Post Titled: Harsh.

from BBC:

"One file records a payment of $35,000 made to a family in Hib Hib, Iraq, after US forces "accidentally discharged 155 mm rounds", killing three children aged five, 16 and 18 and damaging their home.
Another, dating from February 2006, describes how a fisherman in Tikrit was shot as he reached down to switch off the engine of his boat. He had been shouting "fish, fish" and pointing to his catch.
The US Army refused to compensate his family for his death, ruling that it was the result of combat activity, but paid $3,500 for the loss of his boat - which drifted off - net and mobile phone.
In a third file, a civilian states that US forces opened fire with more than 100 rounds on his sleeping family, killing his mother, father and brother. He was also hurt and 32 of the family's sheep killed.
The US Army paid $11,200 compensation and made a $2,500 condolence payment. It had been responding to an attack from the direction of the village."

I usually just ry not to dwell on this, but sometimes It is so hard (if not impossible) to justify what we have done in/to Iraq...

and anybody else tired of the use of ___ 2.0 yet, I think I am... like THIS: Krieg 2.0. What ever happened "Krieg Nouveau"?

other things eating my brain (rant after coming across so many "Corporate Social Responsibility" spiels on various corporate websites:
The Other Green (Not Easy Being Green… or is it?)
In recent history and particularly in recent months the global Go Green movement has practically reached a fever pitch. In order to present themselves as Socially Responsible and/or politically correct, companies must have some sort of environmental cause or sustainable methods and practices… are there any out there that do not? Go to any website and it is basically guaranteed that there is a section for “products and services are produced using our alternative fuel vehicles” or “offsetting emissions of carbon dioxide.”
Is this just bullshit?
When compared to the enormity of the environmental issue, which had been a real warning for decades now, are these efforts sincere or just corporate bandwagoning? What does a company have to gain by “going green” besides the respect, loyalty, and business of its clients and customers whom also believe in the cause or would feel too guilty not to buy into it.
Other questions which arise, …
Much like the tobacco industry spending more money on PR and marketing to tell us what good things it is doing that it actually spends on DOING those good things…

In linguistic complaints, this happens all the time:
I look up a word in German and get 20 different definitions in english... what the hell