Who to believe, what to believe...
I had a long discussion with an officer of Atomic Energy of Canada about waste contamination of the environment resulting from activities at Chalk River, Ontario. That was during the summer of 2003. One can never be certain as to whether what is said is true or the spouting off of the "party line" by an officer who has limited information, who is subject to a secrecy clause or who has simply been "brain washed" by the administration and organization. In any case the who to believe is left so open to grave error that one could be left with nothing but doubt.
Canada's top nuclear regulators at the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission learned recently that AECL after promising to stop dumping radioactive and chemical waste, continued secretly to do so, since 1995. Needless to say, the Commission was outraged and the Canadian public and government's trust has been shaken.
Now, this is an important incident, one that will be looked into thoroughly and perhaps an appropriate resolution to the situation will be found. I find this incident coupled with others from other agencies and departments of government to leave me not only disgusted but with a sense of betrayal by those who should be acting in the best interest of our society. Perhaps life has ever been so. In the past much has taken place that we are totally unaware of, things have occurred that were not the best for the public and much has been swept under the carpet with the public left holding the bag of residual problems.
Who to believe, what to believe and who to trust, those are only questions for answers may never be found, we must simply go on believing that we are being taken care of in a positive way otherwise we will suffer agonies of spirit that will do nothing but destroy us. The people who render service and who sometimes do what is not in our better interest are our brothers and sisters. Some are there to protect their personal interests, to maintain their positions and livelihood, others are simply unthinking and often follow the "commands" of their superiors, and remain behind a wall of secrecy.
Life goes on and we live with threatening environmental disasters created not by nature but by humans. What can we do about it? What can we say? Government, our government must remain there to protect us. We must have faith, we must live in hope. For what else is there?
Canada's top nuclear regulators at the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission learned recently that AECL after promising to stop dumping radioactive and chemical waste, continued secretly to do so, since 1995. Needless to say, the Commission was outraged and the Canadian public and government's trust has been shaken.
Now, this is an important incident, one that will be looked into thoroughly and perhaps an appropriate resolution to the situation will be found. I find this incident coupled with others from other agencies and departments of government to leave me not only disgusted but with a sense of betrayal by those who should be acting in the best interest of our society. Perhaps life has ever been so. In the past much has taken place that we are totally unaware of, things have occurred that were not the best for the public and much has been swept under the carpet with the public left holding the bag of residual problems.
Who to believe, what to believe and who to trust, those are only questions for answers may never be found, we must simply go on believing that we are being taken care of in a positive way otherwise we will suffer agonies of spirit that will do nothing but destroy us. The people who render service and who sometimes do what is not in our better interest are our brothers and sisters. Some are there to protect their personal interests, to maintain their positions and livelihood, others are simply unthinking and often follow the "commands" of their superiors, and remain behind a wall of secrecy.
Life goes on and we live with threatening environmental disasters created not by nature but by humans. What can we do about it? What can we say? Government, our government must remain there to protect us. We must have faith, we must live in hope. For what else is there?
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