Why Fukushima made me pro nukes

Re:Why Fukushima made me pro nukes by corin_ on Tuesday March 22, 2011 @10:45PM (#2357706)

We have a Green Party in the UK too, but "some greens" would generally be said in a negative way, and referring to people with environmental concerns rather that just Green Party supported.

Even about a political party - if someone who until just now was a tory MP said "some tories think..." and then went on to dismiss their views I'd make the same point.

Maybe I took it the wrong way, but that's how it read to me. Either way seems like a fairly nonsense article.

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Re:Why Fukushima made me pro nukes by sliverstorm on Tuesday March 22, 2011 @10:50PM (#2357728)

You can't argue that because 'some greens' is offensive in the UK, an article written in Australia saying 'some greens' is offensive.

You are free to feel offended, but that doesn't mean the author is at fault.

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Re:Why Fukushima made me pro nukes by hirenj on Tuesday March 22, 2011 @11:04PM (#2357764)

To nitpick, the article was written for a British audience, by George Monbiot who is a columnist for the Guardian.

The SMH (and the whole Fairfax group) don't really write articles any more.

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Re:Why Fukushima made me pro nukes by waqf on Wednesday March 23, 2011 @12:46PM (#2360164)

Yes, until I realised it was a British piece I was really confused by his expression "high latitudes like ours" (par. 9).

Guardian original here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/mar/21/pro-nucl...

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