If You Can't Quote Me, Somebody Will

~ Monday, May 28 ~
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So while the wire services, the nightly news on the anti-DPJ channels and even the reports the neutral channels, out of a misunderstanding of the concept of fairness,
will bore in on the confusion and improvisation in March and early April 2011, and tomorrow’s newspapers will echo and elaborate upon tonight’s themes,
the truth is that individuals like former Prime Minister Kan and plant manager Yoshida Masao, by following their better instincts, led others to do the same, and prevented a disaster from becoming a cataclysm.

~ Friday, April 27 ~
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The truth of the matter is that many people in the south of the country may not believe it is worth waging an all-out war to retain a desolate, sparsely populated area of the country.

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The third problem is that it is not at all clear if the majority of peoples within the proposed state of Azawad support its existence.
Mali’s northern provinces include many non-Tuareg, most notably the Songhay and Fulani, who likely have little interest in joining a new state that is strongly affiliated with one ethnic group.

~ Saturday, April 21 ~
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if we can claim pride in India’s many beautiful traditions, then we must stand accountable for its many evils as well. Without that, nothing can change.

~ Sunday, April 15 ~
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The takeaway missing from Fackler’s report is that restarting the nuclear power plants now involves far more municipalities, prefectures and voters than the original start ups did.
As Daniel Aldrich has documented, it was hard enough to win local approval to build the darn things in the first place. The problem now is that post-Fukushima, what counts as “local” is too big and too variegated for the power suppliers and the government to buy off.

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~ Friday, April 6 ~
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自由主義のもとでは原発は成り立たないというのが私の意見だし、原発は国家による手厚い保護によって守られてきたという、そういう素性の悪い公共事業みたいなものですから、全部、その国家の保護をなくせば、おのずとやるやつはいなくなるだろうと思います。

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一番重要なことは責任の所在を明確にするということ。電力会社がすべての責任を負うと。今まで(国は)補助金とか保護してきたが、それも全部中止です。その上で地元の理解を得たいなら、電力会社が高い金を自分で支払いなさいということ。
事故が起きたら損害賠償法は廃止しますから、全部自分で払いなさい…それでいいなら、おやりなさいという。

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原発の事故というのは非常に広域に及んで、コストも甚大で全国民が負担しなければいけない。そういう受け入れの決定を安易に自治体がしていいのかと、国民全体を悲劇にするような決断なんだということを十分に理解したうえで、
受け入れるかどうかというものを決めていただきたいし、それで、もしなにか起これば、その市町村はなくなるでしょう。

~ Wednesday, April 4 ~
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将来、癌や白血病を発病された住民の方々の中には、政府や東京電力に対して補償を求めて訴訟を起こす人々が出てくるでしょう。その場合、政府や東京電力は、その訴訟に勝訴する、敗訴するという次元を超えた、極めて深刻な社会的問題に直面することになるでしょう。

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