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i know of a company that poisoned an entire town! thats terrorism if done by an individual. the company still exists, just paid a settlement and carried on...

by modzu 2y ago

JKCalhoun 2y ago
I agree with your point, but will split hairs on using the word "terrorism". I think that should be reserved for people that commit atrocities for some political aim. I'm fairly sure the company in question (I assume Union Carbide) did not poison the town to advance a political agenda.
- winthrowe 2y ago
  Profit at all costs is a political agenda.
- mrweasel 2y ago
  Kinda terrifying that you can get away with shit if you just argue that it's not politically motivated, you did it because you really wanted a yacht.
  - Auracle 2y ago
    You also get a lesser offense killing someone accidentally as opposed to a premeditated murder. There’s a difference between an intentional act, an accident, and an accident due to extreme neglect and our laws reflect that.
    - cute_boi 2y ago
      how is it not intentional? Union Carbide higher up ppl knew there was safety issue, but because of profit they didn't give a damn. The lesson here is do criminal activities through company, so that there are chances that you can escape from it. https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/dec/08/bhopals-tragedy-has-not-stopped-the-urban-disaster-still-claiming-lives-35-years-on https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/dec/08/bhopals-trage...
- drawkward 2y ago
  Money is the ultimate political agenda.
dahart 2y ago
Are you talking about Bhopal in 1984? If so it would be an understatement to refer to half a million people as a “town”, and an overstatement to imply it was terrorism. Willful negligence, yes, but terrorism, no.
jodrellblank 2y ago
Russia has a town called Asbest which has an open-pit asbestos mine half the size of Manhattan where they mine with explosives. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asbest https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asbest https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cy3piCUPIkc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cy3piCUPIkc - VICE documentary and visit video. I think it contains an interview with an American woman who suffered from WR Grace and Company's asbestos mining and manufacturing in the USA, she says "they knew, they knew". WRG faced 129,000 personal injury claims and set asude $3 Bn for settling asbestos related lawsuits.

i know of a company that poisoned an entire town! thats terrorism if done by an individual. the company still exists, just paid a settlement and carried on...

by modzu 2y ago

i know of a company that poisoned an entire town! thats terrorism if done by an individual. the company still exists, just paid a settlement and carried on...

JKCalhoun 2y ago

I agree with your point, but will split hairs on using the word "terrorism". I think that should be reserved for people that commit atrocities for some political aim. I'm fairly sure the company in question (I assume Union Carbide) did not poison the town to advance a political agenda.

winthrowe 2y ago
Profit at all costs is a political agenda.
mrweasel 2y ago
Kinda terrifying that you can get away with shit if you just argue that it's not politically motivated, you did it because you really wanted a yacht.
- Auracle 2y ago
  You also get a lesser offense killing someone accidentally as opposed to a premeditated murder. There’s a difference between an intentional act, an accident, and an accident due to extreme neglect and our laws reflect that.
  - cute_boi 2y ago
    how is it not intentional? Union Carbide higher up ppl knew there was safety issue, but because of profit they didn't give a damn. The lesson here is do criminal activities through company, so that there are chances that you can escape from it. https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/dec/08/bhopals-tragedy-has-not-stopped-the-urban-disaster-still-claiming-lives-35-years-on https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/dec/08/bhopals-trage...
drawkward 2y ago
Money is the ultimate political agenda.

dahart 2y ago

Are you talking about Bhopal in 1984? If so it would be an understatement to refer to half a million people as a “town”, and an overstatement to imply it was terrorism. Willful negligence, yes, but terrorism, no.

jodrellblank 2y ago

Russia has a town called Asbest which has an open-pit asbestos mine half the size of Manhattan where they mine with explosives. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asbest https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asbest https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cy3piCUPIkc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cy3piCUPIkc - VICE documentary and visit video. I think it contains an interview with an American woman who suffered from WR Grace and Company's asbestos mining and manufacturing in the USA, she says "they knew, they knew". WRG faced 129,000 personal injury claims and set asude $3 Bn for settling asbestos related lawsuits.