http://www.bp.com/li...rov_stream.html

Er not me as I would not like to see thousands of people lose their jobs. When everything goes ok, nobody praises them then. Its a tragic event that has happened but shouldn't people think about the guys who died in the initial explosion?

Ooh, topical!

Depends who may really be to blame - is it BP, is it Transocean as the rig builder and operator, and I've heard Halliburton's name in the mix as well... They should have completed all the necessary assessments honestly(which would be a first with the oil industry) and if there were risks, properly address them instead of trying to circumvent any rules, regs and responsibilities - and the authorities who signed everything off without too much scrutiny or due diligence, probably because of the promise of more jobs and greater tax take, might also be deemed culpable. Too late now, but if they can do all they can to try to make good the horrible outcome, and then some, and not try to shirk responsibilities with lengthy court cases, then at least it goes some way to putting things right. It doesn't make it right, but it's happened, so do what they can to fix it.

My, that was serious...

Incidentally, you could always boycott BP? I did, and still do, boycott Esso (Exxon) following the Exxon Valdez shambles...

Impressive. But not in a good way...

We all lose in a disaster like this.

Hopefully big oil, the US government, the voting populace and the rest of the world leaders learn from this experience.

Probably not.

no. why would anyone want to see them fail?

Hurricane season is just about open in the Gulf. It will be sad once we start hearing about all the damage this stuff will cause once it blows up on shore.

Do I want BP and its ____ thousand employees to fail? No. Do I wish the BP corporate fat cats can be held responsible for major fuck ups like this? Well of course.

The fishing industry has taken a huge hit - lots of lost jobs there because of this spill. But no I don't want to see BP fail as it would mean lost jobs of average people who have nothing to do with what happened off the LA shore.

We want BP to be held accountable for their accomplished failures and to try to make things right. I think we all can agree Big oil ought to take stronger measures to ensure they are prepared for something like this in the future. Because with our dependency on oil, it's a matter of time before something like this happens again. The Exxon Valdez incident was bad, but what we're faced with now is bad on galactic proportions.

That live feed in the first post shows what a hemorrhage this all is, and it's so sad because we can't do anything but sit by helpless not knowing if anyone really knows how to stop the bleeding. To think this could go on another couple of months is sick and sad. Hurricane season is upon us like Bosco says... we're expecting the inevitable when the tide turns and storms come. So it's a bit hard to see the damage that's already done and not approach this from an emotional point of view.

So my emotional response to this is summed up by this lovely picture here.

I agree with everything said by Whirly and Graysquire.

This is truly an event creating sadness--why would anyone wish to prolong and increase the magnitude of it? ಠ_ಠ

Such a ecological disaster. It will take years to see the impact on our ecosystem.

Bad for the Fishing industry!

And yeah, the government will step in of course. But when the years go bye after the damage control, BP will still be flashing money at Capital hill and cutting corners as usual.

of course we don't want to see a company fail since we unfortunately have so much dependence on oil companies, however, I live in Louisiana, and its been going on FAR too long. If they would have had the proper equipment on that rig, then this never would have happened. Ridiculous

I dont know what its like for BP workers in the UK but someone I know from another music forum said he got plasterd with eggs from one of those enviormentalist..