Re: pstd

[Paul lavely <lavelyp@uclink4.berkeley.edu>]

Michael G. Stabin wrote:



>

>Yes, I think that ABC/CBS/NBC, Public Citizen and Greenpeace may indeed be

>responsible for much unnecessary PTSD in the population, and they should be

>held accountable for such.





I like your idea, but I think that the causative agent may be too far 

in the past to hold them legally accountable.



Ah, if only we could sue anyone in our past for "wrongs." I have this 

bully who used to beat me up in the 5th grade who I would REALLY like 

to sue. I also have a nun from catholic grade school who comes to 

mind. Seems that she could (but the statute of limitations and that 

she is dead) face a really hard to answer to challenge for assault.



Perhaps this is why the statute of limitations for these causes of 

action was enacted.



Again, I still firmly believe that the media (ABC, CBS, NBC) were not 

malicious in the reporting on the TMI as news. The ones who made the 

issue a greater problem than was truly present was a combination of 

the government and the "experts." By the way, when I say experts I am 

speaking both pro and anti nuclear sides. I saw too many technical 

folks and engineers trying to communicate with the public at large. 

One came from a standpoint of science and engineering and the other 

from fear and outrage. Not a good fit for effective communication.



Finally, I agree that the anti-nuclear power groups used and continue 

to use TMI as a linchpin in their arguments. Can we reasonably expect 

otherwise? Each side uses propaganda (The systematic propagation . . 

.  of information reflecting the views and interests of those 

advocating a doctrine or cause or material disseminated by the 

advocates or opponents of a doctrine or cause). However, both sides 

use the word "information" because of the negative connotation that 

"propaganda" evokes.



Many of us are going to continue to be advocates FOR nuclear power 

and there are others who will advocate the opposite. Lets hope that 

the vast (dare I say it?) "silent majority" can make a good and 

reasoned decision.



Paul lavely <lavelyp@uclink4.berkeley.edu>









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