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Re: Radiation spikes in Chernobyl

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Post by cmrdporcupine » Sun, Feb 27, 2022, 1:56 PM UTC

lazide wrote: post #194

cmrdporcupine wrote: post #192

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Yes, my country (Canada) did not participate in the invasion of Iraq. And in large part to the vociferous opposition and protests against it in the days leading up to the decision.

Glad to hear it! Here in the US, the ‘wag the dog’ was pretty obvious almost immediately (Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11, but that didn’t stop anything), and the protests didn’t seem to do much either.

Difference is here we have more than two parties. The "centrist" Liberals are always in fear of losing voters to the left wing NDP, which is always anti-militarist. The size of the protests were indicative that a bunch of Liberal ridings would have been under threat if the Liberals had joined what was clearly going to be an unpopular war.

In the US, with only two parties to choose from, so-called "centrists" and "liberals" in the US almost all fell in line and nobody could do anything to punish them. "Who else are you going to vote for?"

Similar dynamic in the UK. Labour ("New Labour") was in power and supported the invasion for god knows what reason. Hugely unpopular move, but what were voters on the left going to do about it?

Re: Radiation spikes in Chernobyl

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Post by DominikD » Sun, Feb 27, 2022, 3:18 PM UTC

jack_pp wrote: post #166

DominikD wrote: post #119

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They aren't just passing by. There's an ongoing fight for the control over this terrain. And, in the unlikely event of Russian troops retreating, I wouldn't put past Russia bombing it.

Considering the whole reason for this crisis is Russia's proximity to Ukraine, wouldn't that mean contamination spreading to Russia too?

Wind in this area is primarily a westward one.

Re: Radiation spikes in Chernobyl

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Post by connordoner » Tue, Mar 01, 2022, 9:37 PM UTC

stjohnswarts wrote: post #152

belval wrote: post #113

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Not to be a apologist of what Russia is doing (really really against the current invasion/occupation) but from what we've seen around social media, it's not clear that the actual soldiers on the ground understand that they aren't "liberating" the Ukrainians from actual Nazis. They are fed misinformation on a daily basis and at least some of them see themselves as the "good guys". It does not excuse anything really, b…

I have no compassion for the Russians invading Ukraine, it wouldn't be a terrible at all if they all keeled over dead in an instant due to Big Daddy In The Sky doing something right for once.

U ok, hun?

Re: Radiation spikes in Chernobyl

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Mar 04, 2022, 6:49 PM UTC

ineedasername wrote: post #176

mzs wrote: post #147

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Spreading unwarranted panic is dangerous misinformation. One should be combatted the other encouraged.

Also agreed, but I think there's a difference between a pessimistic opinion (alarmist) and one that will induce panic. I'm not going to try and classify this particular Twitter use in either category though-- I don't have the knowledge of this situation required for that-- so my comment is intended in the general sense, not this user.

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