The Bhopal Chemical Disaster: Twenty Years Without Justice

[jeneceRockz]

Wow this is the most horrible story i've heard in my life. Crazy how cruel some folks can be.

[UndeadHavoc1]

amazes me... when the president gets locked outside of the whitehouse for three minutes, y'hear about it for a week. When a chemical plant kills thousands in India, I only hear about it like 40 years later by mere chance... hm.

[indiasucksalways]

The plant was staffed by Indiot workers. It's not UC's fault they are morons and got killed.

[miriamesk77]

@indiasucksalways

ur completely wrong...maybe u´ve worked for UC or u work for DOW and ur trying to spread false information..nice try...but it doesn´t work, man...

[bmaj7]

@indiasucksalways your handle reflects that you are mentally challenged. Kindly do the rest of humanity a favour and return to your basement or else.

[hop208]

@Sj0bs lol

[dogblessamerica]

The UK government should insist BP hold back all compensation for the oil spill until the Dow Chemical and the USA settles this.

The amounts BP have already pledged dwarf anything paid out to Bhopal victims. Bear in mind only 11 people were killed in the Deepwater Horizon disaster, compared to 20,000 deaths caused by Dow Chemical, with maybe 100,000 suffering permanent injury.

[Aquamarine627]

Who is responsible for Bhopal genocide? This is not a tragedy: this is a genocide.

How many millions Indian politicians and justice system collected to cover up this big genocide? Humanity will never forgive you.

[QIFanGirl]

Join this group on Facebook and DEMAND the extradition of Union Carbide CEO Warren Anderson to India to stand trial.

"If you see Warren Anderson in the street, punch him in the face. Twice."

[nagraj123]

The present spokesperson of congress abhishek manu singhvi helped union carbide in legal matters. The year 1984 is black year in the history of country as the army attacked on and inside a religious place for first and last time and destroyed it and then this tragedy. I don’t have to tell again who is responsible. People use your brains.

[nagraj123]

26 years.......so long. Justice delayed is justice denied. Who is more responsible for this horrible tragedy: union carbide, Anderson or the governments of that time? Government of Madhya Pardesh and CM Arjun Singh (Kutta- Gandhiyan da chamcha) helped Anderson flee the country and also tempered the evidences.

[gruntlover2]

Heres a funny joke about India

Crime doesn't pay...

Does that mean my job is a crime?

[MrSelidor7]

@gruntlover2. Wrong, that was not a funny joke. I don't even think it counts as a joke. Here is a joke that I find funny. USA citizens think they live in a democracy.

[gruntlover2]

Im sorry to say but America could destroy your little country

[MrSelidor7]

@gruntlover2. The USA couldn't beat half of Korea, couldn't beat Vietnam and couldn't even beat Cuba!!! It hasn't won a war without a host of allies supporting it. The USA's military is a worldwide joke.

[hop208]

@MrSelidor7 Not really. But unlike every other military power throughout history, our is expected to act morally. Not that it does by any means, but we could beat all of those countries without shedding any American blood at all... Nuke them. Every other military imperial power at the hight of its dominance didn't have to deal with things like modern weaponry, photography, or well... liberal guilt. (I say that as a liberal). continued...

[hop208]

@MrSelidor7 You also took each loss out of context. Name one gorilla war where the non-gorilla entity won. We didn't really fight Cuba as much as not support those Cuban dissidence who were going to fight for us (who we promised to assist and didn't) because we knew if we did the Cold War would have become very hot very quickly.

[MrSelidor7]

@hop208. Sorry, I don't mean to be cheeky here but it is funny. It is guerilla war. Gorillas are big apes. Had a picture of Planet of the Apes for a moment there. Examples are: The Roman campaigns into Gaul, Briton, Germania and Spain and the Britain in India, the Far East (Burma and so on) and all over Africa. As for nukes, that is the beginning of the end. If the USA starts nuking again, even more 'dangerous' countries will start building them in secret. Nukes = Game Over in the long run.

[hop208]

@MrSelidor7 Oops! Well I wrote it late at night so I was bound to make mistakes. I should have been more specific and said guerilla war with modern weaponry.

[MrSelidor7]

@hop208. I swear I wasn't ripping on you for it. It just gave me such a comical moment. I couldn't help but picture gorillas with machine guns.

[hop208]

@MrSelidor7 I wasn't angry about it. It was an honest mistake.

