AW: Gorbachev in Barcelona

["Franz Schoenhofer" <franz.schoenhofer@CHELLO.AT>]

Further to my previous message I would like to add a brand new one, which

was distributed by the Austrian "teletext", a kind of written form of news

on the Austrian television (I translate it of course):



"Mikael Gorbatchew is going to hand over the "Womens World Awards" which are

granted exclusively to persons engaged in show business, today in Hamburg

(Germany). Among the the winners are the singers Nena (only known in the

German speaking world as a mediocre singer), Cher (make your own decision),

Whitney Houstan (make your own decision), Dionne Warwick (make your own

decision) and the actors Diane Kruger (I do not know her) and Iris Berben

(very sexy without being indecent, but showing up exclusively in low class

criminal stories in German films)."



Mikael Gorbatchew obviously turned into a clown, as long as he is paid well.

To put him forward as a supporter of nuclear power is absolutely counter

productive, as long as he behaves as a clown to earn money.



There has been much discussion on RADSAFE about the role of US actors in

anti-nuclear campaigns - correctly! But to name somebody like Gorbatchev as

a witness of pro-nuclear is as ridiculous as naming Alec Baldwin, etc. etc.

as witnesses of anti-nuclear.



Do pro-nuclears intend to destroy the last credibility of scientists?????



Best regards,



Franz

















 -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----

Von: Franz Schoenhofer [mailto:franz.schoenhofer@chello.at]

Gesendet: Freitag, 04. Juni 2004 20:02

An: Franta, Jaroslav; Multiple (E-mail); Radsafe (E-mail)

Betreff: AW: Gorbachev in Barcelona





    Gorbatchew, who has had an unbelievable positive role in the liberation

of the USSR, is now available for talk-shows all over the (mostly European)

world, providing the honorary is accepted. He has participated in several

German shows, which I did not watch, because their level is too low for me,-

whether it would have been Gorbatchev or somebody else. He obviously needs

invitations to shows - of which the Barcelona conference is just one -

because it will provide him with an income.



    Citing Mr.Gorbatschews opinion (based on what background?) might be

counter productive for the case of nuclear energy.





    Franz





        -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----

        Von: owner-radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu

[mailto:owner-radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu]Im Auftrag von Franta, Jaroslav

        Gesendet: Freitag, 04. Juni 2004 16:02

        An: Multiple (E-mail); Radsafe (E-mail)

        Betreff: Gorbachev in Barcelona





        NUCLEAR NEWS FLASHES - Thursday, June 3, 2004

        INTERNATIONAL:

        --PHASING OUT NUCLEAR GENERATION WOULD CAUSE ECONOMIC CHAOS, former

Soviet

        president Mikhail Gorbachev told a renewable energy conference in

Barcelona

        today. "I was a witness to the Chernobyl accident, but despite the

dangers,

        I do not agree with those who argue against nuclear energy," the

Nobel Peace

        Prize winner said. "Closing down the plants would wreak havoc. How

would

        countries like Japan and France survive without nuclear energy?" he

asked.

        Spain's new socialist government has pledged to phase out nuclear in

favor

        of renewable sources. Gorbachev called for more funding for

renewable

        energy, but said nuclear remained a "very important source of

energy."

        Speaking at the Energy & Sustainable Development summit held at

Forum

        Barcelona 2004, Gorbachev called for "reflection" in the light of

rising oil

        prices, saying, "we need to find alternative energies."