WOW... Oil spill pictures.

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It isn't really about that.

They fucked up, to say the least. But,
1. They aren't the only game in town, and are not the only ones who would be affected by such a ridiculous and nearly impossible boycott.
2. Severely altering your way of life in an effort to teach them some sort of lesson, as if they haven't already seen the err of their ways and are not already paying for it, is dumb.

Worry about the finger-pointing and blame-placing legal ramifications bullshit later. There will be plenty of time for it.
Look how long it took Exxon to bounce back from their little fuckup, which seems like spilled milk compared to this.

Trust me, BP ain't out of the water yet.
 
proper construction and safety inspections could have minimized the leak to a very short period of time
 
The acoustic trigger costs about $500,000. Estimated costs of the oil spill to Gulf Coast residents are now upward of $14 billion to gulf state communities. Bush's 2005 energy bill officially dropped the requirement for the acoustic switch off devices explaining that the industry's existing practices are "failsafe."

YEAH, TOO MUCH REGULATION RIGHT THERE.
 
It ultimately lays at their feet. They were advised by other companies involved in the drilling that they shouldn't do what they were doing. They were told that it was risky. They knew what could potentially happen.

This wasn't a malicious act of war or terror that we should have been "on guard" for. We shouldn't have to have all sorts of regulations and shit in place, because these companies know the difference between the right and wrong way to do this shit, and they should take the necessary precautions on their own.

The fact that we have to is regrettable, and we should push for reasonable regulations, but that doesn't mean that it's wrong to crucify BP for what is ultimately their responsibility.
 
It's leaking 100,000 barrels a day, that's kinda something that takes a little bit of planning before deciding on a plan of action, especially when other attempts haven't worked.
 
Seems like every generation we have one of these.

There's an oil spill which leads to outrage which leads to some talk of reform and change which leads to another 10-15 years where regulation and oversight becomes lax which leads to another oil spill. Rinse and repeat.
 
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