Re: pstd

[BLHamrick@AOL.COM]

In a message dated Tue, 12 Mar 2002  1:33:11 AM Eastern Standard Time, RuthWeiner@AOL.COM writes:



> In a message dated 3/11/02 10:45:14 PM Mountain Standard Time, sandyfl@earthlink.net writes:

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> I see no difference in the Mobile Chernobyl. I see it as ridiculous. Is it 

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> unethical? I don't think so. 

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> Thank you, Sandy. All I wanted was an answer. I take it that the RADSAFE consensus is that using hyperbole, slogans, and innuendos is not, or perhaps never, unethical (sorry about the double negative). >>



Please don't count me in on that one.  I think hyperbole, used to induce fear, and which has a reasonable probability of inducing that fear, to gain political, financial or journalistic capital is unethical, and potentially dangerous.



Barbara

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