Comments on: Perrier, Evian, or B’eau Pal?

By: Colin Toogood

Colin Toogood — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:16:12 +0000

If anybody does want to help the Bhopal medical Appeal then please visit our site http://www.bhopal.org/ or send me an email direct colintoogood@bhopal.org

By: Colin Toogood

Colin Toogood — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:13:33 +0000

hello Rahul, and others...

Yes, we also feel that there is an element of Bhopal being a 'forgotten disaster' and we, at the Bhopal Medical Appeal, are trying to change that. People who were too young to have been around, at the time of the disaster, need to know what happened and, just as importantly, what is STILL happening in Bhopal.

We are only a tiny organisation, with very limited resources, and were very lucky to have this opportunity to tie up with the Yes Men for this publicity stunt. We hope that this is, at least, a start as far as getting the issues across to a younger audience is concerned.

We will also be looking at developing some of the other web ideas you mentioned. We do have a Twitter account but I'm afraid we don't have too many followers yet! I was very busy Tweeting, while we were having the fun and games with the Yes Men, but I have less interesting stuff to put on it now!! The Twit profile is BhopalAppeal.

But we will certainly be developing these things as we get closer towards the anniversary and we are always very happy to hear from people who want to get involved/ help out...

Colin

By: boston_mahesh

boston_mahesh — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:29:11 +0000

The devil-worshipping predatory capitalists of Dow Chemicals/Union Carbide need to reimburse the poor, innocent victims of the Bhopal tragedy. I respect the passive resistance of the Yes Men. They are comedic angels who are advancing humanity.

India should BAN DOW CHEMICAL PRODUCTS TO INDIA UNTIL THEY REIMBURSE THE INDIANS AND ADMIT GUILT. In return, the Indians should allow business relations with Union Carbide, and accept them as friends without any historical grievances.

By: veep

veep — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:18:08 +0000

dow chemicals has a section on sustainability on its website and requests for questions or feedback ! if you have a query, raise it there too !

http://www.dow.com/commitments/contact

By: hariohm

hariohm — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 10:52:45 +0000

A similar style was used by the Tamil Hero Vikram in the movie Dhool.

By: Nilanjana

Nilanjana — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:27:48 +0000

Rahul, you're sweet. This professor can't spell before she goes to bed, so she's going to change the spelling right now. Thanks! But all of you are preshyuss. In your own way. Even you, Rahul.

The Yes Men ringleaders came to talk at Cornell many years ago so I've been a fan since they started talking about Bhopal-- way back in 2002. Have fun with their site. The scary thing is how many people buy their shtick, and that's precisely their point.

By: that's all it took?

that's all it took? — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 10:47:04 +0000

This site makes me despise my desi/brown identity!

Awww.....You're so fragile, so precious.

By: Rahul

Rahul — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 07:10:20 +0000

Speechless.

Promise?

I'll take your silence as consent.

By: Pardesi Gori

Pardesi Gori — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 07:05:43 +0000

The Yes Men!

From the site you linked here, check this out;

The World Trade Organization proposed "compassionate slavery" program to help bring Africa out of poverty!

Quote:

"This is what free trade's all about," said Schmidt. "It's about the freedom to buy and sell anythingâ€”even people."

Speechless.

By: Rahul

Rahul — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 06:57:44 +0000

But what say the mutinous hoards?

Since you're a professor, and I'm apparently inclined to be annoying these days, let me not hold back on my nitpick: shouldn't that be hordes? Unless you are collecting all of us as your preshhyusss?