Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-28522425-20161227021237/@comment-4010415-20161227200453

SomeoneYouUsedToKnow wrote: I'm referring specifically to the things he says about Jacques. Given he showed quite-obviously a very low opinion of him, I refuse to take what Qrow says about Jacques at face value.

If you knew a man who hates Russia, would you expect them to not be biased if you ask them about Russia? When you hate someone, it clouds your judgement of that person. Always. True. Though, the bit about dangerous working conditions could be true, considering that mining, even in our world, is dangerous, and proper precautionary measures must be taken.

We have to deal with cave-ins and gas leaks that could ignite from a spark produced by metal striking something.

The people of Remnant, meanwhile, are mining energy-containing crystals that can explode if struck hard enough (such as, by a bullet), and mining might run the risk of letting Dust powder into the air, which we've seen ignite from the mere act of sneezing. Not to mention that subterranean Grimm exist. It makes me curious what kind of safety measures and precautions Jacques has in place for employees, if any.

That was actually even what I thought about when he said that he pays the Faunus employees as much as the rest of the mining staff: What about their working conditions? How much effort does he actually put forth to make mining a less dangerous/risky task for the employees?

This is the kind of info Miles and Kerry needs to give us. There are so many things they could've shown us with Weiss' time in Atlas! They could've had Weiss watching a local news report about a mine cave-in or something with the reporter giving exposition about SDC working conditions, when Klein informed her that Jacques wanted to talk to her, instead of just staring out a window like she has nothing better to do. I get that her staring out the window signals to us that she wants to be outside the mansion, so I guess they could've had her just listening to the report or something.