dpb wrote:
wrote:
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the industrys propoganda machine must of been working overtime
Virtually none of it was "industry's" doing.
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One other point I intended to make before I kill watching the thread as
having reached its inevitable conclusion of going 'round 'n 'round...
The "industry" has been, if nothing else, remarkably _unsuccessful_ in
their attempts at "propaganda" or "public relations". This was owing to
the thought that simply presenting good, solid engineering and
scientific evidence would carry the argument against bluster and
fear-mongering. As this thread illustrates, it doesn't do much except
leave a track record against the misinformation.
In a former life, when being in a position where I was one of the point
persons to talk on nuclear power and all, the inevitable discussions of
this type almost always came up.
The most useful piece of advice I ever got was from the behavioral
science guy who provided a lecture on how to deal with various types of
audience interaction. He pointed out these individuals are like the
small child who has learned that by sheer persistence it can get its own
way in a large percentage of cases because the parent will finally give
in simply to get a moment of peace. The only way to stop such behavior
is to _NOT_ let them wear you down--extremely tiresome, wasteful of
resources, etc., but its the only course of action that will in the end
be productive.
Sad, but how true.
Finis...
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