The sorrow of the children of "salt shortage"

In recent days, almost all the world's most concerned about the matter is Japan's 9 magnitude earthquake. The 9-magnitude earthquake caused a huge tsunami, causing significant damage to Japan's coast, and, more frightening, a tsunami that caused the nuclear plant to explode, causing intense radiation.

As a result, there are a series of rumors at home: Japan's nuclear fallout has blown to China, China's coastal areas have suffered severe radiation, salt can prevent radiation ... So when Japan was caught in the earthquake-induced nuclear crisis, China was caught in a strange frenzy of salt buying. Most of the country began to rush to buy salt, a large number of hoarding of salt, a large number of businessmen began to sell salt at high prices, some areas of salt shortage phenomenon ... The Netizen's talk, mood and so on most change to: Today, you buy salt? Wait a minute. Online also appeared such a couplet, allied: Japan is a big nuclear nation; Xia Lian: China is a descendant of salt shortage. GUANGPI: there is iodine meaning.

There are two reasons to buy salt online, the public is saying: one is to eat salt and radiation, the second is the pollution of sea salt. In this, the first time the health department to a rumor, said to eat salt is not radiation, in addition to the Chinese salt in the proportion of sea salt is not over 20%. And sea salt is mostly produced from the southeast coast, far from Japan.

I think most of these people are clear, but why does this still happen? In fact, this is not the first time China has been caught in such panic. 2003 SARS period, snapping up the 84 disinfection liquid, masks, more memorable than this one. Last year snapped green beans, garlic ...

All this reflects the Chinese people's herd mentality, the Chinese people do not seem to have their own ideas, blindly follow the public. This cannot be said to be the sorrow of the Chinese. What others say is what they feel, not the rational thinking of the brain. As in elementary school textbook story, the pond issued a "plump" sound, a rabbit heard, thought is what monster, very frightened, around excitedly spread, other animals heard also are very afraid, have fled. In the end, a few animals strong courage to find monsters, only to find that a papaya fell into the water, issued a "plump" sound. Chinese people at present is this kind of situation, conform, others say is how, most people say how is how, completely without their own ideas, swarm buy salt, finally, also began to regret.

China is a country with a large population, and when rumors flood, it causes a billion of of blind followers, which will lead to national catastrophe and serious consequences. Everyone, should have their own ideas, for anything, have to go through their own considerations, why others say what is what, why their ideas are wrong, to believe in their own judgments.

The sorrow of the children of "salt shortage"