Populus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur.

[PCIntern]

Many many years ago, I took six (count 'em six) years of Latin, taught all six, count 'em six, years by this brilliant young Oxford-Cambridge graduate whose skills in Classical Languages, Mythology, History, and English Literature were unparalleled (he was also a raging bigot and anti-Semite (and an anti-Dentite for all I know)), and the Subject Line above was one of his favorites. It translates as:

"People want to be deceived, therefore let them be deceived."


A building surrounding a nuclear reactor explodes with great force, sending debris in all directions. but there's no real problem here. I'll say it again and again: there's no real problem here, it is under control. Really, no kidding, we really mean it. Yes we know what happened at Three Mile Island, and Chernobyl, but this is way different. Nothing to see here.

Well, maybe we're having a LITTLE problem, but nothing to worry about. We'll tell you what: we'll put some guys on the TeeVee who know all about this stuff and they'll say the same thing. all of them...to the letter. Oh, and while you're watching them, Ignore that bill Nye guy...he doesn't know what he's talking about...just "put him on Ignore". He's got a kid's show...we're the adults in the room...and why would we lie?

OK OK OK..actually there's a LITTLE meltdown, but it really isn't a meltdown it's just a little melTING...and there's a whopping big difference, so why don't you just go watch your Spring Training Baseball games and forget about this for a while.

Did we mention that there's another reactor doing the same thing? No? sorry. Well, don't worry about this one either because we're FLOODING IT WITH SEAWATER so what could possibly go wrong? Tune in later and we'll talk about the share prices on the NYSE and Futures. Thank God most of the indigenous population wasn't insured so it won't cost us too much money...the only problem MIGHT be that your Nintendo or Sharp or Sony product MIGHT be a little delayed, and we SO apologize for that inconvenience. Oh, and by the way, don't buy a Geiger counter...you really don't need one, especially if you live on the West Coast of the United States.

That is all....

(On edit: this is SATIRE, so anyone reading this who thinks that I'm making excuses is mightily mistaken)

[cliffordu]

1. LOL- I saw that progression of BULLSHIT on CNN too.....

Kind of like Klonopin.

[abelenkpe]

2. Great

As if LA isn't polluted enough.

Great quote.

[meow mix]

3. you need another course in "message control" lol

seriously the pro nuker team have really gone over the edge i think

[Lyric]

4. According to Wiki, "meltdown" just means that they no longer have the temperature controlled

So even "a little meltING" is pretty solid evidence that the temperature is no longer under control. Ergo...it's a meltdown.

I don't see why anyone is trying to deny this. Frankly, when peoples' lives are at stake, doesn't it make more sense to assume and prepare for the worst than to downplay the situation and end up with people getting hurt, sick, or killed?

Assuming and preparing for the worst is not the same thing as an outright panic.

:shrug:

[safeinOhio]

5. might as well smile as

you get screwed and tattooed.
:P