tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28021148.post3474165160062402220..comments2023-08-20T12:53:13.605+01:00Comments on Blogger Shepherd: Japanese disasterThe Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00750939859695685490noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28021148.post-34589133290625008932011-03-28T13:13:39.107+01:002011-03-28T13:13:39.107+01:00I think it's a symptom of how the 'news cy...I think it's a symptom of how the 'news cycle' latches on to the latest thing and rapidly forgets about 'boring' ongoing issues. Who remembers the earthquake in Christchurch? Or the floods in Australia? Or those in Pakistan? (Etc.) - all of which are still huge disasters for the people involved. Plus (in the popular imagination) 'nuclear' is synonymous with 'enormously powerful' or 'bigger than anything else', and so a 'nuclear disaster' automatically trumps any other kind.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04061645880178478052noreply@blogger.com