RE: oyster creek emissions/ note from norm re: posting/edith g

[Franz Schoenhofer <schoenho@via.at>]

At 11:57 11.08.2000 -0500, you wrote:
>Is ever there was a better example of smarmy arrogance and pomposity 
>than this amazing email from Mr. Cohen, I'll eat my Rad Health Handbook.


Steve,


Thank you, for writing this! I was very close to write, that some of these
anti's and "concerned people" are nothing but unacceptably arrogant people,
but then I decided, it is better not to answer any of Norman Cohens posts -
it is not worth the time. For me it is arrogant, if somebody like Norman
Cohen tells us - like in one of his last posts, which I did not answer -
that I-131 and Sr-90 accumulates parts of the body, like thyroid, bones and
teeth and there continue to emit radiation and to harm the immune system.
(Please note- the immune system!, thats really new, that radiation effects
the immune system.) Norman Cohen does only read, what he wants and I
remember that I have months ago patiently explained to him, that radium is
a naturally occurring radionuclide, but is accumulated in bone, as well as
other naturally radionuclides are accumulated in other organs. But we read
again his arrogant mail (among so many arrogant ones), telling RADSAFErs
(among which some of the real world-renown experts are) about that there
exist critical organs! We read every time his advertisment for certain
groups (I thought that advertisments were not allowed). Let me make it even
more clear: If I would enter a discussion forum about zoology and would
tell in bombastic mails the participants over and over again, that a fly
has four legs, that birds fly tail in front, that cats have three eyes -
don't you think I would be banned from the list within a few days? I would
not enter lists on zoology, not on stock exchange, on watch mechanics, etc.
because I do not understand anything on these topics. I had hoped that the
people distributing the "facts" that natural and artificial radiation are
different and similar nonsense, would quit mailing - but no, we have just
read that Norman Cohen will try to limit his mails to three per day. 

Gratulation that you dared to write, what I did not. I thought my
reputation was already bad enough....

Franz


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