proper perspective? LOL. what sort of political correctness by another name is this?
the reality is, if there is a "proper perspective", it is not had by people who have never stepped foot in a tidal wetland. Those who think they can quantify the destruction in terms of gallons of oil, length of leak, square miles covered and other such "logical" ways of comparing oil spills. it is the hallmark of the uneducated.
I feel for my Louisiana brothers and sisters, for I have stepped foot in a tidal wetland.