LOOSE NUTS: FOR YOUR ENJOYMENT Children Of Angolan Rebel Don’t Like How Dad Is Represented The children of anti-communist Angolan rebel leader Jonas Savimbi are suing the makers of Call of Duty, Activision, for how their dad is represented in the video game. The US-backed Savimbi is known to have carried out a brutal civil war against the Soviet backed Angolan government at the time and to have “pioneered” the use of blood diamonds. The children said that “seeing him kill people […] that isn’t dad.”
Parting Thoughts: Profiting From Another’s MisfortuneDuring a conference in NYC, consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton’s CFO Kevin Cook told attendees that the “Saudis are at war with Yemen and they are worried about sanctions being lifted on Iran, so there is opportunity for us to support them in their initiatives, so I feel good about that.” The comments implied that Booz Allen stood to profit from the Middle East quagmire and raised the uncomfortable question of when/where firms can benefit from others’ hardship. Have a thought? Write about it on Slant (just let them know you are a Pnut reader). |