I chatted with Hannah this morning. She is at her house with her papa (Grandpa) because she's too sick to go to school (caught another cootie from some pre-school terrorist!). Kaiser doesn't want to see her because she's not on her deathbed yet. I took pictures of our chat, blurry but still cute subject matter (not me, her). She talked to me about her stuffed animal, 'Melamine' 'Little Bear.'
I read recently that two people in China will be executed because they knew about melamine in the milk. Yesterday I read that the peanut butter company knew about salmonella too. Eight people died due to salmonella poisoning from eating peanut butter that a company already knew about.
What's the difference between the folks at the peanut butter company and the terrorists who planned 9/11 but a few thousand lives and a plane? What makes one organization a terrorist organization and one organization a peanut butter company if both are destroying lives knowingly? The name? If the 9/11 attackers called themselves the Peanut Corporation of America would we have been that upset? The controversy over Gitmo closing wouldn't be on the table because it would never have opened for the folks over at P.C.O.A. had they been bashing down cockpit doors. How about all the Wall Street, banking and real estate terrorists with their collective corporate terrorism? So many people's lives destroyed.
I need my own Little Bear.
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I feel frustrated too. 8 people died! And they knew about the contamination!
I also feel like it's a function of how little we regard the people who need the most care. It's like we don't want to think about the sick and elderly, so when they die because of salmonella or botulism we don't care enough to make a big deal about it because they're hidden away already.
Also, I'm bugged that I couldn't have a Zone bar while I was away.
"What makes one organization a terrorist organization and one organization a peanut butter company if both are destroying lives knowingly?"
Very. Good. Question.
Hey, by that definition W is a terrorist. But we knew that...he sure terrorized me.
I'm really hoping we're going to see a new era in food safety before too long, with a bit more government oversight. These last years of turning a blind eye because it might hurt "business" has cost many lives!
It's true, there are many people whose actions, or inactions have destroyed others lives, and they are not held accountable for their "crimes!" The CEO's of cigarette companies, as one example, comes to mind.
Thanks for the very kind words on Miz's site!!
Always put my thinking cap on after a visit here! Thank you! Have a fantastic weekend!
I have to agree with your analogy. Corporations are recognized by the law to have the rights and responsibilities like people (read; lobbyists are free speech) but they don't seem to bear the responsibilities. At the very least I would expect a charge of manslaughter but then I live in hope.
Talk about stoking the fire today. There is no difference between anyone that takes a life with indifference.
Great points!
Hope the weekend was wonderful! :)
God, I heard about the peanut company! I could NOT. FREAKIN'. BELIEVE IT. Except . . . I COULD believe it, and that made me even more upset.
Id be honored if there were a bit of you in me.
now move to texas please.
austin.
Ill be waiting outside as a one woman welcoming committee.
nagnagnag.
where's a new post missy?
I really stopped in to say husband is traveling.
CAN NOT WAIT FOR NIGHTFALL.
glass of wine.
Real Housewives.
*bliss*
Terrorists = Peanut Butter Manufacturers. Bossy is mulling this equation thoughtfully from her position on the sofa, midday. Pass the boozy hot chocolate.
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