Bhopal Disaster - Channel 4/BBC - The Yes Men

[cajjer]

Apologising to those vile shits?

[anilgupta83]

# In February 1982, an MIC leak affected 18 workers.

# In August 1982, a chemical engineer came into contact with liquid MIC, resulting in burns over 30 percent of his body.

# In October 1982, there was a leak of MIC, methylcarbaryl chloride, chloroform and hydrochloric acid. In attempting to stop the leak, the MIC supervisor suffered intensive chemical burns and two other workers were severely exposed to the gases.

[anilgupta83]

# During 1983 and 1984, leaks of the following substances regularly took place in the MIC plant: MIC, chlorine, monomethylamine, phosgene, and carbon tetrachloride, sometimes in combination.

# Reports issued months before the incident by UCC engineers warned of the possibility of an accident almost identical to that which occurred in Bhopal. The reports never reached UCC's senior management.

[anilgupta83]

# UCC was warned by American experts who visited the plant after 1981 of the potential of a "runaway reaction" in the MIC storage tank. Local Indian authorities warned the company of problems on several occasions from 1979 onwards.

[sciencebzzt]

I wish I knew the Yes Men and what they planned on doing... I would be able to short DOW stock before he did that "prank" and make quite a profit.

[Genessender]

The actual estimate of death in Bhopal is 25,000; 800,000 injured, children still born with deformities . . .

[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."

[sayanchakraborty1]

this asshole company should be closed down.

[astro7894]

The reporter is just annoyed he and his silly media got caught out!.. Dow is far far worse than this guys stunt, and the reporter should get Dow on the news to explain why they cant help the people of Bhopal. That is the real question that should be answered. Oh and fuck the lawyers (liars)

[MrGrevy]

Good job Dow! Don't give in to these idiotic parasites.

[ericbrochill]

Dow doesn't own that plant. Union Carbide sold it after the disaster to the Indian Government and when Dow bought Union Carbide they excluded Union Carbide's Indian division. There are a lot of terrible things involved in this disaster, little of which Dow has anything to do with. Whatever you believe caused the disaster, it was certainly not Dow.

[UNAR108]

@ericbrochill

It is not just about who caused the disaster - it is about who is responsible for the clean up - in both U.S. and Indian law, encumbrances on the property go with the property - DOW owns the UCC plant in Bhopal. Incidentally, DOW voluntarily accepted responsibility for asbestos clean up in the U.S. in its facility previously owned by Carbide - so what is different - DOW had nothing to do with causing asbestos presence in the building - just owned the facility after the fact.

[bulluni]

The hell with Dow!

[grantobean]

"Cruel trick to play on the people of Bhopal"? Really? Not one-hundredth as cruel as Dow's role in all this. Talk about a lack of perspective. The Yes Men RULE for doing this.

[prass7]

kick dow out of india

[zoticus1]

BBC had to apoligize to this fucking criminal enterprise?!

I am soo sorry for calling mass murderers what they are!

[AquaticRobot]

If Indian government continue to harass Dow and Mr Anderson, India will simply loose foreign investment which will be harmful to India's economy.

[prass7]

good joke...dow needs india..not the other way round asshole. we will let dow competitors to india.

[AquaticRobot]

Hey, you anti-capitalist propagandist, you are the people whom Lenin called "useful idiots". India needs more industry, not socialists like you.

[AquaticRobot]

It unfair how Union Carbide was harassed by Indian government. The disaster was a simple technical failure. But the harassment Warren Anderson faced from Indian government is condemnable. Indian government should apologize to Mr Anderson for harassing him.

[zoticus1]

Why dont you look at the people whose lives it destroyed?

Fucking cunt

[AquaticRobot]

Industrial accident is any time possible and deaths due to industrial accident is natural. But that does not make industry criminal.

[xdir]

Do you know the meaning of corporate manslaughter? Union Carbide is guilty of deliberately neglecting safety standards, had the Bhopal tragedy occurred in US, UC would be bankrupted under $trillion lawsuits. Its clear that the brown skin of an indian is valued by UC at $500, while a white American is worth $millions.

