More like the bank opening the door and giving you a legal paper giving you permission to walk in and take the money.
The point is, if BP in this case followed every single US regulation and best practice in drilling and something went wrong that isn't human error, then they clearly aren't as culpable as if they didn't and knowingly broke regulations.
To go back to your car driving analogy - it is like the difference between someone driving within the speed limit in a car that has been MOTed versus someone driving at 90 miles an hour in a 30 zone, while swigger gin in a car that is out of MOT.
Of course all of that is getting away from the extremely stupid post by lyringlas who is now trying to claim that the oil leak is like sex trafficing minors.
The point is, if BP in this case followed every single US regulation and best practice in drilling and something went wrong that isn't human error, then they clearly aren't as culpable as if they didn't and knowingly broke regulations.
To go back to your car driving analogy - it is like the difference between someone driving within the speed limit in a car that has been MOTed versus someone driving at 90 miles an hour in a 30 zone, while swigger gin in a car that is out of MOT.
Of course all of that is getting away from the extremely stupid post by lyringlas who is now trying to claim that the oil leak is like sex trafficing minors.
*MySmiley*
Robert Graves "There is no money in poetry, but then there is no poetry in money, either."
Henning Mankell "We must defend the open society, because if we start locking our doors, if we let fear decide, the person who committed the act of terror will win"
Robert Graves "There is no money in poetry, but then there is no poetry in money, either."
Henning Mankell "We must defend the open society, because if we start locking our doors, if we let fear decide, the person who committed the act of terror will win"
Bailout for BP?
- 10/06/2010 08:28:17 AM
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this government won't bail out BP
- 10/06/2010 08:43:01 AM
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In response to: "pipes leak, it happens"
- 10/06/2010 02:41:17 PM
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Would it be totally wrong to have such an award? 
- 10/06/2010 03:11:06 PM
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- 10/06/2010 03:11:06 PM
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A minor point I realise
- 10/06/2010 04:34:13 PM
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If other companies were involved, then they certainly share responsibility.
- 10/06/2010 05:08:19 PM
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100% responsible? Nobody is claiming they're 100% responsible.
- 10/06/2010 11:46:17 PM
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Ah. I was misled by no one seeming to talk about the other parties involved.
- 11/06/2010 10:10:06 AM
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I guess it depends on your definition of "proved."
- 11/06/2010 05:45:58 PM
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I have seen those allegations
- 12/06/2010 11:14:41 AM
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Mm, yes, we know how troublesome Congressional investigations are.
- 13/06/2010 06:49:15 AM
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It hasn't had "British" in the name since 2001 *NM*
- 13/06/2010 07:30:19 AM
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I am aware of that. I am referencing the idiotic claim of Brits that this is a national bias. *NM*
- 13/06/2010 07:35:25 AM
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You are clearly over emotional about this, not much point in trying to use reason with you *NM*
- 14/06/2010 10:36:15 AM
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Come take a trip down here and then give me a sanctimonious lecture on emotion. Get stuffed.
- 15/06/2010 12:05:33 AM
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Ironic
- 10/06/2010 03:27:12 PM
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Kids deserve to be sold into sex trafficking, but I'm ignorant and not too interested about it
- 10/06/2010 03:42:05 PM
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The end of that still sounds like "it's the bank fault I robbed them,'cos their security's so bad. "
- 11/06/2010 01:33:44 PM
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Except it isn't really like that, is it?
- 11/06/2010 02:27:56 PM
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Honestly? Foxhead was in trouble soon as he said (basically) "I know naught of this, but think... "
- 11/06/2010 02:54:37 PM
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Seems so, given lyringlas is an idiot. As his replies have shown.
- 11/06/2010 03:04:28 PM
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*shrugs* If you don't know, don't speak.
- 11/06/2010 03:57:25 PM
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if you don't know, ask
- 12/06/2010 02:23:47 PM
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You really are an idiot.
- 13/06/2010 06:55:21 AM
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you know i went back to my post just to see exactly how it was i pissed you off
- 10/06/2010 04:40:50 PM
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Also, I'm pretty shocked by this quote
- 10/06/2010 01:09:09 PM
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Anthony Weiner is anything but a sensible democrat congressman. *NM*
- 10/06/2010 04:18:21 PM
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Yeah, I was wondering about that - never heard of him before. *NM*
- 10/06/2010 04:24:10 PM
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Things you might want to consider. Especially Americans
- 10/06/2010 06:00:06 PM
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Transocean is Swiss, actually. w/ EDIT
- 10/06/2010 07:09:22 PM
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In name, not in reality
- 10/06/2010 07:14:26 PM
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True, Switzerland isn't known for its deepwater oil drilling. 
*NM*
- 10/06/2010 07:38:09 PM
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*NM*
- 10/06/2010 07:38:09 PM
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