Re[3]: nuclear power / environmentalists -Reply

[Ruth Weiner <rfweine@sandia.gov>]

     I have no wish to be a "cause celebre" (actually I have been, and it's 
     not pleasant).  I only want the radsafers to know thatthere are people 
     in the environmental movement -- and they are mostly the spokespersons 
     that the press gets, because these are their full-time jobs -- who 
     have other agendas than environmental protection, and who are making a 
     career out of destroying one industry or another, or simply out of 
     sensationalism and a desire to get members in their organizations, and 
     that there is in some cases funding behind these efforts.  The 
     environmental movement gained a reputation for credibility, mostly 
     through the efforts of people like me during the 60s and 70s.  The 
     "hidden agenda" folks are now trading on this credibility and 
     destroying it in the long run.  
     
     I am not interested in a media battle, nor do I think anyone should 
     be. Even more, I am unalterably opposed to pandering to irrational 
     fears, and the one thing I deplore about the "hidden agenda" folks is 
     their capitalizing on ignorance and fear.   We must raise our voices 
     for the truth and for reason, strongly and persistently. If that means 
     showing an environmentalist up as a liar or an ignoramus, so be it. I 
     believe it is a good idea to raise these questions at public hearings, 
     where a record is kept,  in letters to members of Congress, and in 
     letters to newspapers.
     
     Ruth Weiner
     Sandia National Labs
     CLEARLY my own opinion, not Sandia's or anyone else's.


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Subject: Re[2]: nuclear power / environmentalists -Reply
Author:  ARMAGAF@GWSMTP.NU.COM at hubsmtp
Date:    12/22/97 7:23 AM


Ruth,
    If you have any hard and fast data to confrim what you said about
Greenpeace, et al wanting you to be a voice for them, you should consider going 
public.  This is just the sort of sensationalism that the media loves.  And it 
would portray the Environmental Nazis in a less than favorable light.
    Just my opinion. of course.
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According to Steven Wright:  Black Holes are where GOD divided by Zero!