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| 26799 | 330 | OIL ON THE BEACH | 79 | deepsouth | Jun 13, 2010 | 2010-06-13T11:43:38-0400 | Kiwi, here's my take on your comments. First, I don't care what country the owners (shareholders) live in. (I'm not angry with the British people or government, just the company that has brought this upon us and the US Government for not being proactive in mitigating the effects of the spill.) If they decide to invest in a company that is willing to rape the environment, then they can lose money when the rape occurs and justice is demanded. Investment is a gamble. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. Second, the gas stations are independently owned by local people who buy a franchise so they can use the brand. BP, by their actions, has destroyed the brand that those people have paid to use. The franchisees should sue BP for not holding up their end of the contract and causing Joe Gas Station Owner to lose money. I refuse to put as much as a single penny in BP's coffers if I can avoid it. It gets worse. In this country, stations of many different brands get their gas from the same refinery. They just put their brand's additives in the tank and slap their name on it. It's all very incestuous, don't you think? Now about those apostrophes. It is improper to use an apostrophe to form the plural of a noun. Petrol Station's would properly be petrol stations. The same for the other instances where you've used an apostrophe to form the plural (American's, guy's, yourselve's). Apostrophes are normally used in a contraction like "don't" to show that a letter is missing (don't = do not) or to show possession as in "the dude's head split open when the board hit it". Go ahead and use all the punctuation you want, any way you please. That part of it is all in good fun. But I'm serious about hoping BP loses big time to serve as an example to others who may consider doing the same thing and think there won't be consequences. |