Hopefully the next such tragedy will affect your

family & being a true capitalist you will accept $500 as more then enough for your loss.

[razorfoundation]

Hmm, so what you're saying, AquaticRobot, is that failure to comply with due indemnities is... not criminal?

[ajith0787]

@AquaticRobot this is like obama apologising to osama for chasing him in afpak :)

[anilgupta83]

@AquaticRobot

What do you know about the disaster? Go read, its everywhere.

Union Carbide was warned several times before the disaster happened on 2nd dec - 1984.

Wiki :-

# In 1976, the two trade unions reacted because of pollution within the plant.

# In 1981, a worker was splashed with phosgene. In panic he ripped off his mask, thus inhaling a large amount of phosgene gas; he died 72 hours later.

[TheAntiV]

I loved it when The Yes Men got their pussie asses handed to them by Bureaucrash.

[Sidepocket2600]

Oh wow, Bureaucrash threw glitter on them. That is so pwnd. I dunno how I can be more sarcastic.

[omegapointil]

Just goes to show how plain dumb the right wing brainwashed are. Because Union Carbide was bought by Dow and folded into their accounting doesnt absolve their culpabilities. The shame follows the books. Thought you got away with it didn't you. Moral bankruptsy abounds from conservatives. You can change, or theres no hope for you.

[omegapointil]

Obviously this interviewer is another corporate whore the media is filled with.

Trying to turn the shame onto the interviewee when Dow aflicted hundreds of thousands in the first place. Dow will accept shame instead of paying out reparations for their evil intentions. If you can't understand that then theres no hope for you.

[methusehlah]

Who the fuck are these "Yes Men" and what gives them the right to give false hope to those who where hurt? These pieces of shit could have easily gone to Bhopal to volunteer to help these people, but oh no they think comedy is better way to help. They need to end their elitist life and wake up fucking left wing fools. Rot in Shit you motherless bastards.

[LurkingUncle]

They're briliant. Have a think about what they've highlighted with this and how many people now know of, or have been reminded of, the Bhopal outrage.

Directing some of your anger towards Dow for allowing this to happen would be better than venting spleen at a couple of clever campaigners for globally highlighting what Dow should be taking responsibility for. Calm down son.

[methusehlah]

Dow had nothing to do with the disaster it was Union Carbide's mistake. These assholes are probably mad that an American company bought out a British company. Why didn't they candystripe Union Carbide?

[fartknocker31]

Maybe they want Dow Chemical to be forced into paying for what they should have already done long ago. Think about it you genius.

[methusehlah]

You don't understand, Dow had nothing to do with it it was Union Carbide which was responsible for the accident

[powermd]

No, you don't understand... you buy a company, you buy its assets and its liabilities including its contingent ones. There's no statute of limitations on doing the right thing and to think an acquisition can somehow erase ones responsibility is infantile at best.

[peapodfontaine]

The announcer just doesn't get it.

[lostinseganet]

he is working with dow. He is also fighting for bbc embarisment. A little payback.

[basilsullivan]

The BBC announcer is a piece of human shit. He is worried about the Bhopal victims disapointment but leaves the Union Carbide/Dow Chemical baby killers off. Are the British putting up with this biased Nazi like new service? Apparantly so.

[basilsullivan]

The BBC is a front for the Dow Chemical Baby Killers. But then I live in the USA where corporate news is all you get. Shame on you for apologizing to Dow. You should apologize to Dow's victims for your callous disregard to their fate. BBC = Facsist Corporate Mouthpiece.

[patroohhk]

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[EnhancedNightmare]

They said 3,5k died in this disaster. In other sources I find different figures such as 8k in first two weeks and 10k total. Who's right?

[adrienrain]

How now, done Dow?

[lostinseganet]

a gas leak a night for one of their plants killed many in their sleep.

[rlakins]

The BBC interviewer missed a crucial point, one which I wish the Yes Men had pointed out very simply: The prank was NOT to get a laugh. The prank was a way of showing what the right thing to do was and still is. The Yes Men fill a very important role in attempting to awaken the social conscience of the world. Not just the "little guys" should be held accountable for their actions. Multi-national, multi-billion $ corporations have a global responsibility to behave with decency and accountability.

