Double Standards
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Union Carbide is responsible, but the government where the plant resides has to step in. Will they? No, because the plant employees a crapload of local people and the government would rather have their people employed than worry about toxic waste. There's also probably a hefty financial incentive (in the form of under-the-table kickbacks from UC) for the government there to turn a blind eye. Unfortunately, retribution exacted by any government on any corporate entity is never quite enough for the public's satisfaction, and there's really no recourse for the public, even in a "democratic" country such as the USA. The corporations own the politicians, and the "we really care" facade held up by the government - any government - is nothing more than smoke and mirrors because the public has a problem with long-term memory that's reinforced with the knowledge that they can't do anything about it. In other words - the situation is the same as it ever was. The people with the money run the world, and nothing short of widespread anarchy is going to change the status quo.
.45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"The staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - J. Jystad, 2001modified on Sunday, June 6, 2010 9:04 AM
