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Duer 157099 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-29-10 03:19 PM
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243. Since gas consumers cannot boycott BP directly, they put pressure on those who buy from BP
And I presume those would be the BP station owners.

The logic of refraining from putting pressure on a big corporation because it hurts the workers is the same logic that says we need to continue deep water drilling in the Gulf (even as there are ZERO response elements available for any accident) because otherwise people will lose their jobs.

You think corporations don't purposely use "baby shields" to deflect any harm from coming their way?

Pressure has to trickle up the chain.

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