Wednesday, September 24, 2008

(Organic) Animal Farm

With the latest tainted products scandal unfolding in China which has caused 4 infant deaths and tens of thousands of ill children due to poisoned formula, the Chinese Communist elites are insulated from the problems the mere peasants face:

While China grapples with its latest tainted food crisis, the political elite are served the choicest, safest delicacies. They get hormone-free beef from the grasslands of Inner Mongolia, organic tea from the foothills of Tibet and rice watered by melted mountain snow.

And it's all supplied by a special government outfit that provides all-organic goods from farms working under the strictest guidelines.

That secure food supply stands in stark contrast to the frustrations of ordinary citizens who have faced recurring food scandals — vegetables with harmful pesticide residue, fish tainted with a cancer-causing chemical, eggs colored with industrial dye, fake liquor causing blindness or death, holiday pastries with bacteria-laden filling.


It's nice to know that in China, not everyone has to endure that gut-wrenching pain that comes from seeing your child sickened and wondering if your little one will die or be crippled for life.

Some are more equal than others.