[mcmanims52]

The best part isn't even the Yes Men's hoax. It's the fact that DOW came out a short time later and said "Whoa! We're not taking responsibility for anything." Then of course the fact that the Yes Men showed up at a DOW shareholders meeting less than a year later...

[verndewd]

dow murders citizens and leaves their families in ruins. Ever since I heard about bhopal when it happened I have waited for the day corporations like dow would destroy themselves.

[verndewd]

how long will we tolerate these scum bags brothers and sisters.

[Aquenef1]

The Bhopal survivors are on an indefinite hunger strike right now for their basic rights - google 'Campaign for Justice in Bhopal'

[material300]

It doesn't matter if they are in hunger strike...even if they choose to eat, the chemicals in the food will them any way. DOW - SHAME ON YOU

[12valvepower1]

the caste system needs attention

[12valvepower1]

diesels will overtake gas cars

[Tom672]

That guy from The Yes Man, is a bit of an ass. For the first bit, he seems to be directing the conversation away from the blame on him.

[heledraku]

evil DuPont

[evil9999999999999999]

The company's policy is to build where they can get away with the most damage legally. Look at Northern NY, and now whats next? How much have they hidden? Manipulation of market, and population without account by no account international parental world figures (significant to their own advertisements) Like McDonald/others, but, Kudos BBC for even sticking their neck out to cover the story. Think CNN would run a piece on the 911 conspiracy's, HA! The love of money; The means like Hans breadcrumbs

[adambirsfelden]

Dow Chemical are all killers and unresponsable people

[DaHunterKiller]

OK Dr. Jawa I saw the video! I'll do the homework now. Soon...aw forget it

[madhatter786]

the beauty of capitalism, globalisation and all things immoral.

[mome9]

amazing... if we had a few hundred people like these guys only, we could really change the world -- and wake everybody up from this coma they've put us into!

[principalsuspeito]

Money, It's a crime

Share It fairly but don't take a slice of my pie

Money so they say

Is the root of all evil today

[rbpolsen]

It's not money, it's greed. Money comes after god is how it's supposed to go. But some people have prostituted their hearts, souls, and love from others for more money, no where is this more true than the US. As an American I am disgusted. We can learn from some Indians (Pacific, not Native American) in this regard.

[principalsuspeito]

Indeed, you got the point. Anyway, greed doesn´t choose countries, but minds and hearts. It´s been so through the history.

[rbpolsen]

agreed.

[rbpolsen]

agreed.

[bitesizeme]

As for false hope, come on, how many people in Bophal were watching BBC at the time? Get real. And for those who were given false hope, it's probably understood that bringing more attention to the case is important to helping their plight.

[bitesizeme]

Okay so, Dow as many people will know has a legal obligation to it's share holders to make them as much money as possible, and therefore cannot step forward and take these actions. However, is this law flawed? I say yes, that in this circumstance a moral obligation to the people of Bophal far outweighs the lining of rich peoples pockets. It's so obvious and yet so disasterously legal.

[versafan]

We all have the power to boycott all Dow products. Remember, if you don't want small business to die, don't shop at Wal-Mart when it moves in... but you'll do nothing...

[rcoones102]

The YES MEN, Corporations, Bush, and NWO are afraid of them. Corporate types usually dont get their put ons. $ 500 for an Indian, I wonder how much a Mexican is worth? You have to say YES a lot to get ahead in the Corporate World. Not fair to give the Bhopal people and hope at all... gee they just shouldnt have done that... no hope is better. What would Dow have had to pay if it were Americans that were gassed?

[DoctorScissors]

They would have kept all thier focus on American Dow shareholders instead American Dow victims. That was one of their main rationalisations for not accepting responsibility for the Bhopal Disaster in the first place.

[SeanButt]

very interesting.

maybe you can make a difference.

[nickweston]

If this had happened on U.S. soil, there would be outrage (or maybe not, considering the sheep that vote for American Idol instead of voting in elections). Go Yes Men!!!! Boycott Dow!!!!

[thedoorsfreak]

Yup!