Shut Down BP
So, British Petroleum has had a whole lot to do lately, understandably so. I mean they put the oil there. What about accountability; who’s to blame? Can you blame one person, or does the corporation take accountability on a whole? Well, if that’s the case then I don’t think it’s that harsh of a punishment for the whole corporation to be shut down, for good. I’m sorry BP, but you messed up real bad so we need to take your business and shut it down. That’s how it should be done, but it’s not. We live in a culture, or better yet we’ve allowed a culture to be created, were corporations don’t face the same accountability as you or I.
I’m not sure if many people know but this has happened before. Not the exact situation of course. But, in 2005, a British Petroleum refinery in Texas exploded killing 15 people and injuring 170 others
So 15 people died as a result, and with that came the reports that BP was ignoring safety protocol. They should have been shut down then, but instead they are allowed to record profits year after year.
Now this happens. And reports are starting to surface that BP once again ignored safety protocol. Like we haven’t learned our lesson about these corporate entities, they don’t care! Would you let someone throw garbage in your backyard and piss in your pool? I bet you wouldn’t. So, why do we let rich people do what they want? Yes, I said rich people, because British Petroleum is made of people. They aren’t some non-human entity. This is an example of greedy people doing horrible things to other people. Look at it no other way.
