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France's Superphénix, the world's largest fast-breeder, was shut down in 1987 after 20 tons of liquid sodium, which explodes on contact with air or water, leaked from the cooling drum. Because breeder reactors in France are prized for their ability to make high quality bomb material for military purposes, as well as civilian, their operation is clothed in secrecy. France has no "Freedom-of-Information Act." Information to ordinary citizens is limited to events which cannot be hidden.

is so blatantly incorrect and/or manipulative that it's hard to have a rational and patient reaction to it. Anybody that wrote the above will never be convinced by rational argument.

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes

by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Wed Jan 17th, 2007 at 06:08:23 PM EST
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So the correct response would be to say, "That's not a credible source--here's a more credible version of events."?

Coz we can all be fooled by non-credible (but maybe credible-sounding?  I can't say in this case...I didn't click the link but...) Sources...if they're not credible, t'is better, I think to offer access to another more credible.

Unless one is an expert on everything.

Don't fight forces, use them R. Buckminster Fuller.

by rg (leopold dot lepster at google mail dot com) on Wed Jan 17th, 2007 at 06:29:39 PM EST
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That was my reaction when I read that diary last week about Trittin and Germany, so for the sake of reciprocity, I would be curious to read what is your problem with which detail. (I can identify two incorrect points in it, but could replace them with other points.)

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.
by DoDo on Wed Jan 17th, 2007 at 06:31:14 PM EST
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and I know what you mean... but i'll disagree on the equal validity of the substance in the two cases.

There is so much innuendo in the above paragraph that I don't want to dignify it with a reply. It's like saying that "dihydrogen oxyde, an oxygen-rich liquid used to cool reactors, is sent out in vast quantities in the atmosphere and rivers, even though oxygen is the main component of most explosive devices. And these rejections are never debated, nor even declared!"

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes

by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Wed Jan 17th, 2007 at 06:41:56 PM EST
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Well, the last one seemed to me like "The silly Jospin government tried to get the Muslims under control with neighbourhood police. But see what's the result today: riots and riot police!".

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.
by DoDo on Wed Jan 17th, 2007 at 07:09:26 PM EST
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