Re: Article on radiation fear and disaster response.

[BLHamrick@aol.com]

In a message dated 9/17/2003 6:41:47 AM Pacific Standard Time, 

liptonw@DTEENERGY.COM writes:

Ultimately, society must control imposed

risks to accepted standards, but allow wide discretion in chosen risks, within

some limits, such as not harming others.  I guess that if the public would

rather have a chemical plant in their community than a nuclear power plant,

even though the "experts" say the latter risks are lower, it's their right.

But, then you've really got one group "harming others" based on the first 

group's ignorance.  It doesn't matter that the first, ill-informed group may be 

the majority - that's what the 14th Amendment is for.  It was conceived and 

ratified for the very purpose of not simply allowing the majority to rule.  So, 

it's not that group's right to impose their ignorance upon others.



Barbara