Re: Airport safety-xrays

["Franz Schoenhofer" <franz.schoenhofer@CHELLO.AT>]

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Franz Schoenhofer

Habicherg. 31/7

A-1160 Vienna, AUSTRIA

Phone: -43 699 11681319

e-mail: franz.schoenhofer@chello.at



Office:

MR Dr. Franz Schoenhofer

Federal Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management

Dep. I/8U, Radiation Protection

Radetzkystr. 2

A-1031 Vienna, AUSTRIA

phone: +43-1-71100-4458

fax: +43-1-7122331

e-mail: franz.schoenhofer@bmu.gv.at







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Datum: Samstag, 22. September 2001 14:43

Betreff: Re: Airport safety-xrays





>And this would have what to do with radiation safety?????

>-------------------------------



Nothing.



I deeply feel with the people affected by the attacks in New York and

Washington and I wholeheartedly condemn those who carried out these attacks

and have brought so much sorrow and pain to others. But I am personally

worried about mass hystery and even more about the powers steering the mass

hystery to let the stock exchanges fall down, except the war industry

(sorry: defense industry) of course, raising the popularity of some

politicians and forcing other nations to back American politics in the name

of "common responsibility". I am even more worried about the attitude to

declare US perception of what is right and wrong as the governing principle

of everything which happens. I do not believe that killing people (not a

single person!) is justified to put pressure on a state or an organisation.

The actions of the US (or should I rather say "agitation"?) in other

countries like in the near east, the far east and South America has not been

governed by taking into consideration local perception and local politics.

Whether the USA likes it or not, the population in areas outside the US has

a different opinion on political issues and especially in developing

countries they struggle for survival and any organisation (whatever kind it

may be) feeding them will be welcomed.



Raise the living standard of people in the developing countries and they

will not be vulnerable to extreme political agitation.



Now I need a context with radiation protection - and this is not difficult

to establish. Developing countries are obviously very keen to pull up to

"Western Standards", which obviously includes nuclear capabilities - which

might go as far as nuclear bombs (India and Pakistan). Are we going to have

"islamic bombs", "hindu bombs", "pakistani bombs", "israel bombs",

"developed countries bombs"? What is the future scenario, taking into

consideration the possible spreading of nuclear capabilities? Why have so

many states not signed the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty yet?



Flames to my personal e-mail address, flames to RADSAFE will not be

answered. Serious thoughts about the issues I raised will be answered of

course.



Franz











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