Sunday, November 24, 2013

Collateral damage in Riga


After the collapse of that newly built supermarket which killed dozens of shoppers and three resquers, the president of Latvia described the tragic accident as “large-scale murder of many defenseless people.” Strong words reflecting much justified indignation – which also raise the obvious question: who was the murderer in this case?

I guess – the profit motive, though you can’t quite put it on trial.