I'm freezing...

                I am sitting in my parents house. It's lunch time and I had a sandwich. I was reading the news and I came across and article on Yahoo  (http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/20110405/ts_yblog_thelookout/japanese-nuclear-plant-worker-discusses-choice-to-sacrifice-his-life) that was talking about the workers in Japan that are deciding to stay and work at the Fukushima Daichii Nuclear Complex. Reporters are saying that they realize that continuing to work there is practically a "suicide mission." I greatly respect these people that are putting the needs of their country over the needs of themselves, however it did get me to thinking...would I, or anyone that I know of, do the same thing?
                 I think that as Americans a lot of us take things for granted. We expect their to be clean water that comes out of our faucets. We expect their to be food at the stores that we can afford. We expect...we expect...we expect. The level of expectation also seems to bring about entitlement. I have to listen to people that feel entitled daily. We are part of an individualistic country that seems to think that having this mentality will still, somehow, allow them to be in a situation where other people take care of the. A situation where you can do nothing and expect everything.
                Look at Japan. It's a collectivist culture that has been able to maintain a large portion of it's heritage while being a world power. That is something that we can't understand. Granted, I think there are people in this country that would do the same thing that the workers in Japan are doing. We can see acts like this in people who are Firefighters and people that work for nonprofits that are not corrupt (which are few and far between) and really are trying to fight the good fight. I do not believe, however, that there are very many people in our country that would do that.
               For you crazy conservatives out there (whom I doubt would be following my blog anyway) I am not saying that Japan is a better country then us. I am just saying that they are different. And yes, I do realize that there are people in Japan that do not want to work their either due to their own fears. I am just pointing out that I think the difference in our cultures is most likely an influence in the decisions of those to work there.
                The only person that I can really ask about this though is myself...I don't know what I would do, but I doubt that I would say yes. Circumstances could potentially change my mind, but those would have to be extraordinary. I am happy with my life and I don't want to be subjected to radiation and God knows what else.
                 This brings me to another point...WHY THE FUCK DOES ANYONE THINK THAT NUCLEAR POWER IS A GOOD IDEA? If we end up going full throttle into Nuclear War we are not only going to decimate the country we are bombing, we are fucking ourselves over too. I mean it's not like we can send off a nuclear weapon and not expect to get one returned to us. Uh...hello...that would be World War III and the end would be death to everyone. I really think that people should be more educated about the ramifications of nuclear power. I mean look at what it is doing to Japan. There was a horrendous natural disaster (which can happen anywhere at any time) and a structure that has walls that are several feet thick, is having reactor leaks and people are putting their lives at risk to try to contain it. I mean they just  found radiation in food in Spokane...ugh...sometimes I really think that all of our world leaders are fucking morons.
                  We continue to try keep ourselves separate instead of looking at the bigger picture...we need aliens to show up already so we can realize that we are not all powerful and that there is really something smarter than us out there. Oh and on a side note...yes aliens do exist. If you don't believe in them you are a narcissistic moron. I am sorry if it changes your religious views. Read a few books before you make completely ridiculous claims.
                   Anyway, back to work...