@ The-Spec

When a census reports a statistic on accidental deaths the number crunchers in Washington look for ways to both replicate them and to bring the numbers up in other countries.
That is called "Lies, damned lies, and statistics".............which also happens to be the title of a very interesting little book about how to fiddle numerical presentations to suit your case

When is the last time you've seen one single company burn piles upon piles of recalled products? They don't.
Over here that would be a criminal offense (felony)............. they have to recycle them. They are not allowed to resell them as new either. In the US, I believe that you have to state the percentage of recycled parts there are in your products?..............anyone remember Packard Bell???????????

All that mercury and lead in your box of fruity-poop-loops cereal is simply an accident.
Human ignorance!

Organo-phosphorus insecticides, DDT, Tricoethelene, Benzine, lead, mercury, antimony, arsenic, paraquat, carbon tetrachloride, to name but a few.

We are our own worst enemies because we sh1t in our own nests, and that passes up the food chain.

There are three things that drive homo sapiens:

1. Self-preservation.
2. Sex
3. Greed

Corporate greed seems more acceptable because it is collective, so no individual feels guilty?

All you are doing is pointing out some of the failings in the human race and in the laissez faire capitalist political model.

I have a couple of Linux distros you would like:

1. Nova Linux (Gentoo) from Cuba
2. Red Star Linux (Debian 5) from Argentina

You may not like the Linux, but you sound as if you would love the politics

BACK TO TOPIC:

I do not subscribe to these global conspiracy theories because:

1. They would be too easily detected by members of the electorate.
2. You could not keep the plot secret as someone would blow the whistle.
3. How the hell could you handle the volume of data generated?
4. Random is useless, because by very definition, it has no pattern, and surveillance relies on patterns.

Anyone remember "Predator"?