The Simpsons edited in Germany over nuclear crisis
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Another article says the episodes won't be cut - they simply won't be shown, just like the episode with the WTC has been pulled on occasions in the wake of 9/11.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/03/29/3176434.htm
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/03/29/3176434.htm
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I can't believe people waste time worrying about shit like this.
Remember though ... "Ve Germans aren't all smiles und sunshine ..."
So if a hydroelectric dam were to break and cause a disastrous flood because of a massive earthquake, would thousands be marching to demand an end to hydroelectric power? And the so-called “green” alternatives like geothermal power -- ever see the movie Crack in the Word? (Okay, it was science fiction.)
Every technology has risks. Ignorant, knee-jerk Luddism doesn’t help things any.
I had to look it up. I figured the title wasn't literal, but they go balls to the wall:
(But sounds pretty cool all the same.)
(But sounds pretty cool all the same.)
so.. very.. relevant.
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We had several protests here against nuclear power before Japan, as it was in the discussion when exactly Germany will get out of nuclear power all together (one of the MAIN topics in the news for quite some time) and the current government decidet then, that we will stay in it longer than it was said before. That caused discomfort with many here who did not want that...especially because it seemed security did not get taken seriously, but that the decision of the government mainly was because of saving and getting money.
However as the decision was made, the discussion about it calmed somewhat down, even many people were highly dissapointed.
Now with Japan the discussion restarted, Japan sort of put new foul in the already burning flame... and the government is much more open to it now.
And of course every power has its risk, but some risks seem to be higher than others.
I for one am happy that it seems at least the old insecure nuclear reactors will stay off the energy system now and hope that with time other energy sources get more important. Germany only uses 22% nuclear energy anyway... the rests comes from different sources, so I hope that we can in the not so far future replace those 22% with others. Though I also hope we can replace some of the energy that comes from coals and such, as thats also very polluting.
TerokNor
Censorship has always bothered me. Like, if you see something that you don't wanna watch, then don't watch it. Just change the channel or turn the TV off. The thing you find offensive, other people won't.
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That does it for me, too.
It's like what Family Guy said: Fuck the FCC.
This also reminds me of when my 6 year old niece wanted to watch Stripperella. There's no way in hell that i would let my 6 year old niece watch that. However, if my brother wanted to watch it, then by all means.
I wouldn't characterise this as harmful censorship, they aren't suppressing anyone's rights to free speech, this is just a private company deciding what they will and won't show on their privately owned TV channel.
It's not like they have permanently banned the Simpsons, or even these episodes, they've simply chosen not to show them, or not to show parts of them that might damage their viewing figures right now, which is absolutely their right.
It's not like they have permanently banned the Simpsons, or even these episodes, they've simply chosen not to show them, or not to show parts of them that might damage their viewing figures right now, which is absolutely their right.
I say, let the viewers decide. They don't wanna watch something, they won't. 'Course then everyone poops their pampers, even though it's happening regardless.
Yes, and aside from the gross negligence at Chernobyl, no civilian has died from it. Meanwhile, the equivalent of Chernobyl dies every year from pollution from coal fired power plants in the United States alone. That's normal operation, which excludes the occasional coal plant that explodes due to a buildup of coal dust. Plus, you have that whole risk management issue that is climate change down the road.
Fact is, aside from plant workers, any civilian that flew from Japan to the US to escape Fukushima was exposed more radiation in the flight over here than they would have received staying put. Should we ban transoceanic flights that fly in the stratosphere? Absolutely not.
Opposition to nuclear power seems directly correlated to ignorance of nuclear energy (and statistics in general, but that's another discussion entirely). The numbers are clear: nuclear power is safe. It pollutes less than fossil fuels (Three Mile Island's cleanup pales in comparison to the Gulf Oil Spill, and oil spills are an annual occurrence while nuclear accidents are one every 20 years). It's vastly more reliable and cheaper than "renewables" which due to their variable output cannot provide base load power. It also doesn't fund people that pretty much hate us.
About the only bad thing you can say nuclear power is that it's damn expensive to build a plant. I'd say that's more of a technology issue than a fundamental one. The Navy seems to be able to produce reactors on-time and on budget. However, there's already interest in smaller, more modular, mass producible reactors that we really need to fund if we're serious about getting away from fossil fuels.
