered the thousands of women working there. I think by implying that these measures SHOULD be taken--by the way, there are a lot of things the Bangladeshi government SHOULD do--she really meant "should" but "can't," at least not at the current moment.

Craig
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by april1379 November 6, 2006 6:08 PM PST
I am going to travel to Dhaka, Bangladesh in three weeks for my first trip there. My husband is from Dhaka. We are both in our 20's. He came here as a student and we have been together almost 10 years now.

I have met many Bangladeshi people and I can tell you that these people work so hard and are so very generous! They are the poorest country in the world and I know that they will give me the shirt off there back when I go there. (Even if it is there only shirt, and they will happily give it to me.) It saddens me so much to know that there are millions of these wonderful people that are put in such danger just to survive.

Wouldn't it be great if we sent all that wasted money spent on campaign adds over to Bangladesh. Do you have any idea what they would do with that money. The joy that money would bring. What a waste!!!! It infuriates me to see how we waste money, food, everything in this country.

These are real people over there! Kind, giving people! Is there nothing we can do to help??

Try to think about what they go through. Educate other Americans. Do not judge immigrants who come here. They just want a better life! They want the American DREAM!

Thank you!
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by cjscouter November 7, 2006 2:46 AM PST
April, you said it. Think if we were able to raise the money to give these all these guys a day off. It would mean so much to them, and yet, would us wealthy americans skip that daily trip to starbucks to better their lives?

I wish I could travel there to experience their life first hand.

I'd love to talk to people further on this topic...message me on myspace, www.myspace.com/coreyjohn
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by abeckmann1 November 7, 2006 9:16 AM PST
I visited the shipbreaking yards of Chittagong this summer and was horrified at the conditions in which these people work. Sadly, I was taken there as though it were a tourist attraction. Unfortunately, these yards are listed as tourist attractions in very well known travel guides. I was even on a scholarship from the U.S. Department of State. Do not be fooled that people are not aware of these yards, they absolutely are. They exist in many other countries as well, Bangladesh being only one of many. The steel provided by these ships literally builds the country and banning the practice altogether would greatly jeopardize the economy. I only hope more awareness will be brought to these yards and that health and environmental regualtions will be enforced.

ABeckmann, Raleigh,NC
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by mkpdluv November 7, 2006 1:04 PM PST
I grew up in Chittagong and used to take a rickshaw down the very road where the ship yards are several times a week. To be sure, it is a hard, backbreaking task. But I sometimes wonder when we Westerners get on our high horse about $1 a day, and children working, how dare we judge! We know NOTHING about that life and what it takes to survive. The owner or the ship breaking company spoke correctly when he said, if the kids don't work here they will work somewhere else because they have no other means of living. My best friend started working when she was 14 because otherwise her siblings would have gone without food. Should she have said, no just because she was so young and allowed her family to suffer? She worked hard and I am proud of her for her strength and perserverence! And has anyone stopped to think how much $1 a day is worth in the Bengali economy? Sure, here in the States it is nothing. But there it is a fairly normal wage for a day laborer. My heart breaks for my friends who cannot break out of the poverty that so plagues this country, but I will not judge them for what they have to do to survive.
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by mkpdluv November 7, 2006 1:04 PM PST
I grew up in Chittagong and used to take a rickshaw down the very road where the ship yards are several times a week. To be sure, it is a hard, backbreaking task. But I sometimes wonder when we Westerners get on our high horse about $1 a day, and children working, how dare we judge! We know NOTHING about that life and what it takes to survive. The owner or the ship breaking company spoke correctly when he said, if the kids don't work here they will work somewhere else because they have no other means of living. My best friend started working when she was 14 because otherwise her siblings would have gone without food. Should she have said, no just because she was so young and allowed her family to suffer? She worked hard and I am proud of her for her strength and perserverence! And has anyone stopped to think how much $1 a day is worth in the Bengali economy? Sure, here in the States it is nothing. But there it is a fairly normal wage for a day laborer. My heart breaks for my friends who cannot break out of the poverty that so plagues this country, but I will not judge them for what they have to do to survive.
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by mkpdluv November 7, 2006 1:05 PM PST
I grew up in Chittagong and used to take a rickshaw down the very road where the ship yards are several times a week. To be sure, it is a hard, backbreaking task. But I sometimes wonder when we Westerners get on our high horse about $1 a day, and children working, how dare we judge! We know NOTHING about that life and what it takes to survive. The owner or the ship breaking company spoke correctly when he said, if the kids don't work here they will work somewhere else because they have no other means of living. My best friend started working when she was 14 because otherwise her siblings would have gone without food. Should she have said, no just because she was so young and allowed her family to suffer? She worked hard and I am proud of her for her strength and perserverence! And has anyone stopped to think how much $1 a day is worth in the Bengali economy? Sure, here in the States it is nothing. But there it is a fairly normal wage for a day laborer. My heart breaks for my friends who cannot break out of the poverty that so plagues this country, but I will not judge them for what they have to do to survive.
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by abeckmann1 November 7, 2006 7:15 PM PST
I have to agree with the comment made by the individual who grew up in Chittagong. This work, however horrifying it is to Americans provides so many thousands of citizens with legitimate work. Although I strongly feel we should increase awareness of environmental and safety codes to ensure the health of these workers, we can not ban the practice altogether. As I stated in my last comment, the economy and families depend upon this work. I believe we must work to find a balance between ensuring the livelihood of these workers and banning unsafe working conditions. Some of the conditions can easily be alleviated by enforcement of close-toed shoes, face masks, gloves, hard hats, proper training to ensure chemicals are treated properly and appropriate instruments to break down the ships. While Americans may have a warped since of poverty, very little American money would go such a long way in assistance for the above mentioned safety regulations. Instead of telling these people to stop what they are doing, we can help them to carry out their jobs in a safer environment.

