Stocks all over the world are falling fast and Japan is getting hit the worst. Three months ago prospects were bright for new graduates, and the market was setting new record highs. Now, the largest marketing firm is laying off workers and the records being set are for fastest drop in stocks. White seems to think this is the worst crime committed by disregarding radioactive fallout, that it hurts future generations. I think that this occurs with every decision ever made, not merely nuclear pollution.
All political decisions impact the lives of future generations.
The fact that the historical Good Friday Peace Accords were signed in Northern Ireland will have a definite impact on future generations. Hopefully, the kids growing up there in ten years won't have to worry about bombs in their streets and soldiers segregating their neighborhoods. So all decisions have positive and negative impacts on the future. I think that becoming incensed about issues that one cannot foresee or prevent is more destructive in the long term. The acid rain poisons the earth and the plants, but worrying endlessly poisons the soul and its acid etches the shape of indecision and paranoia.