[Shadow_Group] Fwd: Letter to Union Carbide

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Today is the 20 year anniversary of the Union Carbide accident in Bhopal, so I decided to write Dow a little letter... I thought it was funny, anyway. :-) 
 
Dow Chemical 
4520 Ashman Street
P. O. Box 1206
Midland, MI 48642
 
Dear Union Carbide/Dow Chemical Company: 
Congratulations on your victory over human rights! For 20 years after the massive Bhopal chemical disaster, you have successfully avoided making adequate reparations to the 150,000 people you've injured and 20,000 you've killed. And to date, you still haven't cleaned up the accident site! I am amazed at how you've successfully managed to balance corporate profit at the expense of hundreds of thousands of people; this is a feat not many companies can accomplish. See, in America, corporations run the risk of occasionally being held accountable for their actions (and I do mean occasionally!), but you were smart enough to set up shop in a third-world country where people are too poor and powerless to protect themselves. As I tell my friends: in today's fast-paced world, who has time to pay attention to petty human rights issues when you're trying to maximize corporate profit? 
 
As Bill O'Reilly would say, those whining Bhopalians should just SHUT UP. "Oh, waa, I can't afford medical treatment for my massive lung scarring, I'm dying of horrific cancers, and I've given birth to five deformed babies, waa waa!" Come on people, move on already! Just because you're too sick to get out of bed, that doesn't mean you have the right to try to take the right to take Dow's hard-earned money to pay for your medical bills. Please. Get fucking serious.
 
As a matter of fact, my roommate and I were just making fun of the disaster victims last night. We're going to organize a dorm-wide reenactment of the chemical spill... man, how funny will that be? All of us screaming up and down the hallways, gasping for breath, vomiting as fluid fills our lungs, trampling our own friends to death because the chemicals are burning through our eyes... oh man! I'm cracking up right now just thinking about it! 
 
Anyway, I'd like to congratulate you on your successes; you must have worked very hard to reach the number one spot for worst industrial accident in world history. Not only does your company manufacture vast quantities of toxic chemicals, but through gross negligence and lawlessness, you've managed to share these your murderous product with thousands of Indian citizens. 
 
Once again, congratulations, and I look forward to seeing what great industrial disasters you guys can come up with next! 
 
Sincerely, 
Abbey Hartland


 









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