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Coligny wrote:I think it's zee opposite... put a hoodie on them plant... and bam... some redneck driving a Bronco will come to gun it down and everybody and their doggs will feel concerned/threatened/oppressed...
Coligny wrote:I think it's zee opposite... put a hoodie on them plant... and bam... some redneck driving a Bronco will come to gun it down and everybody and their doggs will feel concerned/threatened/oppressed...
Coligny wrote:Seriously:
http://www.cfnews13.com/content/news/cfnews13/news/article.html/content/news/articles/cfn/2012/4/8/trayvon_martin_un_in
The UN asking for investigation in the Trayvon Martin case...
Meanwhile, Fukushima... business as usual...
American Oyaji wrote:I have no problem with this. About damn time the UN looked at human rights issues in the US.
American Oyaji wrote:I have no problem with this. About damn time the UN looked at human rights issues in the US.
dimwit wrote:I think problem comes down to way in which senior Japanese bureaucrats view the notion of 'public service'. Accountably and openness have never part of their life. Recruited from elite universities they have ooze privilege, and can not conceive of a world in which decision making is not on a short leash.
dimwit wrote:I think that one of the few positive things that has come out of the disaster is that the public has become a great deal more sceptical of government pronoucements.
American Oyaji wrote:I have no problem with this. About damn time the UN looked at human rights issues in the US.
canman wrote:This might seem like a very simple question, but while watching the news tonight regarding the restarting of the nuclear reactors in Fukui, and the idea of safety, is there any big difference between a nuclear reactor shut down and one operating if a large earthquake or tsunami hits?
I have a feeling that a lot of people think that if the reactors are off line, then everything is ok, there is nothing to worry about. But the way I see it, whether they are operating or not, if a large enough earthquake or tsunami hits, they will probably be just as screwed as Fukushima.
Or am I totally off base in this line of thinking?
Russell wrote:I have been thinking along similar lines.
Big Booger wrote:Will radiation exposure prematurely age people??? I mean, I have noticed people in this area are uglier than in other parts of Japan. I wonder if it is attributed to cesium exposure?
Yokohammer wrote:In reference to a short detour discussion earlier in the thread, about toxic materials and waste at US bases in Japan:
U.S. vet pries lid off Agent Orange denials
Looks like lies and denial are not limited to the j-government.
Yokohammer wrote:What you are probably seeing is the result of an aging population, plus the fact that young people tended to head for the big cities before 3.11 anyway, and compounded by the fact that many young families (especially those with small children) left the area after 3.11.
Thinking about it, I assume you actually meant to say "where the heck are all the cute young girls?"
Have you been up to Sendai? You'll find quite a few up there.
Big Booger wrote:Yeah that's what I meant! I have to go to Sendai next weekend, I am having a Starbucks craving. But I also mean that the people that are here have strangely shaped heads, faces, etc.. the distance between their eyes are off, big jaws, oblong noses and so on. I was just wondering if this was because of Tohoku or because of the radiation.
That and people here are like in a PTSD trance or something..
Big Booger wrote:Yeah that's what I meant! I have to go to Sendai next weekend, I am having a Starbucks craving. But I also mean that the people that are here have strangely shaped heads, faces, etc.. the distance between their eyes are off, big jaws, oblong noses and so on. I was just wondering if this was because of Tohoku or because of the radiation.
That and people here are like in a PTSD trance or something..
Russell wrote:Coligny is probably right: it has nothing to do with radiation, but everything with inbreeding. Your oversexed GF from Fukushima is also like that?
Island species are often very inbred, as their isolation from the larger group on a mainland allows for natural selection to work upon their population. This type of isolation may result in the formation of race or even speciation, as the inbreeding first removes many deleterious genes, and allows expression of genes that allow a population to adapt to an ecosystem. As the adaptation becomes more pronounced the new species or race radiates from its entrance into the new space, or dies out if it cannot adapt and, most importantly, reproduce.
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