Hi folks,

something of a rant this evening, but if you’ll forgive me the liberty - I am half Indian (proudly Punjabi actually) so feel moved in quite a manner tonight over what was sent to me by Sunil Shibad of Flea Global, the very good Indian Advertising Agency. Sunil keeps me wired into what’s happening in advertising in this awesome nation which runs in my blood you could say.

Here’s what I have to say about what follows below…

Making money is fine…

Killing others is not

Accidents happen…

Even ones that kill folk - life & death happens

When they do clean YOUR MESS UP!

100,000 have since been affected - apart from the initial 3,800 or so instantly killed at the time. (Up to 15k died in first month alone.)

Bhopal has been a lingering puss filled boil filled that no one has yet adequately cleaned up.

Disgusting…

Is that really suprising from a US company ethos (Dow Chemicals) which rushed to employ a chief chemical architect of the Nazi Concentration Camp Gas Zyclon B - Otto Ambrose, the second his jail sentence was cut short (at whose request I wonder BTW?).

His nefarious activities brought him a pathetic 8 years in prison after World War II despite his happy involvement in slavery and murder.

Dow Chemicals didn’t mind that one bit - in fact his ‘CV’ impressed them as being “mighty fine indeed!” Beside themselves with joy and legs quivering like jelly with excitement over how much money they could make with his ‘unique experience’ they simply ushered him into the hallowed halls of American Capitalism…

IMHO he should have been hanging on the end of a rope for what went on in Auschwitz.

What about the US Marines that fought against beasts like him - only to see Otto laugh all the way to a luxurious and prosperous future in America itself?

And what does this say about America’s love affair with money itself?

Guys like this were approved by none other than Peter Grace. When he helped Ambrose establish US residency he was the leader of the U.S. Council of the International Chamber of Commerce. J. Peter Grace wrote of his “deep admiration” for Ambrose in a letter recommending him for a visa for American residency.

Stomach churning.

I guess that brings me to my final question (especially to those making money from investing in Dow Chemicals; that fine upstanding American Institution which brought us Napalm) - does that make the heart of USA Capitalism Nazi?

Please do click the image below for a full size version and more info.

Good, got that out of my system now, just in time for dinner.

Until next time, keep safe… and be kind; funnily enough others will be kind to you too.

Dave Alston.

PS Please feel free to download the Swastika image and text and print, post and spread this message far and wide about the real ‘face’ of Dow. You know it’s right…

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