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Latest Chernobyl Motorcycle Photos
wrx writes "Elena has taken another motorcycle ride through the Chernobyl area, and has updated her site with a whole lot of new photos and text. The pictures now show several surrounding towns, the radiation level of the magic wood, and many more details inside buildings. After the dust had settled from the
original slashdot story,
Elena wrote 'who are those slashdot people? they swept over like Mongol-Tartars.'"
(Oh, I wasn't suggesting that any American actually does feel proud, just a heat of the moment thing!)
Might want to work on the mirror you have there... it's not so much a mirror, but a single page that points right back to the Angelfire site...
i>The worst nuclear incident of all time? Hiroshima?
Shhh! We don't talk about the two times that nuclear weapons were deployed in anger. We'd just spedn all our time worrying about the fact that the country that used them has a lot more of them nowerdays.
Dan.
I just watched it break 50k a minute ago.
No Sig For You
Nuclear ... Enron
... PERIOD.
We fail to understand that the corporation is fundamentally evil. It's stated purpose is to generate profit
The same capitalistic forces that created the Enron scandal also create toxic waste dumping grounds. The almighty dollar dictates the cutting of corners and sacrifice of long term stability for short-term profit.
Until we can figure out a proper way to dispose of nuclear waste, it should be considered dangerous. It's only cheap when you leave out the cost of disposal. Then it gets VERY expensive (Most things in costs in America leave out disposal, thats why recycling is considered un-profitable).
Honestly, I'm not very concerned about a Chernobyl or Three Mile Island. I'm far more concerned about nuclear waste sinking into the soil and contaminating vast areas through seepage (radon, unusable ground water).
It's my sincere hope that we can eventually find a way to build deep earth disposal vehicles that burrow into hot layers and melt the waste make into a volcanic soup. Until then, we're stuck with that shit and no has figured out a good way to nuetralize it and store it safely.
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Woof woof.
Not long after 2001-09-11 attrocities, I saw the words 'NUKE 'EM' scrawled in the grime on the back of a semi truck trailer traveling down the highway.
That the USA didn't rain down instant death and destruction on the homeland(s) of those perceived responsible for the attacks shows a commendable measure of restraint on the USA's behalf not to 'replay' Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
In a ghoulish(?) coincidence, the death toll at Pearl Harbor (1941-12-07) is about the same as that of '9/11'. Is it no wonder that the events of 2001-09-11 are now inextricably linked to the date 'which will live in infamy': 1941-12-07?
What a day '9/11' was....
The attacks were vivid, simple, and brutal.
THEY GOT THE WHOLE WORLD TO TAKE NOTICE--the hallmark of such activites.
As an 'encore' of sorts, we now have the terrible events of '3/11' in Madrid, Spain (2004-03-11).
How does one defend against such attacks by using 'the right tool for the right job' without the 'kill 'em all, let God sort 'em out' results one would get using nukes in retaliation against the homeland(s) of the perpetrators of such attacks? Take a look at what happened in the past:
Pearl Harbor: 2,403 dead. Source.
Hiroshima/Nagasaki: 350,000 dead. Source.
Take a look at what is happening now in Iraq:
US soldiers killed: 544 Source.
Iraqi civillians killed: 8,700-10,000+ Source.
The punishment(s) doesn't seem to fit the crime to me....