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Originally Posted by Maestro
Pretty scary that Russia had no regard for human lives and they put all those people in harms way to closer that thing up. If something similar happen in the US or the EU, do you think they could force or pay people enough money to put themselves in harm way for a slow and painful death.
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Agree with the USSR and disregard for human life - this isn't even close to the most compelling example of that (read the Gulag Archipelago or look up the Belomor Canal).
Hard to tell who was genuinely a brave volunteer, and who is being used for propaganda purposes.
From a U.S. perspective this is an example though of where the National Guard and other military forces come in - just like rushing into combat.
However, there are stories from the free world of bravery from civilians in the face of such disaster that are amazing:
Japanese seniors volunteer for Fukushima 'suicide corps':
http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/05/31/japan.nuclear.suicide/index.html