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13eetleJuice said:

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Thebooedocksaint said:

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13eetleJuice said:
First, I don't hate BP; my fiance just so happens to sell their gasoline.

Secondly, those who are hired to make decisions of large impact for the best interest of that company which pays them a check, do so in the company's best interest. If they do not, they will be out of a job. You see this is how capitalism works, my friend. If Joe Blow wants to have a conscience and do the "right thing" for humanity, he doesn't get a paycheck anymore. Those that get promoted within any company are those that are willing to look out for the best interests of the company.

My point here is that there is a conflict of interest in letting the company that caused the spill oversee it's cleanup efforts. BP dropped the ball. Early reports suggest that safety measures were compromised in favor of profit indicating irresponsibility and an impeachment of ethics but, we won't know anything for sure until an investigation into BP's internal affairs is concluded.

Can you not understand and concede to the conflict of interest I'm speaking of?

I haven't said that BP is guilty of ANY wrong doing. The potential exists however and as such they should not be the authority in charge of the clean up of their own spilled milk for I fear they might just try to shovel some of it under the rug, and not because they are the "Evil BP Corporation" but simply because it's in their best interest. Companies in this capitalistic economy are forced into the unethical decisions that are made every day in order to stay competitive.

It's simply economics, a place where ethics don't exist. I'm sorry.

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I'll agree that they want to do whats best for their job.

But how is not cleaning it up ASAP going to help BP at all.


It is completely in their best interest to clean it up.

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Have you watched the video about the dispersal agents being used? They're spraying chemicals on the oil slick that disperse the oil. Now to the typical layman and otherwise uninformed general public, this might seem like a good idea. They see oil. BP sprays chemical to DISPERSE the oil. Public doesn't see big oil slick anymore... I guess it must have disappeared, HOORAY BP!


...nope, it's just dispersed across a LARGER VOLUME OF WATER.

That's just the most recent case in point and granted, I'm not geo-marine-biologist-type but I suspect that the use of this dispersal agent will eventually come to be known as a complication to the REAL clean-up efforts when they begin which are generally long term strategies. One could use Google to research previous spills both in the U.S. and around the globe to get an idea of how long it actually takes to clean up all of the mess.

I'm not an expert! I can't argue that what BP is doing isn't the best way to go about it. I'm only pointing to the elephant in the room that is the conflict of interest I've spoken of.

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13eetleJuice said:
Btw, I meant no offence when I remarked that your arguments were foolish. I do, say, and think many foolish things every day. It was a rather untactful approach at conversation and for that I offer my apology.

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I think many impossible things every day.

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13eetleJuice said:
Seven impossible things before breakfast even?

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pft, ten things before brunch.