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Galaki on 01 June 2011

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Some have compared them to kamikazes, but the more than 200 elderly volunteers who want clean up the Fukushima power station say they are just being practical. 72-year-old retired engineer Yasuteru Yamada says: "I am 72 and on average I probably have 13 to 15 years left to live. Even if I were exposed to radiation, cancer could take 20 or 30 years or longer to develop. Therefore us older ones have less chance of getting cancer." So far the government is hesitant to let the volunteers into the power station but Yamada and the others have been lobbying for the right to aid in the clean up. He says: "At this moment I can say that I am talking with many key government and Tepco people. But I am sorry I can't say any more at this moment. It is on the way but it is a very, very sensitive issue politically."


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Xen on 01 June 2011

And that attitude is what'll rebuild their country in a year. Freaking incredible. The elderly here do nothing but bitch bitch bitch.



darthdevidem01 on 01 June 2011
Xen said:

And that attitude is what'll rebuild their country in a year. Freaking incredible. The elderly here do nothing but bitch bitch bitch.

Its this attitude that helped the country rebuild itself and become pretty successful after WWII

And lol agree with the bolded.



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Mr Khan on 01 June 2011

Makes sense. It's no different than my granddad, who shouldn't be smoking anymore, but he's like 85 and if he doesn't have cancer by now (which we're pretty sure he doesn't) he probably won't at this point before something else takes him out

It would be a tremendous turnaround if Japan could use all those old people for something, show that the demographic crisis has its good points



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thranx on 01 June 2011
Xen said:

And that attitude is what'll rebuild their country in a year. Freaking incredible. Everyone here does nothing but bitch bitch bitch.


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Xen on 01 June 2011
thranx said:
Xen said:

And that attitude is what'll rebuild their country in a year. Freaking incredible. Everyone here does nothing but bitch bitch bitch.


*Fixed

*tries to find a gripe*

Okay, it's not really there :O



thranx on 01 June 2011

I guess I could add in the United States. Don't want to speak for other countries. But it is good to see some people still step up to the plate and get things done when needed.



Troll_Whisperer on 01 June 2011

Finally a use for those elderly people. /really bad taste joke.

In all seriousness, really commendable stuff. That's why I think Japan can overcome any crisis.



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Mr Khan on 01 June 2011
Troll_Whisperer said:

Finally a use for those elderly people. /really bad taste joke.

In all seriousness, really commendable stuff. That's why I think Japan can overcome any crisis.

Except, oddly, the demographic one.



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Troll_Whisperer on 01 June 2011
Mr Khan said:
Troll_Whisperer said:

Finally a use for those elderly people. /really bad taste joke.

In all seriousness, really commendable stuff. That's why I think Japan can overcome any crisis.

Except, oddly, the demographic one.

I don't think it's so bad that the country loses population. Even though the economy hasn't been growing much in the last couple of decades, the per capita income has grown more than in Western countries because the population has remained constant.

And sure, there may be too many people that get pensions, but that can be changed gradually. People of 80yrs and more earn much more than people who just retired in Japan currently. Also, they retire at 60, that can be brought up to 65 or even 70 in the future.

And, ultimately, even if pensions go considerably down, Japanese people would just accept it. Anyway, they take care of they're elderly so well that  that strain would be passed to younger generations who would use some of their resouces maintain them. Once the baby-boomers are gone, problem solved.

Japan's problem is their pensions are almos luxurios. That could be changed. As long as people live well, losing population is not a big deal. It is if you want to remain a world power, but not necessarily for the country's people.



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