Juniper Tremper
Scientific Writing 105-19
Geneseo, NY
~165 words
Caaaaarl, Nuclear Bombs Kill People
Juniper Tremper
In the mid 1900’s, the government of the United States held the priority of developing technology for weapons to keep America safe. In their extensive efforts to test this technology, they illegally dropped nuclear substance on a desert in Utah, regardless of the people living near enough to suffer genetic abnormalities as a result. Terry Tempest Williams, author of the article “Clan of the One-Breasted Women,” tells a series of anecdotes reflecting on the seriousness of the government’s irresponsible actions, including the actions in court that exonerated the United States government on the grounds that it held sovereign immunity, and as a result, suffered no legal reprecussions for intentionally testing nuclear content in the vicinity of human life. Although this instance directly affects only the small number of locals, the article suggests people sympathize with the family of those breast-cancer stricken individuals and utilize those feelings to stand with the afflicted and persuade the government to take responsibility for this disaster and any in the future.
I think this is very true. The government doesn’t necessarily care for the minority because it doesn’t have as much of a voice. Meanwhile, people can still find ways to sympathize, even though they haven’t been affected by anything of the sort.