*WARNING*
This is a very controversial viewpoint and may seem ill-timed but i feel it should be heard.
In no way do i mean to offend anyone and in no way am i siding with the attackers...
I hope that as people read this they keep an open mind and do not see me as being unreasonable.
As soon as i got home from school on sep 11 i felt a slight twinge in the back of my neck (It wasnt a bug. After pondering the reason for the twinge it suddenly became clear to me. Something was wrong with this whole thing.
The constant media coverage, the lift-out special on the tradegy in New York.
Why was this such a big tragedy?
50,000 people in the buildings, almost 300 in the planes, 1000 in the Pentagon... but was that really so much?
On the night of Dec. 2nd 1984, a gas leak from the Union Carbide chemical plant in Bhopal, India, caused the deaths of about 1,700 and the grevious maiming of several hundred thousand people.
To this day Union Carbide denies responsibility despite a class action claiming they perpetrated Industrial Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity.
Union Carbide escaped liability with a pathetic settlement for what has been dubbed the "Hiroshima of the Chemical Industry".
During the earthquake in Gujurat, India, on the 26th of January (India's republic day):Over 100,000 people died, over 250,000 were people injured and about 1 million people were left homeless .
These are only 2 of the atrocities man has seen since recorded history. And yet the possible death of 50,000 people overshadows this?
To me this shows how countries with more money can manipulate people.
Bhopal and Gujurat got 1 day of headlines and then were buried on the inside of hte newspaper. "Attack on America" is still the major headline.
My only basis for this crime to be of greater concern is the fact that they were terrorist acts; plain and simple murder. Whereas Gujurat was a force of nature.
But surely the Bhopal incident is a crime.
(below is from
http://www.bhopal-justice.com)
This criminal policy was clearly motivated by the company's racial discrimination in evaluating the value of life of the impoverished Indians living in the residential colonies near the plant.
How is it that the tradgedy in America (which truly is a tragedy) has lasted so long and trgedies in 3rd world nations such as India are forgotten after 1 day?!?
This sort of thing defies all logic and infuriates me beyond belief.
(please!!!!!! feel free to prove me wrong, I dont wish to be seen as a heartless freak!!)
below is an image from Bhopal...... (if you want o know more about The Bhopal Incident check
http://www.bhopal-justice.com/)
