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Thats why its been so pleasent, and the board isn't dead like it was when it was bogged down with all political threads.

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he will probably get off scot-free like the others.  ::)




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You mean like that Mr. Rich character that Clinton pardoned..along with all those other criminals, his last week in office ::)  (BTW...I have and always will like you, Cat...my views are nothing personal ;)  Also let's not forget roman polanski...who fled to France and from American soil where a prison cell awaits him for raping a 12 year old girl some years back  >:(...yet hollyweird touts him as a great director...figures ::)

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Yeah, make that man answer to those charges. I'm pretty sure if it was the other way around OUR government would have been screamin' bloody murder.
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Unless the pollution took place in Mexico, and the perpetrator was a US company. Then we'd probably see the same level of vacillation...good to see someone admitting the US gov does scream bloody murder, over here in the UK they're still trying to tell us Gulf War II had some other cause... ::)

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Elaborating on Kenny's point, the fact that Polanski is a good director and the fact that he stat-raped a young girl should be evaluated separately.

Carry on.
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Maybe he could write, direct AND star in his own movie about his life as a great director who got away with rape...perhaps the title could be "The Fall Of Romans Empire"  or "Polanski Preys On Youngblood" ::)

yep the cause was that blair so far up bush's jacksie that bush speaks with a lisp

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Maybe he could write, direct AND star in his own movie about his life as a great director who got away with rape...perhaps the title could be "The Fall Of Romans Empire"  or "Polanski Preys On Youngblood" ::)
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Whoa... that would actually probably be a great movie.  Years of childhood trauma, barely evading certain death after parents die in concentration camp... moves to America and escapes pain of childhood through movies... becomes a director and makes some great movies... falls in love and marries a beautiful and wonderful woman... wife gets murdered by the Manson family.  And once we're done building all this sympathy for the guy, bring on the statutory rape.  This could be dealt with a number of ways; it could be made into a tragic flaw of a great artist, or it could be brought in out of nowhere as a sudden, shocking scene showing the un-foreshadowed criminal perversity of this character.

Polanski probably shouldn't be involved with the making of it.

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There doesn't seem to have been much political debate here recently, maybe because I've been working away
I'll try one that, I hope, doesn't offend many heart felt beliefs...

"Warren Anderson, ex Chairman of Union Carbide Corporation is wanted by a court in Bhopal, India, to answer criminal charges of "culpable homicide" relating to the deaths of 20,000 people. The Government of India on 6 May 2003 requested that the United States extradite Anderson and hand him over to face trial in Bhopal. To date, no answer has been received from the US authorities."

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I think he should answer for those deaths. But, I'm sure he is one of Duyba's buddies just like Ken Lay and other criminals so he will probably get off scot-free like the others.  ::)
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Well, this is when knowing of events helps.

The event that India is trying to extradite Warren Anderson occured in 1984!

While I do believe that Union Carbide is responsible for the deaths, I find it hard to believe that the CEO of the corporation is responsible for them.

He would be responsible if the disaster was the direct fault of decisions he made, and if they were illegal or irresponsible.  In the past 19 years, people have forgotten that the Government of India allowed people to build shacks just outside of the plant (which was in a rural area when it was originally built).

If somebody should be blamed, it should be local managers of the plant.  From what I have heard of the disaster, Union Carbide corporate management was barely aware that this plant even existed.  It had been operating for over 20 years, and was one of hundreds of chemical plants they operated around the world.

To me, this is yet another example of going after the deep pockets.  Like the lawsuits against Dow-Corning for breast implants.  Or the suits against tobacco companies.  Union Carbide is not Enron, Tyco, or Global Crossing.  Warren
Anderson has NEVER been implicated in the disaster in any way, other then being the CEO of the corporation.  (As a side note, since this tragedy, Union Carbide was purchased by Dow-Corning, which was sued into bankrupcy for the now disproven silicone breast implant lawsuits).

Bhopal was indead a tragedy.  And if people were responsible for neglect or endangering people, they SHOULD be prosecuted.  But to go after the CEO of a company just because he was CEO, with no direct to the incident is unforgivable.  This will just encourage more executives to hide things for fear of this type of event.