Reading through the wiki page you linked above exposed about what I'd expected to find. The number of terrorist acts shown there and the perpetrators in many cases defy the overall idea of terrorism, though that's a subjective statement, so ....

Admittedly, there's more than enough evidence to show we've been pretty rough on ourselves over time, though we've also had a lot of outside help too

About 30 mins after my last post I read an article detailing how the Fukishima 50 had resigned themselves to death by radiation poisoning for the work they're doing at the plant. The reporter had been in contact with one of the plant workers mothers and she related they'd decided to stay and work, basically sacrificing themselves to the efforts of gettin the plant under control. She said they talk frequently amongst themselves and expected to die within weeks or months from the poisoning if not eventually from cancer due to the high levels of exposure they're working under. The workers are being kept from reporters and have been asked by management not to discuss their work or conditions with their families as they fear widespread panic could result from such revelations.

My heart certainly goes out to all of Japan but these cats are certainly to be lauded for their bravery most especially. Were I myself faced with the same circumstances I'm unsure how I'd react but I know their actions take a huge heart. What could be an ultimate sadness is if they give up their lives in this effort and the eventuality is it's still unstoppable, which seems a reasonable possibility at this point


Regarding nuclear energy in general, yeah, I'm for it and see it as safe overall. Unfortunately Mother Earth has some tricks in her bag that even the best laid plans of mice and men can't always plan for or overcome