As for the topic at hand, it's asinine. Does Germany ban action movies every time an oil refinery blows up? An oil tanker sinks?
Well like I said I don´t support coal either, however I think that there are better ways then both, coal and nuclear and I disagree that nuclear is safe (also would have diagreed before Japan). Nothing is truly safe, there always is a risk.
I do not think Germany can be rid of nuclear energy from today to tomorrow and of course so cannot the whole world. However I think that we can lay a direction, so that the development of other energy sources gets stronger and stronger. Of course regenerative energy has not only positive sides, also here are negative sides, obstactles etc. but in comparison I´d rather have those. In my opinion Germany goes the right way, when it in the long term tries to support modern regenerative energies and not nuclear power.
Oh and on the topic: *shrug* Personally I can care less what they do with the Simpsons. Its just a cartoon. There surly are more important things than making changes there. Hmm, maybe the TV-channel did it mostly out of sensibility (is that the right word?) towards the Japanese...you know, like they suffer there, so we don´t want to make fun of a suffering like that in a cartoon?
I do remember, when there was the big Tsunami there was shortly before a song in the charts called "the wave" and I think, if I remember it right, they didn´t play it after the Tsunami anylonger. Thats similiar.
I don´t think its truly censorship really, just a way to show compassion.
As long as they don´t falsify the news or stop reporting at all... but then that would go against the constitution.
TerokNor
I do not think Germany can be rid of nuclear energy from today to tomorrow and of course so cannot the whole world. However I think that we can lay a direction, so that the development of other energy sources gets stronger and stronger. Of course regenerative energy has not only positive sides, also here are negative sides, obstactles etc. but in comparison I´d rather have those. In my opinion Germany goes the right way, when it in the long term tries to support modern regenerative energies and not nuclear power.
Oh and on the topic: *shrug* Personally I can care less what they do with the Simpsons. Its just a cartoon. There surly are more important things than making changes there. Hmm, maybe the TV-channel did it mostly out of sensibility (is that the right word?) towards the Japanese...you know, like they suffer there, so we don´t want to make fun of a suffering like that in a cartoon?
I do remember, when there was the big Tsunami there was shortly before a song in the charts called "the wave" and I think, if I remember it right, they didn´t play it after the Tsunami anylonger. Thats similiar.
I don´t think its truly censorship really, just a way to show compassion.
As long as they don´t falsify the news or stop reporting at all... but then that would go against the constitution.
TerokNor
Ever been to Utah? Ra-di-a-tion. Yes, indeed. You hear the most outrageous lies about it. Half-baked goggle-box do-gooders telling everybody it’s bad for you. Pernicious nonsense! Everybody could stand a hundred chest X-rays a year. They ought to have them, too. When they canceled the project it almost did me in. One day my mind was full to bursting. The next day – nothing. Swept away. But I’ll show them.
Then what is safe? Baby cribs have killed far more people (infants no less, but that's besides the point) than nuclear power. Peanuts kill more people than nuclear power. Commercial airliners, always touted as safe, kill exponentially more people than nuclear power, and they expose more people to radiation too. Wind power kills more people than nuclear power. Were is the bar? At what point do you declare something safe?
No one has died at Fukushima. A few people, all of which were in the plant and knew the risks, will get an elevated risk of cancer. The plant itself was subjected to forces far beyond its design specs. It will have to be scrapped (well, 4 of the 6 reactors will it seems), but the safety systems held together long enough to protect the public and allow help to arrive. Compare that with the thousands that die of chemical spills, oil fires/explosions, and defective baby cribs. Using the word "unsafe" to describe a western nuclear power plant stretches credibility. The simple, undeniable fact is just about every other industry (scratch that, everyTHING) on the planet is more dangerous. Should be abandon all those? Absolutely not.
Germany is making a stupid, short sighted decision. Should they perform an analysis on all of their reactors? Absolutely. The NRC in the US does it all the time and from time to time mandates modifications. Do those reactors need to be shut down? No, which is why Germany is the only one doing it.
Germany needs to pay a little more attention to France.
I've always known that the Germans are crazy. When was the last time there has been a 9.0 earthquake and a tsunami in Central Europe?