[ RadSafe ] " Technology to detect radiation has progressed "

[Flanigan, Floyd]

Maury (and Dog),

You have, as usual, spoken well. There is a great delta between living
and being ALIVE. Allowing external influences to dictate how we live is
analogous to casting off the frock of freedom for a suit of armor. Sure
... You would be less likely to be harmed ... and you'd look really cool
to those women who frequent renaissance fairs ... you know ... the large
ones with really pointy hats ... but that wondrous benefit aside ... the
things ... the FREEDOM one sacrifices to adorn themselves thus are not
what I would consider an acceptable trade. 

Floyd W. Flanigan B.S.Nuc.H.P.
HP Technical Supervisor/Special Projects/etc.
Prairie Island

-----Original Message-----
From: radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl [mailto:radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl] On
Behalf Of Maury Siskel
Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 1:13 PM
To: Flood, John
Cc: radsafe at radlab.nl
Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] " Technology to detect radiation has progressed
"

Bob, you have hit the head exactly on the nail! All of us in the US are 
target-rich. But it is far more satisfying to live on a roller coaster 
than on a merry-go-round! Not of my origin, but the following is very 
well put:
" Some circumstantial evidence is very strong, as when you find a trout 
in the milk. Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of 
arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid 
in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly 
proclaiming --
WOW--What a Ride!!!"
Cheers,
Maury&Dog
___________
I try not to let my mind wander. It's too small to be out by itself.

====================================

Flood, John wrote:

>The anti-everything mantra of "you can't prove it's perfectly safe"
seems to have become the focus of the discussion.  There is no limit to
the variety of scenarios that can be imagined and no way to defend
against everything that can  be imagined.  The only truly safe solution
is to cancel the sport.
>
>There have been threats to a nation's activities from outsiders
throughout human history, and societies haven't shut down in response.
We won't be the first to try that approach.  We will continue to live
our lives, defend against what we perceive as credible threats, and try
to educate the agressors on the catastrophic consequences of their
actions should they do the unimaginable.  Short of abandoning life as we
have lived it and hiding forevermore, what else is there?
>
>John R. (Bob) Flood
>Radiological Health
>Nevada Test Site
>(702) 295-2514 
>  
>

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