Lord Coe and Mayor Boris Johnson must be confronted with the real face of DOW Chemical
source: http://bhopalnow.org/?p=544
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TAKE THE BHOPAL WATER TASTE CHALLENGE?
FOR IMMEDIATE USE
- Monday the 9th January, Trafalgar Square, 2.15pm
Despite the continuing furore concerning Dow Chemical’s sponsorship of the London Olympics, LOCOG’s position is that they remain satisfied with Dow Chemical’s ethical performance and sustainability.
The people of Bhopal beg to differ and, on Monday the 9th January, just 200 days before the London Olympics begin, a survivor of the Bhopal Disaster will be challenging both Lord Coe, and Mayor Boris Johnson, to taste some Bhopal drinking water. This water is contaminated with highly toxic chemicals that Dow’s subsidiary, Union Carbide, recklessly dumped while their Bhopal factory was in production.
Thousands of people in Bhopal have no other source of drinking water than this highly contaminated source. But, the Dow Chemical Company not only chooses not to accept responsibility for Union Carbide’s mess it even refuses, despite a huge body of scientific evidence, to accept that the groundwater is even contaminated!
Farah Williams, a survivor of the Bhopal Disaster, will be inviting Lord Coe and Mayor Johnson to taste some of Dow’s finest produce. She will have a specially designed bottle of B’eauPal drinking water (a spoof mineral water product) and can be filmed or photographed in front of the Olympic Countdown clock. The clock will be adorned with a specially designed banner explaining that there are only ’200 Days Left to Dump Dow’!
Barry Gardiner MP, ’Friends Of India’ will be on hand for interviews, along with Lorraine Close the host of a change.org petition demanding Dow be dropped from the Olympics which has already attracted nearly 17,000 signatures.
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Anonmaly
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DOW weren't they the other company, alongside Monsanto making "Agent Orange"?
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Anonmaly
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JanforGore
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Anonmaly:
Yes and now they want to add 2-4 t to your food.
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JanforGore
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jimstoner
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On Dec. 3, 2004 a man named Andy Bichlbaum appeared on the B.B.C. posing as a Dow Chemical spokesperson. He called himself Jude Finisterra, and claimed that Dow Chemical was going to liquidate Union Carbide, and use the 12 billion dollars they would get from this liquidation to pay for the damages done in Bhopal. After only two hours of coverage, Dow issued a press release denying the statement. By this time the damage was done and Dow stock had lost 2 billion dollars in value. This would imply that people who invest in the stock market are truly an evil lot. The very notion that Dow might do the right thing by the people of Bhopal sent them into a frenzy of selling that cost the company billions in worth. You can see the B.B.C. interview, and other Andy Bichlbaum hoaxes on the documentary "Yes Men Fix the World".
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jimstoner
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rerushg
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jimstoner:
Best culture jam ever and pretty good documentary too. The BBC interview is still up on YouTube (search "yes men bhopal). Their spoof website is still up as well (dowethics.com) though many of the links are dead.
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rerushg
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jimstoner
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rerushg:
I find the reaction of stock market investors to be the most telling thing of all. Publicly traded companies know they can not do the right thing because it would be financial suicide. The stock market is the playground of unfettered evil.
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jimstoner
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rerushg
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jimstoner:
Referring to Yes Men's impact on Dow stock in 2002 or current stuff? Don't want to hijack Jan's topic so I'll comment over in Ron Paul/Entitlements.
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rerushg
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jimstoner
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rerushg:
Then and now.
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jimstoner
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jubal
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Bhopal is the heartzone of suffering, it is the injury to Gaia herself.
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jubal
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JanforGore
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jubal:
And DOW won't even admit the water is contaminated.
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JanforGore
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rerushg
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JanforGore:
Trying to recall if a major corporation has ever admitted guilt. The usual method is to stonewall until it gets too hot then settle with no admission of guilt and gag stipulation on plantiffs. "We did nothing wrong. Take this money. Shut up. Go away and die."
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rerushg
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JanforGore
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rerushg:
The act of settling in and of itself is an admission to me.
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JanforGore
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rerushg
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JanforGore:
And to me as well. Not satisfying though. Call me old fashioned but I want heads on a stake.
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rerushg
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JanforGore
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http://www.change.org/petitions/drop-dow-chemical-as-partners-for-the-london-201...
You can sign this to show your support for ousting DOW Chemical as sponsor of the 2012 Olympics in London
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JanforGore
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ampersand
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The same should be done for Chevron executives. Have their next cocktail come from the poisonous pools of toxic sludge they left in Ecuador.
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ampersand
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JanforGore
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ampersand:
Yes if I were a judge that would be my ruling. They would have to live in what they made.
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JanforGore
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nanac
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What an interesting idea. I hope that the challenge includes Dow's management, also. I am pretty sure that no one will drink the water.
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nanac
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JanforGore
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nanac:
You can bet on that, the phonies.
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JanforGore
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nanac
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JanforGore:
They should be forced to drink the water!
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nanac
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nanac:
They all drink deep of the laissez-faire-corporate-fascist koolaide, but no won't drink the water.
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MSII
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JanforGore
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Let's see ALL of the DOW apologists take this challenge.
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JanforGore
