![]() 01/29/2018 at 08:40 • Filed to: bbc, diesel, vw, bmw, mercedes, opel | ![]() | ![]() |
from the BBC
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Germany doesn’t exactly have a very good record on human experimentation.
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Mind you the testing was done by an American lab, not by VW.
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No, but the Americans did these tests.
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Americans don’t have a very good record either.
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The Simpsons kind of predicted it:
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Too soon?
![]() 01/29/2018 at 09:51 |
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Probably.
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What’s worse is that unlike Germany, we sweep things under the rug that hardly anyone remembers these atrocities.
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“We didn’t notice any strange-smelling emissions in the vicinity.”
—German citizens, 1945–2013
/sorry...complacency must be called out ad infinitum
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Germans sure like their gasses...
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From the BBC article:
“Reacting to the NYT report about the monkey experiments, VW tweeted on Saturday that it “explicitly distances itself clearly from all forms of animal abuse”. ”
So humans are still fair game, huh?
Also, there is no response from BMW in the article.
![]() 01/29/2018 at 11:42 |
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Reuters reported that the testing was done in relation to workplace safety, it cars. And the lab wasn’t run by the automakers.
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Funded by automakers though