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There are people that find something wrong with nothing at all. ""environmental organizations published an open letter voicing anger with the tests while highl

There are people that find something wrong with nothing at all. ""environmental organizations published an open letter voicing anger with the tests while highlighting Starbase’s proximity to indigenous sacred lands"" How dare they get close to indigenous lands.

bdjsiqoocwk 2y ago
> There are people that find something wrong with nothing at all. If you think mercury in the water is nothing at all please drink some and report back to us.
- avmich 2y ago
  So is there mercury in the water in dangerous (not just above zero) amounts or not? I don't see that in the article. Can we get things straight?
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benopal64 2y ago
There is a little-known actor... oh what was his name again? Oh yeah, Martin Sheen-- He narrated a documentary covering the effects of a tribe being downwind from a nuclear testing area. So perhaps there is some understandable concern about being downwind from an Elon Musk-supported facility or any large engineering facility. Here is a link to a review of the documentary: https://www.opb.org/article/2024/01/21/documentary-downwind-nuclear-test-site-nevada-mark-shapiro-shoshone-nation-ian-zabarte/ https://www.opb.org/article/2024/01/21/documentary-downwind-...
DemocracyFTW2 2y ago
> How dare they get close to indigenous lands Americans have long enough suffered at the hands of those who claim to have ancient or inalienable rights to everything including water, air, and land. It is about time Americans get their act together and take back what is rightfully theirs. /s
- olliej 2y ago
  Reminds me of the “Indians go back to India”, Jesus was American, etc :D (I do wonder if there are non-English Christians who also seriously argue “Jesus spoke {my native language here}” - it seems to be a very US evangelical specific thing but I am curious if there are similar non-English groups)
  - renewedrebecca 2y ago
    I’ve heard it argued that the KJV was somehow more accurate than the original manuscripts in the original languages.

bdjsiqoocwk 2y ago

> There are people that find something wrong with nothing at all. If you think mercury in the water is nothing at all please drink some and report back to us.

avmich 2y ago
So is there mercury in the water in dangerous (not just above zero) amounts or not? I don't see that in the article. Can we get things straight?
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benopal64 2y ago

There is a little-known actor... oh what was his name again? Oh yeah, Martin Sheen-- He narrated a documentary covering the effects of a tribe being downwind from a nuclear testing area. So perhaps there is some understandable concern about being downwind from an Elon Musk-supported facility or any large engineering facility. Here is a link to a review of the documentary: https://www.opb.org/article/2024/01/21/documentary-downwind-nuclear-test-site-nevada-mark-shapiro-shoshone-nation-ian-zabarte/ https://www.opb.org/article/2024/01/21/documentary-downwind-...

DemocracyFTW2 2y ago

> How dare they get close to indigenous lands Americans have long enough suffered at the hands of those who claim to have ancient or inalienable rights to everything including water, air, and land. It is about time Americans get their act together and take back what is rightfully theirs. /s

olliej 2y ago
Reminds me of the “Indians go back to India”, Jesus was American, etc :D (I do wonder if there are non-English Christians who also seriously argue “Jesus spoke {my native language here}” - it seems to be a very US evangelical specific thing but I am curious if there are similar non-English groups)
- renewedrebecca 2y ago
  I’ve heard it argued that the KJV was somehow more accurate than the original manuscripts in the original languages.