Re: pstd

[muckerheide <muckerheide@attbi.com>]

Barbara states very well:



> In a message dated 03/11/2002 9:47:03 PM Pacific Standard Time,

> sandyfl@EARTHLINK.NET writes:

> 

>> One of my sons works for PETA (they are a little radical as well as the

>> anti-nuclear forces). One of their campaigns was MurderKing. There are

>> others. Does Burger King murder? Of course not. However, it was their slogan

>> and it made a point they were trying to get across. I see no difference in

>> the Mobile Chernobyl. I see it as ridiculous. Is it unethical? I don't think

>> so. If we have a problem, then get out there and set the world straight.

>> Constant discussion on Radsafe gets all of us nowhere.

> 

> Here's where I disagree:

> 

> If we recognize PTSD as a legitimate physical/mental insult to humans (and, I

> think we do), and we compensate for it via our courts (or insurance where

> available), then we should (for our own good, and in the interest of

> maintaining some integrity in our judicial system) be faulting the right

> parties for causing the trauma.

> 

> If the trauma is not borne of any physical insult by the initiating event

> (i.e., there was no actual threat of detectable physical harm or death from

> the radiation release at TMI), but is borne of the fear generated by

> government officials, or the media, or anti-nuclear activists, then those

> entities should be the ones targeted in claims for damages resulting from

> PTSD.  If the media, or anti-nuclear groups use hyperbole to garner attention

> and support and cause fear and/or panic in the wake, to the extent that PTSD

> results, then they should be held accountable.



Maybe another (weak) analogy:  If PETA got Burger King arrested for

murder... :-)



(OYOH, doesn't PETA have some ethical action problems of its own?)



Regards, Jim



> If I water my lawn every day, and my neighbor (a hydrophobic) thinks that I

> am damaging the environment by watering my lawn, and his/her fears are fed by

> anti-hydro fringe groups, and a media that is sympathetic to the anti-hydro

> agenda, because of the great ratings those stories generate, then on the day

> when 



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