Japanese Fire Fighters tell families "We won't be coming home"

[Athol]

May thier sacrifice be not in vain,
May the fallen be remebered always
May they know glory everlasting.​

 

[Tdc2182]

And I accept your future apology for being a pompous asshole obstinantly British.

As if im going to take that one sitting down.

You might have known this already, or neglected the facts at one point during your education on why your country is so great, but pompus assholery originated with the Brits and has been one of our more well defined traits scince the time when we used to own America, along with about 2/5ths of the plannet.

And i can apparently get away with it too, because im an evil sterotype in America.

Ahhh.

I honestly find it amusing that the average stereotype for us Americans is of us putting stereotypes to every other race in the world.

(my obvious and undeniable American hick accent)"Ignance unly gitcha so fur!"

Careful what you read on the internet. Stereotypes are just that. Stereotypes.

 

[Kunzer]

Never forget the Fukushima 50.

 

[googleback]

I've seen nothing but true courage and resolution from the Japanese during this tragedy. They and the rest of the world should be proud of these men. EVERYONE would like to think that they'd do the same but its when you actually get put into that kind of situation that you see what you're capable of. It's as inspiring as it is heartbreaking. from the bottom of my heart I wish them and their families the best.

Just hearing about it brings tears to my eyes.

 

[GrimHeaper]

A lot of armchair anthropologists in this thread. These men are doing an incredibly brave thing, not because they're Japanese, because they are brave. "People are not simple. They cannot be summarized for easy reference..."

The Japanese are not all honourable and deeply spiritual. The Irish are not all drunks and poets. Americans aren't all gun toting rednecks. They're not doing it because they're honour bound by their culture. They're doing it because they're good and they're courageous and they don't want to see shitloads of people die.

The Japanese are viewed as patriotic generally.
Though it isn't true for all of their people.
They however are sacrificing themselves for their country and many others which is admirable and regardless of your country you should feel something for them.

I certainly hope this isn't truly the case.

 

[googleback]

And I accept your future apology for being a pompous asshole obstinantly British.

As if im going to take that one sitting down.

You might have known this already, or neglected the facts at one point during your education on why your country is so great, but pompus assholery originated with the Brits and has been one of our more well defined traits scince the time when we used to own America, along with about 2/5ths of the plannet.

And i can apparently get away with it too, because im an evil sterotype in America.

Ahhh.

I honestly find it amusing that the average stereotype for us Americans is of us putting stereotypes to every other race in the world.

(my obvious and undeniable American hick accent)"Ignance unly gitcha so fur!"

Careful what you read on the internet. Stereotypes are just that. Stereotypes.

Are you guys fucking serious!? Take that shit to Youtube.

 

[Boba Frag]

I can shape no words, or spin an elegant turn of phrase to do their sacrifice the justice it truly deserves.

The vaunted code of Bushido and the honour and courage it espouses would be an obvious thing to refer to here, but I think what they're doing transcends culture or language.

They are agreeing to expose themselves to slow, painful death from radiation poisoning so that a truly catastrophic disaster will not worsen.

I had no idea there were already deaths at the plant, just that two people were missing.
I cannot adequately express how in awe of their courage and self sacrifice that I am.

I'm just reading that a diesel powered pump has been connected 'Japan has started using a cooling pump at the Fukushima plant's stricken reactor 5, according to several reports quoting the Japanese government. It is thought to be a diesel-powered pump, rather than a device powered by the still-to-be-reconnected electricity supply'

The rest can be found here.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12307698

This year, this month, this very week have been whirlwinds of events and it's been hard to take a moment and see the human beings at the centre.

From Libya to Egypt, from Bahrain to Tokyo the world seems to be undergoing immense changes.
I wish the people of Japan the very best as they mourn their dead, clear away the wreckage and begin to rebuild their very lives in the face of this disaster.

All I can offer the men offering up their lives to buy the time needed to keep the reactors as cool as they can make them in the terrible circumstances.

God and their ancestors be with them.

 

[tthor]

my god...

March 18th should become a national holiday in honor of these people

 

[Tdc2182]

And I accept your future apology for being a pompous asshole obstinantly British.

