Last night I read Ann Coulter's new column on the situation in Japan (http://www.anncoulter.com/). Now as of late I've become less and less a fan of Ann Coulter, and I have to say that this article did nothing to help that. My issue with this column, and any column that is either saying that the reactors are not that big a deal or that its an on coming apocalypse (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/8384809/Japan-nuclear-plant-disaster-warning-of-an-apocalypse-as-fallout-hits-danger-levels.html ), is that the dust has not settled yet. Its not even done rising.
There are two narratives that seem to surround nuclear power plants. One goes that because of Murphy's law (everything that can go wrong will go wrong), sooner or later every nuclear power plant will have a critical malfunction resulting in another Chernobyl. The other goes that the reactors are as, if not more, safe than any other type of electrical generating system.
Regardless of the truth to be found in either narrative, I find that people going out and shooting their mouths off while the people in Japan are still in trouble, and before we know the extent of the problem, to be extremely distasteful. All it does at this point is to belittle the situation, and the people who are currently risking their lives to minimize the damage being done.
There will be a time to sit back and make arm chair observations, and if whatever happens supports your belief, to push your agenda with the facts that have arisen. But that time is not now. Now is the time to pray for the people of Japan.
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