Well, Japan’s secrecy and sealed mouths during most of this nuclear crisis is partly to blame for all the hysteria. I would like to think that a country with one of the top economies in the world would have the ability to call out for help within hours of the reactor problem. They certainly have the P.R. capability to usher a spokesman to a podium and report the situation to ease the minds of millions of worried people. This is not a Third World country, but they’re acting like it. A nuclear meltdown is not something you can wish away with steamed rice and a palm pilot. To me they are displaying some of the same selfishness and arrogance we saw in the 40’s. That’s just how I see it. Sorry if it comes off as insensitive.
No you are not appearing insensitive.
But when something goes wrong “inside the fence line,” often times the management themselves contribute to the confusion. Sometimes by speaking too soon...without all the facts.
"Well, Japan’s secrecy and sealed mouths during most of this nuclear crisis is partly to blame for all the hysteria. I would like to think that a country with one of the top economies in the world would have the ability to call out for help within hours of the reactor problem."The nature of any bureaucracy, whether it is communist or capitalist "corporatist" is to control the release of "bad" information, immediate damage control and lie to save their own skins and deflect taking responsibility. When the ruse begins to be impossible to be sustained, find the fall guy and railroad him/her. What we have been seeing for the past couple of days is eerily alike to Soviet official denial (to the general public) of the magnitude of Chernobyl disaster, of course in a Japanese cultural setting. While the magnitude of this may "yet" be not as bad, they are surely not releasing everything and downplplaying. Expect more truth to come out eventually. In doses.