The pro-nuke crowd at DU will pretend you are crazy for caring about this issue even though they seem to CARE a great deal about downplaying and dismissing. There is no media coverage because there is no information allowed to leak out. Just tons of radioactive water. One would think the reactors at Fukushima are contained and operational, that evacuating people from contaminated areas is more harmful than allowing them to live in the poison, that having lots of twinkly lights in Tokyo shopping district is more important than people's health, that scientific method means weighing profits against dangers, etc etc.
Meanwhile, anyone interested in this topic on DU must be prepared for 
because we all know that nuclear spills are funny stuff. DU's resident "scientist" tells us so anytime the topic comes up. And yet there is rarely any effort made to educate, inform or discuss the issues. Just mock the people who care about the issue. Create a dampening effect where posters decide not to post on this issue for fear of being told how ignorant we are. I always open threads about Fukushima. I rarely dare start one. My family lives 100 kilometers from the place. I care about what is happening there. At the very least, I find the insulting and offensive when we are talking about life and death issues. And I search elsewhere for information because DU fails as a reliable source.
When I see all the mocking nasty snark posted on these issues, I ask myself about the motives of those who feel impelled to post such rubbish. If they hate our sources, point to others that prove their own claims that everything is fine. That is how you help us "morans" understand science. Mocking us makes us more ignorant and more ready to reject your dangerous technologies.
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