From OurPlanetTV (7/14/2012):
I tweeted some of the suggestions from the readers of this blog about the protest, including using cars going round the Prime Minister's Official Residence. From the reaction from my Japanese followers, it simply didn't occurred to them. But it did occur to some people who took part on their bikes and cars, as you see in the video above.
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i went on my bike, and almost did an entire circuit of the area on the road, but the cops stopped bicycles from going along the road in front of the Diet Building, even though it was open to cars. bastards. next time a few hundred cars driving slowly, methinks.
I'm in! Is there any law against blowing the car horn in support?
these demos suck ass, why arent they talking about radiation in food or debris being burnt.... what a joke
I did read on tweets that some of the organizers of this event do think there's little to worry about radiation contamination.
@Anonymous at 12:20 am
I doubt it. But there is a law that murderers have to be brought to justice and it doesn't say anywhere in the law that there would be an exception for mass murderers.
@arevamirpal
What you say is interesting. Are even they that much brain-washed by the nuclear spin? Or is it more sensible to conclude that some nuclear shills and government puppets are organising and directing the demonstrations in order to keep the angry masses busy and give them an opportunity to let off steam while not touching the status quo?
maxli - you give the govt too much credit. Remember they are bumblers. They can't even get away with planting a shill in a public meeting.
The organizers call it "single issue", literally. In katakana English, pronounced "shinguru ishuu". Since when have the Japanese become so good in English? (Answer: never.)
Speaking of shills and government "incompetency", they are doing it right now, again, n-th time. If you read Japanese, here you go: http://www.jiji.com/jc/eqa?g=eqa&k=2012071500201
Hosono and his gang are doing so-called public hearing on the future national energy policy in Sendai, Miyagi. One of the speakers who were elected randomly happened to be (what a surprise) a senior executive at Tohoku Electric who strongly advocated for continued nuclear power generation.
I saw the tweet that the same public hearing is happening in Nagoya, and (what a surprise) speaker after speaker tout virtue of nuclear energy, including Chubu Electric employee.
Incompetent or not, the government keeps on doing it, and if they are caught doing it, their attitude is "So what?"
At best they are only delaying the end of nuclear power. The people of Japan know it is unacceptable. The dedicated demonstrators will not quit this stong opinion. When the cancers and deaths increase, there will be no more denial, and the public will seek justice. Those who lied, cheated and schilled for the nuclear industry at these forums will all be as afraid as Argentinian nazis.
@maxli yes i think it is a case of letting the protestors let off steam , most of them are still brainwashed by the media and think the food is safe and burning debris is safe etc.... in the meantime the status quo remains untouched...just remember, they have brainwashing down to an art here in Japan...
@Anonymous july 16, 2:11 am
When they think food is safe, burning debris is safe etc....then why are they demonstrating?
Chisso (Minamata disease) is still in business and, as of today, I suspect they have not paid a whole lot in damages either. One of the reasons reported in some TV program was that they provided employment.
Tepco and the goverment do not seem to have changed their ways a lot since the accident -- they did not have much incentive at doing so either.
Can the Japanese ask for a referendum on npps? In Italy people have voted down npps twice and, guess what, Italy has not a single npp operating since Chernobyl.
Beppe
I am not going to speculate what everyone is thinking other than you lose over 90 percent of your audience once you start speaking about the difference of walking past something emitting radiation and ingesting radiation. Fukushima lost that battle 6 months ago. They should have stayed with their instincts. They lie of this century is that cesium only decays once every 30 years.
Honestly, I would rather the organizers start a movement which encourage conservation and the might as well start with getting people not to go into Tokyo on Fridays. Hit them where it hurts instead of where you are told it hurts. I know, thisamaya be a pipe dream in Japan.
It was on this day, July 16,1945 ,that our nuclear nightmare began to unfold with the explosion of Trinity in New Mexico.
67 years of this insanity must be enough.
Politicians and corporations have little interest in pulling the plug.
It is up to us.
We are all downwinders.
Coming back to "Some Citizens Got Wiser on July 13 Protest..." Let's hope that not more drivers of cars or bicycles are tempted to join the demonstration! Then the area quickly might become congested. Traffic would come to a standstill. Then protesters (some on legs and some on wheels) would have the sidewalks PLUS the streets to themselves. Then we would have to feel sorry for the hard working police, because the fences between streets and sidewalks would become pointless. Not to mention, cars are able to make loud noises. We don't want to disturb the PM! I heard he doesn't like loud noises.
The more cars at the demonstration, the higher the probability of breakdowns and minor traffic accidents.
If you've ever gotten a traffic ticket in Japan, you know how long the paperwork takes.
Thankfully, I haven't had an auto accident in Japan, but I have driven by them. Even an old car, lightly rear-ended by someone else's old car (with little or no real monetary damage) can tie up motorists and police note-takers for an hour - all the while blocking a lane of traffic because there are no shoulders to pull off onto. I can only imagine how long it would take if one or both of the drivers were not able to understand Japanese.
If you drive, take care not to rear-end the foreigners' old cars.
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