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I feel like someone as young as Danny would not have been allowed to work in the coal mines, or would he of because he would have been cheaper labor? Also, would a congregation really sit and listen to a 15 year old preach to them? That just seemed a bit weird to me. Danny also didn't know how to throw a baseball apparently, but that's a different subject altogether. -Kelly Wuyscik | I feel like someone as young as Danny would not have been allowed to work in the coal mines, or would he of because he would have been cheaper labor? Also, would a congregation really sit and listen to a 15 year old preach to them? That just seemed a bit weird to me. Danny also didn't know how to throw a baseball apparently, but that's a different subject altogether. -Kelly Wuyscik | ||
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| + | Katherine and Kelly, I'm pretty sure that at the time, especially with labor like this, that there were HS-age kids working in the mines. They are cheap labor and are probably going to be healthier for longer, also making them long-available labor. -Cash Nelson | ||
I also don't think the movie did all that great of a job showing the dangers of working in a coal mine. None of the characters had coal mining related injuries, but there was one guy in the beginning of the movie who had a bad cough, he might have had black lung from all the coal dust. ~Katherine~ | I also don't think the movie did all that great of a job showing the dangers of working in a coal mine. None of the characters had coal mining related injuries, but there was one guy in the beginning of the movie who had a bad cough, he might have had black lung from all the coal dust. ~Katherine~ | ||
