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Being a victim does not make you an expert.[1] It gives you a different perspective, an emotional perspective. There are surely lessons and warnings to be lea
by hallmark 16y ago
Being a victim does not make you an expert.[1]
It gives you a different perspective, an emotional perspective. There are surely lessons and warnings to be learned through such anecdotes and experiences. But the heightened emotions accompanying a victim's portrayal of an event should give them no more credentials than any other informed, researched perspective.
All that said, I have severe sympathy for Natalia and all the other victims and sufferers of Chernobyl and Fukushima.
[1] Being victimized can motivate one to become an expert on a topic by way of thorough research after the fact.
- varjag 16y agoI think an important lesson here is that none of those people are in official death toll of the incident. They died long enough after the incident to not be considered radiaton-induced deaths by WHO standard. Yet the fact that only one of the crew lived to their 50s certainly poses some statistical significance, one that authorities are inclined to overlook. Think about it next time you read that Chernobyl had only 40 victims and that's it.
- hallmark 16y agoNothing I said implied that there weren't a large number of people affected by the Chernobyl disaster. You are making valid points regarding efforts to lowball the count, but it also seems as if you misunderstood my previous comment. To be clear, many people were afflicted by radiation poisoning long after the event. I'm sensitive to the situation in Japan, both in terms of the human tragedy and the FUD, so I think I'll leave it at that.