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The Nuclear Skeptic, Part 1: Sketching the Playing Field | 147 comments (147 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: The Nuclear Skeptic, Part 1: Drawing the Play (none / 0)

it is not silliness. Sabotage is not an argument I am willing to entertain.

guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue May 23rd, 2006 at 01:14:45 PM EST
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Re: The Nuclear Skeptic, Part 1: Drawing the Play (none / 0)

It is sillyness. No form of civilian protest can cause a spill, certainly not those you have seen on TV.

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Tue May 23rd, 2006 at 01:18:38 PM EST
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Re: The Nuclear Skeptic, Part 1: Drawing the Play (none / 0)

If you put cement on the rails you can cause a derailment, can't you? Or if you cause a different train to strike the catenary you can just write it off as "collateral damage"?

guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue May 23rd, 2006 at 01:23:03 PM EST
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Re: The Nuclear Skeptic, Part 1: Drawing the Play (none / 0)

Now this gets really silly.

On the second, you saw me denounce it, and separate it from public protesters.

On the first, no no CASTOR can be hurt by a simple derailment, and you saw me explain that serious blockades by public protesters were preceded by warning groups.

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Tue May 23rd, 2006 at 01:27:02 PM EST
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Re: The Nuclear Skeptic, Part 1: Drawing the Play (none / 0)

(In fact CASTOR containers were marketed as indestructible, with videos showing them thrown from airplanes and hitting the ground hard, though later it was found that some hard operation can cause structural damage.)

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Tue May 23rd, 2006 at 01:31:00 PM EST
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Re: The Nuclear Skeptic, Part 1: Drawing the Play (none / 0)

BTW, one thought.

Maybe the coverage you saw of these German protests was just as sensationalist/biased/lacking in context as the US/UK coverage of the French 'riots' last year.

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Tue May 23rd, 2006 at 01:37:04 PM EST
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