Well Boon, running and hiding would certainly not be a helpful thing to do in this case, but that doesn't mean people should stick their heads in the sand. I'm not saying you are, just generalizing the obvious for the majority. My friends and family listen, and agree and are concerned. They are not doubting the truth I've shared with them of the danger and conspiracy of it all, but I believe feel about as helpless to affect the situation as any of us do.

It's just crazy that we hear how people are so concerned about the financial straights we are going to leave to our children, grandchildren etc, but the notion that this and other (preventable) nuclear contamination that will persist for many many generations to come is a frisbee over their heads.

Regardless of whether people want to hear it from you or not, I say keep on telling them. Perhaps create a data sheet with easily searchable sources. It's about all you can do, even with that in hand, it will likely end up in the garbage.

I suppose if you delivered the information with a suggestion of what they could do with it to make a difference they might be more open to it, BUT we would ourselves first need to know what that is.

Does the news report on the Oil Spill anymore?
Does the US populace care?

We get drive-by news in this country, once a new story begins, another ends. Once we get distracted by birth certificates, and weddings, real news is covered up.

morons bought up all the iodine tablets, then went back to sleep after suckling on the teat of Jerry Springer.

While I would say that, yes, it would seem the majority of people have moved on it is also true that people do care when you bring something up to them. They only care in that they show concern and move on but they do care. I think the real problem is that it's dam near impossible to do anything about it unless you're in Japan. We could take prevention measures to help protect ourselves against radiation but that's probably about it. I care. But I can only care so much when there is little I can do to change the situation. Otherwise I'm just causing myself a great deal of stress for no reason.

Im listening!! My airline is trying to force its staff to fly & overnight there. Alot of people are scared. Cabin crew & pilots are already radiated enough, without adding any more!

Originally posted by boondock-saint

Originally posted by angrydog
its the same everywhere..people dont care anymore...

well I would have to slightly disagree
with that statement.

Yes I care but have realized there is nothing
I can do about it unless I just move completely
underground and live in a bunker for the next
3,000 yrs or so.

Plus, that bunker would already have to be stocked with food, and have an unradiated water and air supply. It's in the air, the ground, and the sea. Therefore it's in the food supply. No matter how much we know it's there, we cannot stop eating, drinking, and breathing.

It comes down to - what can anyone do about it anymore?

You need a silver bullet to kill a werewolf, a wooden stake to kill a vampire, and atomic weapons to destroy nuclear reactors and fuel rods. Consume the radiation and stop the melt downs. It isn't as if we have any other options,

The average "big news story" lasts about 72 hours in the press, once that time limit has been reached, no matter what additional information or threat may be presented, the American public completely loses interest.

It's shorter than 72 hours if there is an unexpected booting from American Idol or Dancing with The Stars before then.

It's the same with Haiti. Over a year later, nothing has really been done to help these folks, but even the anniversary barely got a mention in the US media. The fact that pretty much nothing has been done since the earthquake has been ignored completely. If it wasn't for activists like Sean Penn, even the small mentions that it gets in the media wouldn't occur.

Don't even get me started on New Orleans since Katrina.

The media simply move on to the "next big story" and the public move right along with them, regardless of whether, as is the case with Fukushima, there is a major threat still going on.

Oh, look! A wedding !

The attention span of the average American has recently dropped from 45 seconds. Marketing companies are now working on 15 second commercials because the average American can't focus for longer than that.

I'm getting the same thing here.

Nobody around me gives a damn. They roll their eyes, cut me off mid sentence, poo poo what I'm trying to explain to them, etc and don't want to hear about it. Then they start talking about something else. It seems like the only thing they are concerned about is the devastation that the actual tsunami caused... I think that's because they can actually "see" it. Radiation on the other hand cannot be seen, smelled, tasted, etc.

And it's going to continue to stay that way unless they literally see one of their neighbour's skin melt off of their face.

I feel like I'm surrounded in a sea of mindless robots and I can picture myself standing outside in the middle of my street screaming at the top of my lungs in frustration at this point.

*sigh*

Now I just keep all info to myself.

How disgustingly sad is that ?

i'd be willing to bet most have forgotten there was even tornadoes yesterday. people here certainly could care less about anything other then the next hockey game.

They don't care precisely because the news isn't talking about it. It's getting really old, telling people what's really going on in many important matters(I don't include any speculation, only verifiable facts) and they look at me like I'm crazy. The way they say "conspiracy" is sickening. "hello? I'm telling you facts. Nothing about my beliefs in conspiracy." sometimes I'll tell facts I read in the mainstream news. They give me the same response.
Fukushima is worse than Chernobyl. Give it a year or two and the mainstream news might finally say it. Right now they just aren't talking about it. I read the news everyday. The silence on this disaster is deafening.

and it's not americans fault. they've been programmed by everything their entire lives to be apathetic.
the news turns apathy into a joke. "oh americans dont care care" then they sit there like, yeah you're right I don't.
it's all a joke.

Originally posted by Finalized
One other comment that I've received that really irks me is "you read too much"... seriously? That comment could be a thread of its own and the underlying ramification of that type of thinking is just too d*mn scary.

It seems that not only do we now live in the world of "1984" but also in the world of "Fahrenheit 451" as well.

Originally posted by Ghost375
The way they say "conspiracy" is sickening.

Tell me about it.
I'm apparently a "conspiracy theorist" now because Fukishima is still leaking radiation.

Originally posted by this_is_who_we_are

Originally posted by Finalized
One other comment that I've received that really irks me is "you read too much"... seriously? That comment could be a thread of its own and the underlying ramification of that type of thinking is just too d*mn scary.

It seems that not only do we now live in the world of "1984" but also in the world of "Fahrenheit 451" as well.

dont forget a brave new world. we are surrounded by so much it drowns out what we should be really aware of