it's a good idea & you should start it :)
it brings to mind the legal cases involving GM companies, where their
seed has blown into neighbouring properties & the company has taken the
neighbouring farmer to court for illegally growing their seed - the most
famous one being monsanto vs. percy schmeiser
(http://www.percyschmeiser.com/). i also read recently about a case in
western australia, where a farmer lost his organic certification because
of GM seed blowing 1500m & contaminating his farm; the WA government's
response to this was that zero tolerance of GM in organics imposed
"unnecessary costs" on the GM grower.
this idea of "unnecessary costs" is bizarre - whether it's GM seed
blowing around the place or nuclear radiation or excessive plastic
packaging floating in the ocean, the corporation generating the shit
should pay for its consequences. it's not an "unnecessary" cost at all
but the REAL cost - to the environment & the rest of us unwilling
receivers of this shit.
if corporations had to pay the real cost of their business activities,
the world would be a very different place.
h : )
On 29/03/11 10:14 AM, michael gurstein wrote:
I`m aware of these other initiatives which of course, are worthwhile
but my idea is to focus specifically on the ``Crimes Against
Humanity`` as a framework for calling those responsible for various of
the man-made and preventable catastrophes to which all of us are
subject but for which none of us are responsible and for which no one
is being held to account.
M
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 4:57 AM, helen varley jamieson
<he...@creative-catalyst.com <mailto:he...@creative-catalyst.com>> wrote:
http://www.consumersinternational.org/our-work/social-responsibility/key-projects/holding-corporations-to-account/bad-company-awards
http://www.corporatecrimereporter.com/
http://multinationalmonitor.org/
On 29/03/11 9:47 AM, dave miller wrote:
> Hi michael
>
> This is a very good idea. Does such a thing exist as a global
citizens
> initiative?
>
> How would we start? I imagine we'd need a lawyer!
>
> dave
>
> On 28 March 2011 22:35, michael gurstein<gurst...@gmail.com
<mailto:gurst...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>> I~m thinking that the Execs of TEPCO, their enablers at GE and
in the
>> Japanese government are ideal candidates for a global citizens
initiative to
>> have them charged with Crimes Against Humanity.
>>
>> All humanity is very likely to suffer the ill-effects of their
craven
>> behaviour, greed, stupidity and bureacratic incompetence...
Surely a worse
>> set of behaviours than simply the greed and stupidity of most
of the current
>> crop being charged with these crimes and a worthwhile extension
of the
>> notion I believe (the next candidates should surely be the
banksters and
>> their enablers among politicians, bureaucrats
>>
>> M
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 4:09 PM, dave miller<dave.miller.uk
<http://dave.miller.uk>@gmail.com <http://gmail.com>>
>> wrote:
>>> Thanks Alan,
>>>
>>> Yes it definitely seems they're trying to hide things.This
article is
>>> interesting:
>>> "we now learn that TEPCO is once again doing all it can to massage
>>> disclosure and delay the release of potentially unpalatable data,
>>> after the Asahi Shinbun only recently announced that the Pressure
>>> vessels in reactors 1, 2 and 3 may have holes confirming
everybody's
>>> worst fears of full blown release of radioactive particles in the
>>> environment."
>>>
>>>
>>>
http://www.zerohedge.com/article/china-detects-radiation-over-southeast-coastal-areas-asahi-reports-holes-reactor-pressure-ve?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedge+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+for+everyone+drops+to+zero%29
<http://www.zerohedge.com/article/china-detects-radiation-over-southeast-coastal-areas-asahi-reports-holes-reactor-pressure-ve?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedge+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+for+everyone+drops+to+zero%29>
>>>
>>> dave
>>>
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