What a shame!!

The Prime Minister of Japan declared that they are going to restart the Ooi Nuke Station in Fukui Prefecture. He said that he decided to restart it under the responsibility as the prime minister. His responsibility? What can he do once the nuke station has serious troubles? Nothing! Look at the disaster in Fukushima. What is he going to do with the nuclear wast or the workers who can not avoid the radiation. He has never refered those important matters. To keep nuclear power and work the nuke stations is his only idea.
The Fukushima Nuke Staton is still emitting radiation and is very dangerous with a lot of used nuclear fuel rods. More than 100000 people are even now refugees. Even though, last December, our governmet declared that the accident was over. They just want to support the electric counpanies, to maintain nuclear power, and to make the accident look not serious. What a shame!!

I listened to a speech of a dairy farmer from Fukushima some time ago. He was runnning a dairy farm with his family in Iidate village. The village is 30 to 40 kilometer in the north-west of Fukushima Dai1 Nuke Station, and now it is known as a highly radiation polluted area. All the villagers had to leave their homes after being exposed to radiation. He said he had lost everyting because of the nuke accident.

I wonder if the people in the government don't know about the danger of the nukes or about the people's suffering. Or, they are slighting us, the citizens. They don't care about the people. Why? In short they are not afraid of the citizens. They underestimate people and their opinions.

Yes. We, Japanese people don't go out and demonstrate against the government. We never raise a riot. We don't have distinct opinions about politics and don't do anything different from others. We prefer sitting in front of the TV, and laughing at the show. We smile vaguely when we are in trouble, and soon forget it, especially when it is not our burdens.

I often feel helpless regardeing our democracy. I think we have not learned what a democracy is, or how to establish it ourselves. The government is the worst it has ever been with many policies that destroy people's life . Even in this dreadful situation, nothing is happening in this country. There are people and movements against them, but they are not big, not influential enough. I want to know how to wake up our democracy. .



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