Re:What’s it like hauling nuclear weapons across the country?
by ericmay on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @07:45AM
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Car wrecks and car crashes, at least in my mind, don’t have anything to do with culpability. Just like plane crash doesn’t.
The issue I see is “car accident” tends to normalize the destruction caused by cars. It’s a public relations campaign. Oil and gas, and other industries could use the lesson it seems. Don’t call Deep Water Horizon a malfunction or problem. Just say hey it’s just an accident. Nobody intended anything bad so what’s the problem? Rest easy, go back to sleep. Just an accident...
Nobody cares that car wrecks are a leading cause of premature death amongst teenagers for example. It’s all just an accident.
They care when you change the narrative back to what it truly is. Unnecessary and premature deaths due to intentional design decisions and subsequent, avoidable but easy to predict car crashes.
The issue I see is “car accident” tends to normalize the destruction caused by cars. It’s a public relations campaign. Oil and gas, and other industries could use the lesson it seems. Don’t call Deep Water Horizon a malfunction or problem. Just say hey it’s just an accident. Nobody intended anything bad so what’s the problem? Rest easy, go back to sleep. Just an accident...
Nobody cares that car wrecks are a leading cause of premature death amongst teenagers for example. It’s all just an accident.
They care when you change the narrative back to what it truly is. Unnecessary and premature deaths due to intentional design decisions and subsequent, avoidable but easy to predict car crashes.