ABeckmann
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by dougfromeagan September 2, 2007 10:07 PM PDT
CBS trying to harpoon Capitalism? The same network to bring you "Harvest of Shame"?
Yet again you provide only the side of the story that attacks the greatest philosophy the world will ever know - Capitalism! Shame on you CBS, to propagate the Marxist view point to your American Capitalist audience! We too had child labor. We too had poor working conditions. We too had a low starting point. But it was the Capitalists, the entrepreneurs that saw the potential for the creation of wealth and risked everything to make a better world for themselves and as a byproduct, raise the standard of living for all of us!

It was President Kennedy that said, "...a rising tide lifts all boats". He was right then and now.

Doug From Eagan
Ayn Rand Objectivist/Capitalist/American
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by dougfromeagan September 2, 2007 10:10 PM PDT
CBS trying to harpoon Capitalism? The same network to bring you "Harvest of Shame"?
Yet again you provide only the side of the story that attacks the greatest philosophy the world will ever know - Capitalism! Shame on you CBS, to propagate the Marxist view point to your American Capitalist audience! We too had child labor. We too had poor working conditions. We too had a low starting point. But it was the Capitalists, the entrepreneurs that saw the potential for the creation of wealth and risked everything to make a better world for themselves and as a byproduct, raise the standard of living for all of us!

It was President Kennedy that said, "...a rising tide lifts all boats". He was right then and now.
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by gingerlime September 3, 2007 7:47 AM PDT
"As close as you%u2019ll get to hell on earth" you say? Don''t forget Katrina. Many have, and none should.
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by fairandbal September 3, 2007 8:59 AM PDT
CBS is doing a great favor to American Capitolists with this piece. CBS is saying, look, be satisfied with your stagnant wages, no health care, ever increasing work hours away from family your jobs being oursourced. Be satisfied with CEO''s making 400% more than you while you work longer and longer.
You could be stripping ships.
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by Scooter68 September 3, 2007 9:40 AM PDT
How fascinating it is to read the words of the idealist liberal bleeding hearts. cjscouter wants to us to give up our Starbuck coffee for a day so that those poor abused workers can have a day off. Never mind that even if that was done, they would take your money and still go to work because the would see that as an oportunity for a bonus.
And as someone else stated - here we have the liberal media spouting their mis-information when they can''t or don''t care to get basic facts right e.g. A blowtorch vs a cutting torch.
Yes the situation is a sad one in some ways but it at least is providing work and material to countries that desparately need help. Yes there are things that could and should be done to protect the workers but that is the responsibility the leaders in those countries. We can encourage etc but come on folks, this is really just another media effort to demoralize us all. No matter how resposibly we, as a country or a people may act, the press will find something to dig at us to make us feel bad, otherwise they are out of a job.
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by rafterman1 September 3, 2007 10:01 AM PDT
===How fascinating it is to read the words of the idealist liberal bleeding hearts.===

Yes, caring for the welfare of others. How sad.

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by micamm September 3, 2007 2:30 PM PDT
Your report is factually correct. I was there last year, in the mud, and talking to the workers (through a translator). You can see my photos on my website GlobalGayz.com:
http://www.globalgayz.com/BDChittagongShipBreakingYard/index.html
But your slant is obviously in the direction of ''look at these poor downtrodden slaves''. These are not ''miserable'' people. Look closely at their faces and you don''t see the tension and anxiety of American corporate workers! They are workers who know nothing else and don''t particularly want anything else. They work 7AM to 11PM with a two hour mid-day break, get paid a low but reliable income; their kids go to school (I saw no child workers in the yard; upper teens yes, children no)--and many somewhat cheerful faces--not necessarily happy, but not miserable. They work with their friends; all feel equal. They have little and little to worry about.
The conditions are daunting but not wholly, the pace is calm and there are numerous periods of waiting during the day as the ship parts are taken apart.
It is not the horror show you portray. It''s dirty and rough but far from hell.
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by wringxgs September 3, 2007 8:00 PM PDT
Please explain the economics of buying a 4000 ton ship for $14,000,000 when scrap steel sells for $250 a ton. Are you sure the price wasn''t 14,000,000 Thaka which would have been $385,000?
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