BP and Justified Terrorism

[Kamsaki]

Kyoto. Copenhagen. America, notoriously, doesn't care about the environment. And yet today we have the government acting all high and mighty on the need for environmental safeguards, new low-carbon fuel use and the accountability of British Petroleum for the damage inflicted by their operations. Suddenly, they seem to have awoken to the need for tight regulation on the acquisition of oil.

What's different? Why, it's because it's affecting the Gulf of Mexico. Screw the hundreds of thousands losing their lives across the world because of the impact of global warming; Eleven Americans die in an oil rig failure and their fishermen lose their income and the accountability of big oil is now of the utmost importance.

I put it to the members of NSG that America has just demonstrated why Terrorism is a warranted strategy to use against them in international diplomacy; because it doesn't care unless whatever your problems are are made to affect them directly.

[Mikedor]

Kyoto. Copenhagen. America, notoriously, doesn't care about the environment. And yet today we have the government acting all high and mighty on the need for environmental safeguards, new low-carbon fuel use and the accountability of British Petroleum for the damage inflicted by their operations. Suddenly, they seem to have awoken to the need for tight regulation on the acquisition of oil.

What's different? Why, it's because it's affecting the Gulf of Mexico. Screw the hundreds of thousands losing their lives across the world because of the impact of global warming; Eleven Americans die in an oil rig failure and the accountability of big oil is now of the utmost importance.

I put it to the members of NSG that America has just demonstrated why Terrorism is a warranted strategy to use against them in international diplomacy; because it doesn't care unless whatever your problems are are made to affect them directly.

I'd hide if I was you:

Robot assassins patrolling the skies.

[Kamsaki]

I'd hide if I was you:

Robot assassins patrolling the skies.

You just wanted an excuse to post an XKCD comic, didn't you?

[Andaluciae]

Kyoto. Copenhagen. America, notoriously, doesn't care about the environment. And yet today we have the government acting all high and mighty on the need for environmental safeguards, new low-carbon fuel use and the accountability of British Petroleum for the damage inflicted by their operations. Suddenly, they seem to have awoken to the need for tight regulation on the acquisition of oil.

What's different? Why, it's because it's affecting the Gulf of Mexico. Screw the hundreds of thousands losing their lives across the world because of the impact of global warming; Eleven Americans die in an oil rig failure and their fishermen lose their income and the accountability of big oil is now of the utmost importance.

I put it to the members of NSG that America has just demonstrated why Terrorism is a warranted strategy to use against them in international diplomacy; because it doesn't care unless whatever your problems are are made to affect them directly.

Actually, the US tried at Copenhagen--it was the developing world that scuttled anything meaningful from happening. Especially China, India, South Africa and Brazil.

[Illithar]

Kyoto. Copenhagen. America, notoriously, doesn't care about the environment. And yet today we have the government acting all high and mighty on the need for environmental safeguards, new low-carbon fuel use and the accountability of British Petroleum for the damage inflicted by their operations. Suddenly, they seem to have awoken to the need for tight regulation on the acquisition of oil.

What's different? Why, it's because it's affecting the Gulf of Mexico. Screw the hundreds of thousands losing their lives across the world because of the impact of global warming; Eleven Americans die in an oil rig failure and their fishermen lose their income and the accountability of big oil is now of the utmost importance.

I put it to the members of NSG that America has just demonstrated why Terrorism is a warranted strategy to use against them in international diplomacy; because it doesn't care unless whatever your problems are are made to affect them directly.

Yes, because all other nations in the world are so kind and benevolent! That's why there are no civil wars, no genocides, no starving people, no oppression and curtailing of rights except in that theocratic hell-hole ruled by capitalist pig-dogs!
All Evil comes from Amerikkka! Yay Terrorism! Huzzah for Al Queda! Destroy the Oppressors! Raise the Red Flag!

All Hail Osama, Liberator of Gays!

Wait a minute...

[The State of Arizona]

Kyoto. Copenhagen. America, notoriously, doesn't care about the environment. And yet today we have the government acting all high and mighty on the need for environmental safeguards, new low-carbon fuel use and the accountability of British Petroleum for the damage inflicted by their operations. Suddenly, they seem to have awoken to the need for tight regulation on the acquisition of oil.

What's different? Why, it's because it's affecting the Gulf of Mexico. Screw the hundreds of thousands losing their lives across the world because of the impact of global warming; Eleven Americans die in an oil rig failure and their fishermen lose their income and the accountability of big oil is now of the utmost importance.

