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RE: West Wing, et. al.
Jerry,
What I find disturbing that we put so much credence into these shows. Do
you think that people who watch "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch" believe that
cats can talk. I think we have convinced ourselves that the public is
stupid, and cannot understand anything that involves technology and science.
All the comments I have seen have been those with either a pro- or anti-
Yucca Mountain agenda. I believe that the latest polls (if you believe
them) say that people do what nuclear power. If so, than the consequences
(waste) will also be accepted.
Now repeat after me: This was a TV show with a fictitious story line.
Martin Sheen is not the President. The people are actors. The only agenda
was to have people watch the show so the sponsors could advertise and sell
their products.
-- John
John Jacobus, MS
Certified Health Physicist
3050 Traymore Lane
Bowie, MD 20715-2024
E-mail: jenday1@email.msn.com (H)
-----Original Message-----
From: Falo, Gerald A Dr HMJF [mailto:Gerald.Falo@APG.AMEDD.ARMY.MIL]
Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 8:21 AM
To: radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu
Subject: West Wing, et. al.
What I find most disturbing about this discussion and others like it is that
it appears that the population is learning about what can be difficult and
nuanced topics from fiction desgined to be entertaining. Instead of
discussing whether or not those shows whose primary purpose is to entertain
are accurate, maybe a discussion can be started (not necessarily here on
RADSAFE) on why this is so or even if it is true that shows like the West
Wing have a significant effect on people's views about technical matters.
. . .
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