Public Address | Cafe | OnPoint: D47: Dynamite!

Keith Ng

Thu, 22 Feb 2007 01:11:20 +1300

It's been done – and amazingly done. Check out Workingman's Death, it was on at the festival last year.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0478331/

Absolutely jaw-dropping.

Zippy Gonzales

Tue, 20 Feb 2007 22:08:19 +1300

Hey, while you're over there, try getting to see them dismantling the ships. There's something worth seeing.

Zippy Gonzales

Tue, 20 Feb 2007 22:02:57 +1300

Yeah, the heavy metals would be a problem. I don't think Moa Point has a problem with heavy metals.

Keith Ng

Tue, 20 Feb 2007 21:28:27 +1300

Well, the problem isn't sewage per se, but raw sewage. It's got the microbiological contamination, the chemical contamination and the heavy metals (the latter two from industry upstream).

Sure, using shit to fertilise fields is fine, but you might want to kill off the parasites, etc. and get rid of…

Zippy Gonzales

Tue, 20 Feb 2007 21:17:34 +1300

The village made its living by growing crops with the raw sewage. The sewage came through a number of open sewers, then flowed through irrigation channels and into the fields.

Hmmm, whoever would have thought to use decomposing organic matter on crops. They should have used compost instead. Can rice…

Paul Campbell

Tue, 20 Feb 2007 11:39:08 +1300

Oh yeah – and make sure you try some of the local flaky paratha .... mmmm yum

Charles Mabbett

Tue, 20 Feb 2007 09:47:10 +1300

Good stuff, Keith. It sounds as though you're getting into the place. Apart from your initial technical issues, there are lots of great photos there. But you should make it clear that the woman making dung patties (presumably for fuel for her cooking fire) would be using cow shit not…

Paul Campbell

Tue, 20 Feb 2007 09:29:33 +1300

I visited Madurai a couple of years ago (a sad day, Bush was reelected that morning) – it's a pretty amazing place, you've obviously seen the temple – we spent most of our time there being harassed by someone who was very upset about us being there even though we…

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Tue, 20 Feb 2007 09:29:33 +1300

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