Japan: Evacuees Speak Of Sense Of Betrayal

[Turborama]

Source: Sky News

8:10am UK, Thursday March 17, 2011

Holly Williams, Sky correspondent in Yamagata

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Others in the camp give an insight into how profoundly the nuclear crisis has shaken Japan.

"I'm shocked," said Hiroshi Monma, who fled his home inside the exclusion zone. "They didn't tell us what was happening, so I'm very angry with the people who are running the plant. It's a joke."

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But one evacuee in Yamagata said anger with the company involved was pointless. Instead, in an unusual display of emotion, 65-year-old Mitsuru Fujita, wept as he described his sense of betrayal.

"The government told us it was safe," he said. "Now I feel angry with myself for ever having believed them."

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[lunatica]

1. It's definitely a rude awakening

Governments lie.

[Lasher]

2. The real shocker came when I relized the power company lied too.

I just don't understand how that could be.

[Bardley]

3. that's one great thing about being an American Citizen

you're never surprised when the government lies to you

[Magleetis]

4. Not only am I not surprised

I expect my government to lie to me. America is one big lie.