For me the real lesson here is how prepared the public and private sectors are for dealing with tragedy. Socialist and Communist countries seem far more capable of protecting their people than the capitalists who seem to have a "what? me worry?" attitude. or "God's and in control and he will take care of me." Is it any wonder that the privatizers are also the "Gift of God" bunch?
You can 't prepare for everything but you can prepare. How prepared are we here in NYCity for Indian Point reactor built on a fault? I blame it on the binary thinking that pits government and private sector against each other. The private sector here removes regulation that would protect us from such events. What should we say? Evil? Immoral? Satanic? Perhaps the 24/7 coverage is not pornographic so much as an attempt to sensitize that which has been desensitized and ignored to our peril. REH From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Arthur Cordell Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 7:44 AM To: 'RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, EDUCATION'; [email protected] Subject: Re: [Futurework] Before/After Northern Japan I am also in a crabby mood today. The networks have moved from reporting on events to a kind of repetitive showing of damage, death and destruction. A kind of porno-damage. Enough. The nuclear issue will have to be resolved but lesson one is don't put a reactor on an earthquake fault. Another lesson seems to be that no matter how well prepared a nation is, the force of "the big one" and tsunami will be very destructive. Any lessons for the Pacific coasts of Canada and the US? arthur From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael Gurstein Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 7:17 AM To: 'RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, EDUCATION'; [email protected] Subject: Re: [Futurework] Before/After Northern Japan I completely agree... I was under the impression that this was in fact on Hokaido until I saw this map... We aren't talking Alaska here, we are talking New Hampshire or even Boston! (i.e. it's not Moose Factory it's Ottawa!)... BTW, the Grauniad is live blogging at http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/mar/14/japan-tsunami-nuclear-alert-live -coverage (source for the below... It is increasingly looking like a frightful scenario... "Northern" (actually the northern part of central) Japan as Chernobyl? M -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ed Weick Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 7:50 AM To: RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION,EDUCATION; [email protected] Subject: Re: [Futurework] Before/After Northern Japan I'm in a crabby mood this morning. For several days now I've been seeing references to "northern Japan". The scene of the quake was not northern Japan, it was northern Honshu. You've got all of the island of Hokaido including the city of Sapporo north of that. Nothern Japan indeed! Ed ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Gurstein" < <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected]> To: < <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected]>; "'RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION,EDUCATION'" < <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 5:58 AM Subject: [Futurework] Before/After Northern Japan > <http://www.abc.net.au/news/events/japan-quake-2011/beforeafter.htm> http://www.abc.net.au/news/events/japan-quake-2011/beforeafter.htm > > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] > <https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework> https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework >
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