radiation

It's raining right now. I knew it would. My students told me. They also told me that this rain will kill us all.

According to them, it will kill us all because the rain is full of radioactive fallout from the Japanese nuclear plant. I'm not sure where they picked up this piece of misinformation, but it doesn't surprise me. This place can get thrown into a panic pretty quickly over threats that aren't that serious.

For instance, did you know that there are frequent protests here against importing beef from North America? Some Koreans are convinced that all North American beef is riddled with mad cow disease, because like ten years ago a case of it popped up. I know we've all forgotten about it because it wasn't a big deal, but here, ten years on, it's still an issue.

I told my manager about my students' warnings of imminent death, and she sided with them. "Make sure you shower very well," she advised me. So, listen up rest of the world: soap will save you from nuclear radiation.

It doesn't surprise me that half of this peninsula is ruled by a maniacal totalitarian. I can see how these people would take to it, how they could get swept up into a mentality where the rest of the world is a threat and will kill them where they stand.