To feed your children, you must not kill your grandchildren. This is what world-renowned rock musician Serj Tankian said in a Facebook message, expressing support for the civil protest campaign against the operation of the Amulsar mine.
«We know that mines cause lasting damage to the natural environment, regardless of what type of mine it is, no matter how well the mine’s activity is controlled in terms of pollutants. In any case, it will cause lasting damage to the natural environment. Especially open-pit mines, as proposed in the case of Amulsar, where explosives and the like would be used.
There is no guarantee that pollutants will not seep into water basins. The danger posed by mines is permanent, while the benefit set against them—the creation of jobs—is temporary, which has led a number of industrialised countries to abandon mining or significantly reduce the number of operating mines.
The Native Americans used to say: to feed your children, you must not kill your grandchildren. That is, for short-term gain you cannot harm your nature, your country, your people. This is why I am opposed to mining in general and to the operation of the Amulsar mine by the Lydian company near Jermuk in particular,» Tankian noted.
