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RE: DU Info / motivation
Richard
Thanks for the reply. I never doubted that they are not stupid or not
sincere. I have never believed in black or white, but may be they do.
-- John
-----Original Message-----
From: Richard L. Hess [mailto:lists@richardhess.com]
Sent: Friday, December 20, 2002 4:48 PM
To: radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu
Subject: RE: DU Info / motivation
At 03:03 PM 12/20/2002 -0500, Jacobus, John (NIH/OD/ORS) wrote:
>Quesetion for the list: Why is Doug Rokke giving these talks? Do you
think
>he really believes there is a problem?
John, most of the people I know who speak out against nuclear (in many
forms) and other sources of pollution (as they see it) believe deeply that
there are many problems that we're ignoring and some of them go so far as
to say "we're killing the planet." My friends who speak out who also happen
to be folksingers may be doing it to resonate with their fan base, but the
ones I've discussed this with deeply believe what they're doing is right. I
cannot speak for Doug Rokke, however.
The colleague who introduced me to Wasserman's book is truly concerned
about these things and believes the government rarely tells the truth in
regards to nuclear waste and other things. He is wont to believe things
like the statistics we recently discussed accusing DU for a high increase
in cancers and deaths in the Balkans.
None of these are stupid people. On the other hand, none has taken the time
to learn as much as I have in this area. Of course, at least some of them
tell me I'm hanging out with wrong crowd <smile>...so I'm sure the feeling
is mutual <big grin>.
Cheers,
Richard
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