[Peace-discuss] [sf-core] Fw: Finished Draft

[David Johnson]

" True, the owner of the plants have not been as forthcoming with information as people wanted. Could that may be due to the confusion and the uncertainty about what exactly was happening and what was to be done. "

I think it had everything to do with the capitalist owner's profits being at risk.

" If I may say so, this is nasty antinuclear propaganda, mostly based on ignorance, if one is generous. These statement lead me to dismiss the rest of what this guy says, some of which may be valid, but I wouldn't bet on it. "

Mike Griffin is not ignorant !
He has worked with the operations and maintenance of nuclear power plants for many years.
Would you care to debate him publicly Mort ?
He lives in Decatur only 40 minutes away.

David J.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Morton K. Brussel 
  To: David Johnson 
  Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2011 9:56 PM
  Subject: Re: [sf-core] Fw: Finished Draft


  I didn't read more than this,  for these statements (in red) are devoid of any empirical basis. It is the type of scaremongering, feeding hysteria and irrationality, that is all too present these days about radiation and nuclear reactors. So far as I know the only people harmed in Fukushima were those trying to rescue the reactors and stop the burnup. They were few. What are the lies [first quote in red below] he is referring to? 


  Maybe we should dismantle the airlines, because there have been far more fatalities in plane crashes than there have been from nuclear accidents and radiation from reactors. Maybe, people should evalcuate San Francisco, for it is on a fault line, and has had severe earthquakes in the past. Finally, we should certainly abandon immediately all our coal power plants, for they are far more noxious than nuclear plants. The point: risks are everywhere, and we seem to be able to live with them. 



  True, the owner of the plants have not been as forthcoming with information as people wanted. Could that may be due to the confusion and the uncertainty about what exactly was happening and what was to be done. Of course, one doesn't want to allow that. 


  If I may say so, this is nasty antinuclear propaganda, mostly based on ignorance, if one is generous. These statement lead me to dismiss the rest of what this guy says, some of which may be valid, but I wouldn't bet on it. 



  --mkb


  On Apr 21, 2011, at 9:10 PM, David Johnson wrote:


     That is bolstered by the facts that the public was consistently lied to by the owners and the government and the government’s refusal to evacuate a much wider area even though it would have saved many more lives and future hardships by those exposed to excessive radiation. If that response sounds familiar; it is. It is a mirror image of owner and government response at Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania.


  …The death toll from the Japanese government’s fraudulent efforts will be substantial. 


  …Future birth defects, cancer and radiation related diseases, will haunt ordinary working people   for decades. This event is a mirror to our future unless real change is made.

  …It is noteworthy that workers battling to regain control of the damaged nuclear reactors do not include Corporate Executives from the owners or ranking members of the Japanese government. [Mabe they didn't have the qualifications/expertise necessary?]

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