[nagraj123]

@gruntlover2 USA cant defeat cuba and it can never take on India as it knows the power

[gruntlover2]

@nagraj123 If we really wanted to we could we have the man power and technology but we have bad leaders

[hop208]

@nagraj123 Why would we go to war with India? Most American's want a good relationship with India and would rather have strong diplomatic ties with India. Most Americans don't even know about Bhopal and if they did they would probably be in favor of extradition of those involved. As for Cuba. We could defeat them rather easily if we wanted to, but the human cost would be rather high in Cuba and our reputation can't suffer much further.

[graveforensics]

once again episode 2 removed by national geographic, nice one dictators.

[graveforensics]

When we dont buy the chemicals , the killing will stop. When we get these CEO's and drag them in front of the victims, they will answer for their crimes.

[prass7]

dow chemicals is entering india again as rohm and haas

[tomme1981]

I suggest anyone interested in the Bhopal Tragedy reads "Animal's People" by Indra Sinha. Superb novel.

en a young American doctor, Elli Barber, comes to town to open a free clinic for the still suffering townsfolk - only to find herself struggling to convince them that she isn't there to do the dirty work of the 'Kampani' - Animal plunges into a web of intrigues, scams and plots with the unabashed aim of turning events to his own advantage.

[thetruthaboutdow]

The Bhopal survivors are on an indefinite hunger strike right now for their basic rights -- they need your help! Google 'Campaign for Justice in Bhopal' to find out more and visit bhopal (dot) net.

[jewelstone]

its amazing how 9/11 caused such a commotion aroung the world and will be something published in history books in the future. The Bhopal incident, where 15 000 people killed, more than the amount at 9/11 is already being forgotten. The Indian government won't teach this tradgey in history despite its effects still putting peoples lives in danger today. If something like this were to happen to America they would get billions and billions of dollars. All the people of Bhopal got was a measly 2mill

[Lyssenk0]

It's not even being forgotten...I've a 24 year old college educated individual and I've never even heard of Bhopal, much less forgotten about it.

[scir91]

you are right. you can't forget because you weren't even taught about it in the first place!

[resistance022]

If this happened in America you would never here the end of it. It's sad that American lives are worth more than everyone else. All lives should be of equal value.

[goosejuice288]

Word. This is a prime example of dehumanization.

[hondacrff]

Its utter bullshit how an american co can get away with this!!,but very predictable,ofcourse,the us govnerment should be held responsible,but then they are the only country to have ever used chemicals on an enermy in war!!makes ya sick,but oh they do read their bibles,what a joke.

[claypoolchick]

i agree with you on many levels, hondacrff, but you think the U.S. is "the only country to have ever used chemicals on an enemy in war"?! do the Germans in WWII come to mind here? chemical warfare in large part was started then and used against U.S. troops!

[Mariinlpl]

a case for ULMS 251 at Liverpool Uni.

Do they ever like what you write in those exams ? I mean, you cannot really "learn"corporate social responsibility and you have to be genius to impress lecturers with you argument... Overall, the Bhopal case is not really a case, but an endless debate over a deep deep scar on Planet Earth

[Super240987]

big up 2 all the liverpool university students!

[kakashi76767]

if one person commits mass murder, they are locked up forever or killed. but if a corperation does it, or an army does it, nothing ever happens to them. apparently, if you commit mass murder in sufficient numbers and with enough money, you can do anything to anyone.

[DarkKnight111]

that is really depresing.

we have to watch this for geography.

My writing does make sense .

[Super240987]

liverpool university is full of fucking scousers and i hate it. they steal my pocket money and call me names like ginger mug

[brendaeileen]

@Super240987 I thought Scouse was a liverpool thing?

[obliquelife]

man's inhumanity was never doubted ..... d bhopal tragedy jst proves it

[feonna]

life is so vunerable

[019846]

Americans need to organize and unite to fight for whats right. The people do have the power, if enough people cared.

[BillyHerbie]

It will never happen. America has repeatedly pissed on weaker nations for years, that's why they're so hated in areas in the middle east and asia

[KevinKevin426]

America will never take responsibility for this.....Just look at the Dioxin (Agent Orange) situation in Vietnam...

[Cristian2561]

what is next Bhopal?

[magira66]

May they rot in hell for what they have done.

[Clareeezzz]

This is a tragic issue that should be taken care of by Dow. I will definetly pass this on to alert others of these corporations abuse.

[loopylucia]

Quite effective.