tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18947592.post113236782238254557..comments2023-11-06T00:01:30.085+13:00Comments on New Zeal: Keith Locke-A Wasted Life Part 1Trevor Loudonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17040453691836232676noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18947592.post-1156586006837809632006-08-26T21:53:00.000+12:002006-08-26T21:53:00.000+12:00The Russians, US and Britain all had these dangero...The Russians, US and Britain all had these dangerous graphite cored reactors. The Poms had one catch fire in the 1950s, had to shut the whole thing down and deal with radioactive fallout across the countryside. The Yanks were operating most of their weapons fuel reactors, very similar to Chernobyl, at Hanford well into the 1970s.<BR/><BR/>What you can pin on the Russians with certainty is very primitive safety systems and absolutely reckless cavalier disregard for public safety, not to mention their own personnel. Their continent is littered with radioactive waste stored in decaying crumbling conditions exposed to all the weathers and scantly secured. They have had far more accidents and dumped far more nuclear waste at sea than all the Western nations put together.<BR/><BR/>That said, it's a fact that the nuclear industry and in particular the nuclear weapons industry of most countries has had a long long long history of excessive secretiveness, lack of accountability and similar lack of regard for people's human dignity, look at the US atmospheric test programme in Nevada in the 1950s as an example.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18947592.post-1132634373007378782005-11-22T17:39:00.000+13:002005-11-22T17:39:00.000+13:00The thing that really concerns me about Keith's pa...The thing that really concerns me about Keith's past is that nothing is going to happen about it. The media doesn't seem to care that an elected representative was (is) a supporter of the Khmer Rouge or is a raving loony socialist. Yet if Don Brash was found to have been a supporter of the Anti Maori Violence Pro Apartheid party National would get absolutley shredded to bits.Tory Tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05344290171496651426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18947592.post-1132592826046030342005-11-22T06:07:00.000+13:002005-11-22T06:07:00.000+13:00Apparently his wife is not wasted according to the...Apparently his wife is not wasted according to the last poster.<BR/><BR/>Funny that the US forced that bastion of human rights, environmentalism and freedom - the USSR to spend all of its humanely got wealth on arms - bad Americans, forced the USSR to invade Afghanistan, torture anyone who questioned the rule of the communist party, and divert rivers feeding the Aral Sea. <BR/><BR/>So inspirational are the ones who remained willfully blind to all that - as inspirational as the 1930s supporters of the Nazis. Yes, the Russians are thrilled they are 2 generations behind Western Europe in standards of living.Libertyscotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12741049550997300680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18947592.post-1132561718178168572005-11-21T21:28:00.000+13:002005-11-21T21:28:00.000+13:00Chernobyl, you must realise, which obviously you d...Chernobyl, you must realise, which obviously you don't, was because the only nuclear reactors that the Soviet Union could afford were water cooled, and the meltdown occurred because the water rusted into the core housing, all water boiled, and core got exposed, boom China Syndrome. This was because the US were forcing them to spend billions of dollars on arms at the time. But be intolerant of others if you like.<BR/><BR/>And why must you attack someone merely because he lives his ideals? He LIVES the DREAM. He has a vision, and he DOES it. He doesn't just sit at home writing blogs about how others who have been successful are scary and have wasted their lives. If he is fulfilled and if he inspires others, which he bloody well does, then his wife is not wasted, it is well spent. But noone in ACT would know about that would they?Rafe Copelandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16906335809545037223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18947592.post-1132434740223514552005-11-20T10:12:00.000+13:002005-11-20T10:12:00.000+13:00Wined,Do you mean the people making comments on th...Wined,<BR/><BR/>Do you mean the people making comments on this blog or Keith Locke?Mike Readmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12193927876920809580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18947592.post-1132385512875336522005-11-19T20:31:00.000+13:002005-11-19T20:31:00.000+13:00Another thing, this might be on Frontier of Dreams...Another thing, this might be on Frontier of Dreams soon, I'm watching it now and they're talking about Communinism.Mike Readmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12193927876920809580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18947592.post-1132385340008351622005-11-19T20:29:00.000+13:002005-11-19T20:29:00.000+13:00Wow! What a ridiculous life up to that point. Ca...Wow! What a ridiculous life up to that point. Can't wait to read the rest. <BR/><BR/>I grew up near Toronto, that's where the association with him ends!<BR/><BR/>Here's another coincidence, I first hear of the SAL a couple of days ago.Mike Readmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12193927876920809580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18947592.post-1132377459596433082005-11-19T18:17:00.000+13:002005-11-19T18:17:00.000+13:00" Keith Locke's reply "Capitalism cannot be truste..." Keith Locke's reply "Capitalism cannot be trusted with nuclear power. . . socialism . . . would step up nuclear power research in order to make it safe"<BR/><BR/>At the risk of stating the bloody obvious:<BR/><BR/>Remember Chernobyl?Oswald Bastablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11828229103486326473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18947592.post-1132370884596089512005-11-19T16:28:00.000+13:002005-11-19T16:28:00.000+13:00He is a very scary manwith some very scary ideas.T...He is a very scary manwith some very scary ideas.<BR/><BR/>Trevor, where do you get all this information??<BR/><BR/>I'm a little worried what you have on file about me :)andrewfalloonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06774784538950709098noreply@blogger.com