Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made.

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Japan ironically blames everyone while decrying the tendency to blame everyone.

So we all know how the Fukushima disaster came about right? Cost-cutting, sloppy, negligent management. Well, that isn't the whole story you see. You see, as the report indicates:

"What must be admitted -- very painfully -- is that this was a disaster 'Made in Japan

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The nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant in Japan was a "man-made disaster" that unfolded as a result of collusion between the facility's operator, regulators and the government, an independent panel said in an unusually frank report Thursday.

"Its regulation was entrusted to the same government bureaucracy responsible for its promotion," the commission said.

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But you know why? Because people are too well-behaved!

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Suggesting that the mind-set that supported the negligence at Fukushima "can be found across Japan," Kurokawa also urged citizens to "reflect on our responsibility as individuals in a democratic society."

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There isn't a point. It's a send-up of silly thinking for everyone to point at and mock. Japanese report tells the Japanese to take a time-out and think about what they've done. Even though the putative reasoning involved decries the tendency for Japanese people to do what they're told.

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Consider me thoroughly chastised, or whatever it is you're seeking.

you can blame Gucci Main, but you can't blame me!

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I read that piece as a systemic fault. Besides, the Japanese can always point to Manga, to demonstrate how frisky they can become...with tentacles.

I understand your point of mockery, but change of ones societal structure comes either from within or from without.

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Granted, of course, if one accepts the underlying premise. However, if one doesn't accept the premise, that indeed Fukushima has anything to do with some fuzzy hand-waving about stereotypical "cultural problems", the issue remains contentious.

And by "contentious", I mean the ludicrous notion that some poor Japanese schmuck 10 km outside Fukushima now has a moral obligation to consider his contribution to neutron induced fission events.

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Oh I agree, no doubt. Just how thin does the 'sin' spread?

These are the very roots of cognitive dissonance, the ability to blameshift. This is why we groupthink; so no one person can be singled out for that societal death sentence known as "blame" when big fuck ups occur.

Scapegoats soothe those riled up to blame someone. That is why they are necessary to keep the herd intact and 'safe' from forced self-reflection.

I'm pretty sure the main reason we herd is to cover our individual asses.

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It is.

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