Author:bishop
A company lost tens of thousands of lives because of a safety accident.
What punishment will the owner of this business receive?
It's so ridiculous.
In the early hours of December 3, 1984, IndiaBhopal.
Occurs at a chemical plant that produces pesticidesPoison gas spill accidents, on the spot3,787 people died
Accidents were caused15,000 people were killed and injured(including severe disability).The number of people is as high as 550,000.
Bhopal accident" related news**).
One is called"The world's worst industrial accident".The human tragedy.
Ironically, no one was held legally responsible for such a serious accident. It was not until 26 years later, under pressure from many parties, that several Indian managers of the factory at that time were punished without any indifference.
As one of the investors of the Bhopal plantUnion Carbide Corporation of America, no one was punished by law.
Hell is empty, and the devil is on earth.
Recently, an Indian drama series with only 4 episodes has once again brought this tragedy back into the public eye.
The Railroad Man: The 1984 Bhopal Incident
the railway men
Produced by Netflix, Douban 82 points, imdb85。What is uncovered is a painful memory of witnesses, and it is also a scar that cannot be forgotten.
It is stored in the Bhopal factoryMore than 40 tons of methyl isocyanate(MIC), a highly toxic compound and extremely unstable.
A worker "made a mistake" while flushing the pipeline, causing water to flow into the storage tank of methyl isocyanate, causing a violent reaction.
With a dull loud bang,Poison gas leaked and drifted into the city of Bhopal.
Not far away, in a slum, people are celebrating at weddings.
The first man fell, and then the second ......
The crowd panicked instantlyScreaming, crying, running away, trampling, one by one, the living life fell to the ground.
Perhaps, even more terrifying than death is the deep fear that people do not know what is happening and do not know what to do.
The camera turned, at this timeBhopal StationThere was chaos inside, too.
This is the main performance scene of this film, which recreates the terrible disaster by describing the story that happened in a station after the poison gas accident.
Soon, inWebmasterUnder the command of the company, the waiting room became a safe haven. But security is only temporary, hiding indoors is just a slower death.
Worse, because of the repair line,The station was cut off from the outside world.
Outside, there is a deadly poisonous gas, and inside the isolated Bhopal station, the weakness of human nature is beenPanicInfinite magnification.
People started to interact with each otherSuspicion, and even fought for resources.
If you want to survive, you have to find a way to get out of here.
Whether rescue will arrive is unknown. At this time, the webmaster is faced with two serious problems:How to save yourself, how to save others.
Whenever a major security accident occurs, people will always go to the reason behind it. At this time, we can always seeThe selfishness and greed of those responsible for the accident.
If the worker in charge of cleaning the pipes and his superiors could be "professional" and able to carry out standard operating procedures, not justThe training lasted two weeksI hurriedly went to work.
Will it avoid tragedy?
The answer is no.
The grassroots workers in these two factories are justThe entire plant has no regard for the safety of lifeA small microcosm.
Back in 1982, there were reports of the Bhopal plant"There are 61 dangers in total".。In 1984, due to successive losses, the U.S. headquarters reduced the expenses of the Bhopal factory. When it happensNone of the security systems are functioning properly.
To put it simply, sooner or later, something will happen.
And the weirdest thing is that such a dangerous chemical plant was actually builtDensely populated city center.
At the beginning of the construction of the plant, toxicologists insisted that the dangers of poison gas be included in the report, but the old professor stopped him and said something meaningful.
"You can't fight them."。"They", who are they?
As mentioned earlier, one of the funders of the Bhopal plant is Union Carbide of the United States, and the other, yesIndia**.
When the lives of ordinary people are held hostage by capital and power, then they will become worthless.
Even, when an accident occurs, "they" will jump out and shirk responsibility.
This familiar recipe comes to mind:Close the factory gates and block all news. There is no trace of compassion for the ordinary people, even if the local *** called** to inquire about the situation, the white male factory director was still lying.
And the reason for this lie is: since there is no cure, why create panic.
Without accurate information disclosure, without effective escape advice, there is nothing. Hospitals didn't know what to do, and people rushed outside in panic, inhaling more poisonous gases, and more and more people died.
On the other hand, the top management finally understood that the accident occurred in Bhopal, and as an important transportation power, the railway department is also in the rescue plan.
The Minister of Railways has decided to ban all trains from going to Bhopal station and not to involve the railway authorities in the rescue operation.
At the moment of the disaster, the top is still the same"Be wise and protect yourself" and "If you don't do it, you won't be wrong"., so as not to become"Scapegoats."
It is this interlocking link that has promoted the occurrence of this tragedy, tooPushed ordinary people to the brink of death.
If you watch this drama as a documentary, you may be disappointed. Compared with the 2019 American drama "Chernobyl", "The Railroad Man" may lack the former's grand narrative and detailed realistic style.
However, "Railroad Man" takes a station and a group of railway workers as a starting point to re-examine this disaster from the perspective of ordinary people, which is indeed full of novelty. And, we can still see it in the playA mockery of capital's pursuit of profits, a critique of incompetence.
In reality, the aftermath of the Bhopal accident was not settled until 1991, with Union Carbide responsible for compensation4.$700 million.
In the play, the reporter revisited the victim's family many years later and learned that the compensation was onlyRs 300 per month(At the current exchange rate, about 68 yuan). Even if it is such a small amount of money, it is not guaranteed to be paid on a monthly basis.
It can be said that "Railroad Man" is for the people who died and injured in the Bhopal accident and their familiesSpeak out and complain about the capital and power that brought disaster.
When a train full of medicines, supplies and volunteers rolls towards Bhopal station.
When other regions ignored the high-level restrictions, they sent trains to the rescue.
In the face of disaster, we can always seeThe shining side of human nature.
Most of the characters in the play have real prototypes, such as the station master, the general manager of the railway company involved in the rescue, and the reporter who investigates the truth of the incident.
However, there is a fictional character that is also very interestingExpress thieves.
He was originally a thief who specialized in robbing on trains, and came to the local area disguised as a police officer because he coveted the huge amount of cash stored in the Bhopal station. However, due to the outbreak of the poison gas incident, he was accidentally involved in a series of rescue actions.
Perhaps, what the director wants to tell us is,The good guys and the bad guys are just a thought。A robber who does evil can also be a hero who saves people.
Because he is also a person who lives at the bottom, he understands the suffering of those people. At the critical moment, he chose to help and save more ordinary people like himself.
At the beginning of the episode, there is this line:The most worthless thing is the lives of ordinary people.
Frank and ruthless.
However, it is precisely these are the rescuers in the play"Worthless" ordinary people；Those who went to support without hesitation and brought ordinary people out of dangerThe most ordinary railway worker.
The big men who are "high up" are standing by and watching, shameless and despicable.
Remembering what the express thief said to the stationmaster.
"You have to trust people, not **.
* "It gives people a class, an identity. But who can say that "noble status" is necessarily a good person?
Most of the time,"Ordinary people".is a neutral word. It may even be just a string of **, the denominator of some data.
However, hopefully, "ordinary people" can also be a compliment. Because it represents the most "normal" part of human nature, and the goodness that is able to penetrate the darkness.