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Too bad the Indians didn't opt to keep the Brits in India.

In Reply to: Dateline New Delhi- bad news but not atrocious posted by Nikhil Jaikumar on December 06, 1999 at 11:37:14:

: Of course, a 50% state role in joint ventures was not enough to keep 20,000 people from being killed, in their beds or over years of suffering, at Bhopal 15 years ago. Union Carbide evaded their responsibility in spite of the fact that the Madhya Pradesh government had a 50% share. The lesson here is that we must always be vigilant against businessmen who are willing to prostitute human life for profits.

Too bad the Indians didn't opt to keep the Brits in India. The people would have a standard of living today far above what it presently is.
Of course, the alternative is that those who can flee to London. Or Massachusetts.
Ahh, thank God for civilization.

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