As if im going to take that one sitting down.

You might have known this already, or neglected the facts at one point during your education on why your country is so great, but pompus assholery originated with the Brits and has been one of our more well defined traits scince the time when we used to own America, along with about 2/5ths of the plannet.

And i can apparently get away with it too, because im an evil sterotype in America.

Ahhh.

I honestly find it amusing that the average stereotype for us Americans is of us putting stereotypes to every other race in the world.

(my obvious and undeniable American hick accent)"Ignance unly gitcha so fur!"

Careful what you read on the internet. Stereotypes are just that. Stereotypes.

Are you guys fucking serious!? Take that shit to Youtube.

He started it...

 

[Boba Frag]

A lot of armchair anthropologists in this thread. These men are doing an incredibly brave thing, not because they're Japanese, because they are brave. "People are not simple. They cannot be summarized for easy reference..."

The Japanese are not all honourable and deeply spiritual. The Irish are not all drunks and poets. Americans aren't all gun toting rednecks. They're not doing it because they're honour bound by their culture. They're doing it because they're good and they're courageous and they don't want to see shitloads of people die.

Well said, indeed.

It's irrelevant where these men come from or what culture produced them.

These individuals are displaying courage and determination in the face of overwhelming odds in order for others to live- that's the very finest of human traits.

 

[Lord_Nemesis]

God be with them, hoo-rah to those guys, my thoughts are with them all. Human bravery at it's best.

 

[icame]

THESE are the kind of people who deserve to be remembered.

 

[Jumendez-sama]

I hear something similar happened with Chernoble, only it was for the concrete construction. To see that they have to go to these lengths now must mean they're in for it. I really hope that either their efforts will work or they start concrete construction. But either way, my heart goes to them.

 

[Ympulse]

Godspeed gentlemen.

 

[Stoic raptor]

I hope they make it back somehow

I sure as hell don't. If they survive, they'll almost certainly be damned to a slow painful death. They're better off dying relatively quickly.

Well now I just feel bad.
I change my answer if this is the case.

 

[linkzeldi]

That's a very brave thing for those firefighters to do. My heat goes out for them.

 

[ImprovizoR]

It's not just Japan they're saving. They are trying to prevent a nuclear disaster that would affect a large proportion of the world. So in a way they are saving all of us. Admirable, but not surprising. Japanese were always honorable and dedicated people.

 

[gim73]

Vive le risistance!

In all seriousness, these are brave men that deserve to be remembered, I just hope that humanity learns from this disaster(among others) and we stop playing around with nuclear power. If we are going to continue to use, and eventually even rely on nuclear power than we need to start thinking about how these power plants react to the unexpected, not just saying how they're safe as long as everything goes well. I'm not sure if it was Katrina or not, but i remember how that year there was a lot of concern that one of the hurricanes would cause a nuclear plant to melt-down. If we are going to rely on nuclear reactors in the future, we need to learn how to protect them from natural disasters, even the ones that are incredibly rare, or powerful.

Any way, my prayers go out to these men and their families, I just hope they're deaths aren't meaningless.

It's precisely this sort of knee jerk reactionism that keeps us from progressing as a species. Do you have any idea how much carbon dioxide and other toxins are put into the atmosphere every day just to power our civilization? The number of lives lost every year due to coal plant accidents exceeds the total number of fatalities due to nuclear power in all of it's 55 years of operation. Period. We are not 'playing around' with nuclear power. The next time that you wonder why a nuclear power plant can't withstand an 8.9 earthquake and a 30 foot tall wall of water, you should also ask why it can't withstand a direct assault by a comet, or a missile barrage. The nuclear industry has some of the most restrictive safety guidelines of ANY industry. Do we require clorine gas plants to be able to withstand an 8.2 earthquake? Before you start pointing fingers, look at how many earthquakes hit that area since the plant was built, and it's lack of catastrophic failure before 'the big one'. Lot's of lives have already been lost in this tragedy. Fire fighters know every day that eventually the job might catch up with them. They know now that this action will keep the area habitable for the future and save lives.

 

[Tryforlive]

hearts go out for those guys, i think if i had the choice i wouldn't do it.