The Yes Men Fix the World Page #5

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SO WE ASKED:

THE B.B.C. IF,

INSTEAD OF COMING

TO THEIR HEADQUARTERS

IN LONDON,

WE COULD MEET THEM

IN NEUTRAL TERRITORY--

THE ORIGINAL LAND

OF REVOLUTION.

- ARE YOU

A LITTLE NERVOUS?

- I'M SO NERVOUS.

OH GOD, IT'S LIKE GOING

TO THE GUILLOTINE.

I THINK IT'S RIGHT NEAR

WHERE THEY USED TO HAVE

THE GUILLOTINE, TOO,

IN PARIS--

THE OFFICE.

MMM. YEAH, I THINK

IT'S THE BIGGEST THING

WE'VE EVER DONE--

THIS.

I HAVEN'T COMBED

MY HAIR IN LIKE...

- 100 YEARS?

- ...20 YEARS.

YEAH, REALLY.

I THINK I USED TO

DO IT THIS WAY.

ALL RIGHT.

WE'RE OFF.

OH GOD.

OH GOD.

WHEN WE ACQUIRED

UNION CARBIDE THREE YEARS AGO,

WE KNEW WHA WE WERE GETTING INTO.

TODAY WE ARE PREPARED

TO DO THE OBVIOUS.

LET'S SEE.

DON'T SHOW TOO MUCH

WHEN WE GET THERE, I THINK.

- HI. BONJOUR.

- BONJOUR, MONSIEUR.

You're watching BBC World,

our main headlines.

The world's worst

industrial accident

is being remembered

in India today.

It's 20 years

since deadly gas leaked

from the Union Carbide

chemical plant

in the city

of Bhopal.

At least 18,000 deaths

are attributed to the leak,

and many

local people say

that the contamination

has never been properly

cleared up.

YEAH, SHOULD I TYPICALLY

JUST LOOK...

- YEAH.

- ...RIGHT INTO

THE CAMERA? OKAY.

The factory

still exists here

and that's been

a real problem

for the people

living here locally.

The site--

I've been to it,

and it's full

of toxic waste.

People who are living

in these houses,

they've all got

a story to tell

about that day

20 years ago.

Many of them lost members

of their family,

and they say they are

continuing to suffer

because of the tragedy.

And they're saying

somebody needs

to answer for this.

Legally, what they're saying

is they want to pursue

the company to try

and clean up the site.

But whether the company

will accept liability

seems doubtful.

Well, joining us live

from Paris now is

Jude Finisterra.

He's a spokesman

for Dow Chemicals,

which took over

Union Carbide.

Good morning to you.

A day of commemoration

in Bhopal.

Do you now accept

responsibility

for what happened?

Steve, yes,

today is a great day

for all of us at Dow

and, I think,

for millions of people

around the world

as well.

It's 20 years

since the disaster

and today I'm very

very happy to announce

that for the first time

Dow is accepting

full responsibility

for the Bhopal catastrophe.

We have

a $12 billion plan

to finally,

at long last,

fully compensate

the victims,

including the 120,000

who may need medical care

for their entire lives,

AND TO FULLY AND SWIFTLY

REMEDIATE:

THE BHOPAL PLANT SITE.

Now when we acquired

Union Carbide three years ago

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