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frlday, november 2, 1979 daily nebraskan page 5 Continued from Page 4 Pornography a bad influence? Apparently, Ms. McGowan (Oct. 30) places a lot of weight on one study of pornography, concluding that porn undoubtedly causes rapes. I thought about this relationship, (I know we white, male, business majors don't think, we just lust money and oppress women) and I did some further research into psychological studies of pornography. In one. performed by Brown, Amoroso, and Ware in 1976 and presented in the Journal of Social Psychology, male subjects were exposed to porn films. A temporary increase in masturbation was reported, but no increase in other sexual behavior occurred. One other study done by George R. Kirkpatrick at the University of Oklahoma may be of interest. It consisted of interviews with leaders of antipornography crusades, lead . ers of civil libertarian opposition and a control groupRe sults of the interviews supported the hypothesis . . that crusaders are more highly suppressive of sexuality, more intolerant of deviant behavior, and more ready to inflict punishment than are comparison groups." It may surprise Ms. McGowan to know that I too deplore oppression, especially the oppression of a cultural stereotype. The worst kind of oppression occurs when people attempt to impose their personal code of ethics on the rest of society. ' , Matt King Junior, College of Business Nuclear power analyzed It appears that Charles Pille (letter Oct. 17), is well- rareaA irt rrfrinrA o avnAiin1 Vr iVa nnloQr Jn. 141 lilV lUUgUHUU VAVUUUVU V J HIV 1IUV1WU1 111" dustry, but he obviously knows little about the issues surrounding the nuclear questions. 1 1 - TV11. J A 1 il X a1. , mi. riiie uues nui seem iu remise uiai mere arc caucus on both sides of the issue. Some of the experts who are critical of the nuclear power industry include the following: Harold C. Urey, professor of Chemistry Emeritus, Uni-. versity of California at San Diego. Victor Weisskopf, pro fessor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. James . Bryant Connat, president emeritus of Harvard University; Chairman, National Defense Research Committee During World War II; General Advisory Committee of the Atomic Energy Commission. These men are members of the Union of Concerned Scientists, which is an organization that issued a Sci entists' Declaration on Nuclear Power and that was given to Congress and the President of the United States on the 30th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and signed by more than 2,000 biologists, chemists, engineers and other scientists. In that Declaration they stated: . . the country must recognize that it now appears imprudent to move forward with a rapidly expanding nuclear power plant construction program. The risks of doing so are altogether too great. We, therefore, urge a drastic reduction in new nuclear power plant con struction starts before major progress is achieved in the required research and in resolving present controversies about safety, waste disposal, and plutonium safeguards. For similar reasons, we urge the nation to suspend its program of exporting nuclear plants to other countries pending resolution of the national security questions associated with the use by these countries of the by product plutonium from United States nuclear re actors." - There are other engineers and scientists who have quit working in the nuclear industry either out of principle or dissatisfaction. . Likewise, there are "non-expert", pro-nuclear people who are as uninformed as many of the anti-nuclear peo ple. Many of these pro-nuclear people have almost a fervid religious belief or cult -like "Jimmy Jones" faith in tech nology being able to solve all the problems associated with nuclear power. But the experts cannot even agree. We need experts to objectively advise and educate the lay'per sons and the policy makers, but they alone should not be allowed to make the decisions. The decisions must be made democratically in the political arena; or are we to deny the basic founding principles of this country? r Nuclear power is not cheap, Without the government financing fuel fabrication and safety system development, nuclear power would never have been considered econom ical. Without the waiving of liability insurance, no utility would ever have been able to build a nuclear plant. The costs of disposing of the nuclear waste that have accumu lated over. the past 30 years have yet to be included in the costs of plants. In fact, there is no existing permanent waste disposal system which would be needed even if breeders were used. , In addition to the economics, in the early stages of the industry, there was little foresight given to the political, social, and environmental issues, which have since come to light. This previous lack of foresight and lack of con tinuous feedback and participation by the general public has resulted in the present backlash of negative feedback towards the nuclear industry. The democratic, process, which includes the right of dissent and civil disobedience, is finally at work. The decisions to be made regarding nuclear power should be made democratically and not only by technocrats, alleged experts, or vested interests. These issues apply not only to the nuclear power in dustry but to many other aspects of a post -industrial society. Many of the people who are simply regarded as anti-nuclear are, actually concerned about the greater sphere of questions and impacts concerning technology, and our civilization. Some of the alternatives presented by these people would decentralize the entire electrical power system in coordination with a massive energy con scious restructuring of our building systems, urban systems, transportation systems, and of course, our edu cational systems. These alternatives do not include centralized nuclear power plants. But you nuclear engineers don't need to worry, there will be more than enough jobs available, for many centuries to come, in the "Waste Containment and Clean-Up Program." DarrylBoyd Senior, Urban Studies Dave Fall Senior, International Affairs Larry Hassebrook Senior, Electrical Engineering , Jeffery V. 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