Comments on: Radioactive Church in Tokyo Dangerous as Chernobyl Dead Zone

By: Fact-check

Fact-check — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 07:31:05 +0000

“If you have a connection to the Pope, please drop him a line.”

We are going out for a couple of beers next Friday. I’ll mention it to him.

By: Karin Kloosterman

Karin Kloosterman — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 06:40:01 +0000

In reply to Fact-check. If you have a connection to the Pope, please drop him a line. :)

By: Fact-check

Fact-check — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 22:08:52 +0000

Thank you for adding that note about the church.

And sorry for my nitpicking. I thought the article was excellent, by the way. It was news in the true sense of the word — important information that we’ve never seen elsewhere. Please keep up the good work.

“Clearly now is the time for the Pope to step in and stop nuclear energy plants for this planet’s sake. Agreed?”

Agreed.

Thanks again.

By: Karin Kloosterman

Karin Kloosterman — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 07:51:09 +0000

@Adding it up: I think the Japanese Government let a lot of accountability issues fall to the waste side. I think what the NY Times reports is in line with what we’ve been hearing from Japan.

@Factcheck: the image was used for illustration purposes as it’s mentioned that the location of the church has not been disclosed. I updated the story at the bottom so that worshipers at this Sapporo church will not be afraid. Clearly now is the time for the Pope to step in and stop nuclear energy plants for this planet’s sake. Agreed?

Do you live in Japan?

By: Fact-check

Fact-check — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 22:33:59 +0000

The church pictured is 500 miles from Tokyo and 380 miles from Fukushima.

And Adding-it-up has a good point too. Seems irresponsible.

The Catholic Church in Japan seems to be firmly on the anti-nuke side (not sure if this is the policy of the Vatican or the preference of politically active local parishioners). I don’t think they would hide it.

By: Adding it up

Adding it up — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 21:45:15 +0000

So this locally-created group discovered what they claim is a significant public health threat in a major city and announce that it exists, but will not release the details to the public because church officials don’t want them to? That doesn’t really add up.

By: Fact-check

Fact-check — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 20:39:53 +0000

The church you show is located in Sapporo, hundreds of miles away from Tokyo and far removed from Fukushima as well. You should mention that it has absolutely nothing to do with the article.