Reply #26: A couple of notes for Hugh Depland:

[DLnyc]

1) Oil isn't the only source of energy.

2) Capitalism is not the only economic model.

3) Corporatism is not the only possible philosophy of government.

4) Condescending paternalism is not the only form of social interaction.

5) De facto amnesty for persons involved in massive ecocide is not the only option.

6) Allowing psychopathic corporations to continue to exist is not the only path available in the future.

7) Liability caps for large oil corporations are not the only approach to extracting payment for ecological damage of massive proportions.

8) Allowing executives who pushed underlings into destroying an entire gulf to continue to walk the streets is not the only choice.

9) Winking at criminal levels of bribery and corruption, which led to this disaster, is not the only way.

10) Continued existence of BP, and physical liberty of its executives, is not necessarily something to count on in the future.