Wednesday, March 23, 2011

"Nuclear? Do not know, do not answer

Go! Said on Tuesday that it would not write about the earthquake unless major developments occur, and although that fortunately has not happened, I'm here again. Journalism is a hormiguillo lagartijero. No sedative to heal. Major, no, but the tremors continue. One, on Tuesday afternoon, almost evening, on the island of Kyushu (there is Nagasaki), and two, now, just now, in Fukushima, which has not won for frights.

There have been weak-force 6, the first, and 5.6, the second-but it seems that everything is quiet. So to speak. In Japan, no land. That's metaphor. 10% of the planet's seismic activity is concentrated here. The god Vulcan is not going to fall behind. Sixty volcanoes awake, although some of them with drowsiness, and one hundred forty temporarily disabled.

These things, earthquakes and eruptions, which often go hand in hand. Not for nothing is a volcano flourish the country's figurehead. The caldera of Mount Fuji is constantly boiling. Japanese is bad, they say, who not sticking to its edge once in life, but it's crazy, riveted, who does it again.

The climb is super-duper, and icing is to reach the crater treading the light of day, raising there arms in front of the rising sun and shout banzai! Shinto is animistic religion and, therefore, pantheist, but not anthropomorphic. As in nature there is less human (which can be and often is, artificial), is of divine status in their eyes.

Everything in it is sacred. In Hinduism there are three hundred thirty million gods. In Shinto higher rates. Considerations of this laya help to understand the attitude with which the natives face earthquakes. To the surprise gaiyin and it is difficult to understand, but Japan is. I said the other day who was kept secret and threw away the key.

I have heard and read that in Osaka there is or was a hotel where you invite guests, when an earthquake of force 5, a beer, if 6, to dinner, and if it is 7, does not pay the room . It may be legend. The rates quoted are a package. More differences between them and us ... Westerners go now stirring up story on whether or not we should give up nuclear reactors.

I will not get in so inhospitable garden, the little I know. I'm just saying (and not shoot the messenger) that this issue, here, today, is not subject to debate. I've found so far from twelve days ago that the crisis hit, a single person who demonstrated the least interest in the matter.

I refer to the common people. I do not know what's going on in the highest, in the clerks of the policy, in the chambers of industry and the ivory towers of the experts. In Japan work fifty-five nuclear reactors. There are those who attribute to them the country's prosperity. The electric bills and phone are very cheap.

Surprisingly, once again, the general attitude of acquiescence in this regard in those who suffered the only two atomic slaughters in history. All seem to agree to sign the evidence, in their eyes, that if nuclear energy were reduced or disappeared, the economy, income per capita gross domestic product, industrial production, exports, consumption and quiet chicha prevailing in society would go to waste.

The other day, by dint of insisting, I got to corkscrew a professor at the University of Foreign Studies Kyoto out of his secrecy. - Close the nuclear? "He said, surprised. No, no ... That would be like giving up skyscrapers claiming that Bin Laden may attack them. What you need to do is strengthen them and avoid, as far as possible, they are in areas subject to earthquakes.

PS - I see my story on Tuesday has raised some dust and generated a small tsunami of comments. I do not know what they say, because I have the habit of reading, but that reaction, excessive, in my opinion, I'm surprised. It was not that bad. He believed, and believe that just common sense, without losing the humor, talking through my mouth.

Anyway ... Spanish four, five opinions. This weekend will go up to Tokyo, but not to inform, because there is no relevant news, and hopefully continue without any, but for fun. That city, which has always been to my liking, is now better than ever: calm, serene, soft, somewhat empty and low voltage, but not sad.

That is, at least, what I, a few days ago, I saw, and it was pretty, because I spent many hours, many trains, many taxis and drive to San Fernando to the megalopolis whose pulse would take. David Jimenez goes there now. To see what he says. Anything else? Yes I think it is fair to criticize, like many, with a vengeance, making the work of our Embassy in Tokyo.

Although I have a rule to not register with consular and because of this, I have not enjoyed any support or suffer the shortages, if any, of such work, I know who work sixteen hours a day doing everything can to weather the storm. No responsibility rests with those who work there, because merely following orders in regard to the stupid, immoral, and demagogic electoral decision taken in Madrid, to charter, at no cost to users, the plane the other day half empty, evacuated them from a city that, until further notice, nothing happens.

That is.

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