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imageEnough with the straw men, already. (Comment On: 3 Forest Activists have been charged with felonies at anti GE trees lockdown!) by Auntie N.
“You want perfect safety” That’s a straw man. See: http://www.intrepidsoftware.com/fallacy/straw.htm I said no such thing. Stop putting words i...
Posted: Thu, Jul 10, 2003 10:55am PDT
imageindeed (Comment On: 3 Forest Activists have been charged with felonies at anti GE trees lockdown!) by Scottie
Indeed... asteroids could cause millions of times moe damage than nuclear plants. they could wipe us out altogether....
Posted: Thu, Jul 10, 2003 11:15am PDT
imageIf ANY risk is unacceptable - (Comment On: 3 Forest Activists have been charged with felonies at anti GE trees lockdown!) by then you want perfect safety.
It's not a strawman, you've said it yourself that you don't see any acceptable level of risk in nuclear power, and nothing will change that thinking in you. Fe...
Posted: Thu, Jul 10, 2003 12:32pm PDT
imageYes it is a strawman (Comment On: 3 Forest Activists have been charged with felonies at anti GE trees lockdown!) by Auntie N.
>If ANY risk is unacceptable . . .then you want perfect safety. I didn't say *any* risk is unacceptable. I said the risk posed by nuclear power is unaccepta...
Posted: Thu, Jul 10, 2003 7:17pm PDT
image"Nuclear power isn't." (Comment On: 3 Forest Activists have been charged with felonies at anti GE trees lockdown!) by Flat stop, end of story.
"I didn't say *any* risk is unacceptable. I said the risk posed by nuclear power is unacceptable." Ah, but we're talking about safety in regards to...
Posted: Thu, Jul 10, 2003 8:28pm PDT
image"we're talking about safety in regards to nuclear power" (Comment On: 3 Forest Activists have been charged with felonies at anti GE trees lockdown!) by Auntie N.
it's perfectly clear. The level of safety possible with nuclear power is an unacceptable risk. This has nothing to do with my feelings. Stop trying to change...
Posted: Thu, Jul 10, 2003 9:28pm PDT
imagethe sky is falling!...the sky is falling! (Comment On: 3 Forest Activists have been charged with felonies at anti GE trees lockdown!) by your phobias are showing
but what is the probability? about the same as having a house fall on you.....
Posted: Fri, Jul 11, 2003 1:14am PDT
imageI'm staying on subject... (Comment On: 3 Forest Activists have been charged with felonies at anti GE trees lockdown!) by seems like you're the one that strays.
You won't address the physics involved. You won't address the engineering involved. You won't address what's actually occurred in Europe - a worst-case sc...
Posted: Fri, Jul 11, 2003 11:07am PDT
imageHere, I'll even help you. (Comment On: 3 Forest Activists have been charged with felonies at anti GE trees lockdown!) by Take a look at this list of mining fatalities
in 1999. There were 55 fatal accidents in the US in 1999. The list showing those is here... http://www.msha.gov/FATALS/MONITOR/MONIT99.PDF There w...
Posted: Fri, Jul 11, 2003 11:19am PDT
image"but what is the probability? about the same as having a house fall on you.. " (Comment On: 3 Forest Activists have been charged with felonies at anti GE trees lockdown!) by Auntie N.
This is yet another logical fallacy. See: http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/appeal-to-ridicule.html But, FWIW, houses fall on people fairly freq...
Posted: Fri, Jul 11, 2003 11:45am PDT
imageit's still an invalid analogy, (Comment On: 3 Forest Activists have been charged with felonies at anti GE trees lockdown!) by the sky is falling!
paranoia is not a rhetorical argument...
Posted: Fri, Jul 11, 2003 1:11pm PDT
imageone, two, three (Comment On: 3 Forest Activists have been charged with felonies at anti GE trees lockdown!) by Auntie N.
>it's still an invalid analogy, You made the analogy, not me. >paranoia is not a rhetorical argument An ad hominem is not a rebuttal. >worst ca...
Posted: Fri, Jul 11, 2003 1:57pm PDT
imageAuntie N - (Comment On: 3 Forest Activists have been charged with felonies at anti GE trees lockdown!) by You avoid the problem.
You duck the engineering. You duck the physics. You duck any sort of rational explanation of your stance. You confuse opinion (yours) with objective fact. ...
Posted: Fri, Jul 11, 2003 5:48pm PDT
imageWell I decided to make some phone calls talked (Comment On: 3 Forest Activists have been charged with felonies at anti GE trees lockdown!) by Mr. T
This weed end I decided to go and ask engineers that design the plants. First Auntie N can be right if she took the time to get real information on if a pla...
Posted: Sun, Jul 13, 2003 7:47pm PDT
imageWell today I found the average intake for people of uranium (Comment On: 3 Forest Activists have been charged with felonies at anti GE trees lockdown!) by Mr. T
Oh one more thing did you now that you eat small amounts of Uranium. Just something to think about. “The general population is exposed to uranium primarily ...
Posted: Tue, Jul 15, 2003 7:50pm PDT
imageIt doesn't matter how safe nuclear power is. (Comment On: 3 Forest Activists have been charged with felonies at anti GE trees lockdown!) by Auntie N.
I admit that, compared to some dangers we face, nuclear power is very safe indeed. But it's not completely safe. That's the problem. I oppose nuclear power, whi...
Posted: Tue, Jul 15, 2003 8:31pm PDT
imagestill no facts to back it up - (Comment On: 3 Forest Activists have been charged with felonies at anti GE trees lockdown!) by still no facts to back it up -
cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, all noise no substance..........
Posted: Tue, Jul 15, 2003 9:43pm PDT
imageThe math backs up what I say. (Comment On: 3 Forest Activists have been charged with felonies at anti GE trees lockdown!) by Auntie N.
One China Syndrome is all it would take. There is no guarantee it wouldn’t happen. It’s only a matter of time. Ergo, the risk is unacceptable....
Posted: Tue, Jul 15, 2003 9:48pm PDT
imageFor Auntie N Where the beef (Comment On: 3 Forest Activists have been charged with felonies at anti GE trees lockdown!) by Mr. T
"The math backs up what I say. by Auntie N. Tuesday July 15, 2003 at 09:48 PM One China Syndrome is all it would take. There is no guarantee it wouldn’...
Posted: Wed, Jul 16, 2003 7:32am PDT
imageOne more time. (Comment On: 3 Forest Activists have been charged with felonies at anti GE trees lockdown!) by Auntie N.
How safe it is doesn't matter. What matters is how unsafe it is. It is unsafe enough to be not worth the risk. Address that....
Posted: Wed, Jul 16, 2003 10:06am PDT
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