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Groupthink Must Die
The general public suspects it and the Prime Minister and military know it for a fact: the only force that can save northern Japan from a nuclear disaster at this point is Godzilla.
Twenty-four hours ago the Japanese submarine Oyashio (in northern waters) began transmitting a distress call using a specially-modified sonar device. The 18.377 Hz signal being broadcast in the deep ocean was first detected by the Japanese Navy in the fall of 1957 and is known to be a frequency audible to Godzilla. No one really knows if the prehistoric creature is still near Japanese territory--or even alive--but Professor Makoto Kobayashi firmly believes Godzilla has a lair deep in a cave near the now active Shinmoedake volcano in southern Japan. Kobayashi suspects the recent eruption may have roused the creature from a long hibernation. Additionally, Kobayashi believes Godzilla is able to detect radioactivity at great distances and may sense the disaster unfolding at the Fukushima nuclear reactors to the north.
Japanese leaders know that the cores of at least two reactors are in meltdown condition. One or two other cores may suffer that same fate. Godzilla, it is hoped, will follow the underwater beacon all the way to Fukushima, will incinerate all the nuclear material with his fiery breath and then swim to the open ocean to rest. This would be the best-case scenario. However, the great creature--it is feared--would expect something from the Japanese people in return. What Godzilla might demand in return is a sobering question, one which military analysts are rushing to answer. Based on Godzilla's previous behavior in the late 1950s and '60s, Professor Kobayashi thinks the great beast might want 50,000 liters of grape juice, might want his own island or might even want one virginal woman. The last option, of course, is highly problematic and would be rejected by even the most patriotic Japanese women. Historically, negotiations with Godzilla have not gone well and it's feared the creature would just want to burn up something, maybe a city. In private, Japanese lawmakers have a plan to urge Godzilla to let off steam in China where there's much more real estate. With luck, that option will not even come to pass. In one scenario, experts believe the very action of disintegrating the nuclear reactor cores at Fukushima would tire the creature greatly and would cause Godzilla to lapse back into hibernation. This is what everyone is praying for.
Twenty-four hours ago the Japanese submarine Oyashio (in northern waters) began transmitting a distress call using a specially-modified sonar device. The 18.377 Hz signal being broadcast in the deep ocean was first detected by the Japanese Navy in the fall of 1957 and is known to be a frequency audible to Godzilla. No one really knows if the prehistoric creature is still near Japanese territory--or even alive--but Professor Makoto Kobayashi firmly believes Godzilla has a lair deep in a cave near the now active Shinmoedake volcano in southern Japan. Kobayashi suspects the recent eruption may have roused the creature from a long hibernation. Additionally, Kobayashi believes Godzilla is able to detect radioactivity at great distances and may sense the disaster unfolding at the Fukushima nuclear reactors to the north.
Japanese leaders know that the cores of at least two reactors are in meltdown condition. One or two other cores may suffer that same fate. Godzilla, it is hoped, will follow the underwater beacon all the way to Fukushima, will incinerate all the nuclear material with his fiery breath and then swim to the open ocean to rest. This would be the best-case scenario. However, the great creature--it is feared--would expect something from the Japanese people in return. What Godzilla might demand in return is a sobering question, one which military analysts are rushing to answer. Based on Godzilla's previous behavior in the late 1950s and '60s, Professor Kobayashi thinks the great beast might want 50,000 liters of grape juice, might want his own island or might even want one virginal woman. The last option, of course, is highly problematic and would be rejected by even the most patriotic Japanese women. Historically, negotiations with Godzilla have not gone well and it's feared the creature would just want to burn up something, maybe a city. In private, Japanese lawmakers have a plan to urge Godzilla to let off steam in China where there's much more real estate. With luck, that option will not even come to pass. In one scenario, experts believe the very action of disintegrating the nuclear reactor cores at Fukushima would tire the creature greatly and would cause Godzilla to lapse back into hibernation. This is what everyone is praying for.