I put it to the members of NSG that America has just demonstrated why Terrorism is a warranted strategy to use against them in international diplomacy; because it doesn't care unless whatever your problems are are made to affect them directly.

Actually, the US tried at Copenhagen--it was the developing world that scuttled anything meaningful from happening. Especially China, India, South Africa and Brazil.

Don't bother. From the wording of his opening post he's clearly chose to ignore all facts that differ from his opinion.

OP is either a poorly disguised troll or ignorant of reality.

[Chazicaria]

Kyoto. Copenhagen. America, notoriously, doesn't care about the environment. And yet today we have the government acting all high and mighty on the need for environmental safeguards, new low-carbon fuel use and the accountability of British Petroleum for the damage inflicted by their operations. Suddenly, they seem to have awoken to the need for tight regulation on the acquisition of oil.

What's different? Why, it's because it's affecting the Gulf of Mexico. Screw the hundreds of thousands losing their lives across the world because of the impact of global warming; Eleven Americans die in an oil rig failure and their fishermen lose their income and the accountability of big oil is now of the utmost importance.

I put it to the members of NSG that America has just demonstrated why Terrorism is a warranted strategy to use against them in international diplomacy; because it doesn't care unless whatever your problems are are made to affect them directly.

That post made me very angry. You think that just because a few fish die and the environment get hurt, that terrorism that has killed thousands of fucking people is justified? WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU! BP (a British, not American company) screwed up and that does not warrant murder, no matter how you see it.

[Ifreann]

Murder for the environment, how lovely.

[Karsol]

Kyoto. Copenhagen. America, notoriously, doesn't care about the environment. And yet today we have the government acting all high and mighty on the need for environmental safeguards, new low-carbon fuel use and the accountability of British Petroleum for the damage inflicted by their operations. Suddenly, they seem to have awoken to the need for tight regulation on the acquisition of oil.

What's different? Why, it's because it's affecting the Gulf of Mexico. Screw the hundreds of thousands losing their lives across the world because of the impact of global warming; Eleven Americans die in an oil rig failure and their fishermen lose their income and the accountability of big oil is now of the utmost importance.

I put it to the members of NSG that America has just demonstrated why Terrorism is a warranted strategy to use against them in international diplomacy; because it doesn't care unless whatever your problems are are made to affect them directly.

Actually, the US tried at Copenhagen--it was the developing world that scuttled anything meaningful from happening. Especially China, India, South Africa and Brazil.

Don't bother. From the wording of his opening post he's clearly chose to ignore all facts that differ from his opinion.

OP is either a poorly disguised troll or ignorant of reality.

Still ecoterrorism sounds fun, just destroy the major sources of a nations wealth, commerce and power and watch it fall. You don;t have to endanger any lives either, well, directly.

[Puff-Puff-Pass Land]

Kyoto. Copenhagen. America, notoriously, doesn't care about the environment. And yet today we have the government acting all high and mighty on the need for environmental safeguards, new low-carbon fuel use and the accountability of British Petroleum for the damage inflicted by their operations. Suddenly, they seem to have awoken to the need for tight regulation on the acquisition of oil.

What's different? Why, it's because it's affecting the Gulf of Mexico. Screw the hundreds of thousands losing their lives across the world because of the impact of global warming; Eleven Americans die in an oil rig failure and their fishermen lose their income and the accountability of big oil is now of the utmost importance.

I put it to the members of NSG that America has just demonstrated why Terrorism is a warranted strategy to use against them in international diplomacy; because it doesn't care unless whatever your problems are are made to affect them directly.

Actually, the US tried at Copenhagen--it was the developing world that scuttled anything meaningful from happening. Especially China, India, South Africa and Brazil.

Don't bother. From the wording of his opening post he's clearly chose to ignore all facts that differ from his opinion.

OP is either a poorly disguised troll or ignorant of reality.

Still ecoterrorism sounds fun, just destroy the major sources of a nations wealth, commerce and power and watch it fall. You don;t have to endanger any lives either, well, directly.

Hooray for cyberterrorism!

[The State of Arizona]

Yes, but OP didn't cite ecoterrorism or helping the earth. Just conventional terrorism because he has a beef with the US's enviromental policies. It's not countries like China or Brazil's fault, its always BIG BAD AMERICA!

[Illithar]

Kyoto. Copenhagen. America, notoriously, doesn't care about the environment. And yet today we have the government acting all high and mighty on the need for environmental safeguards, new low-carbon fuel use and the accountability of British Petroleum for the damage inflicted by their operations. Suddenly, they seem to have awoken to the need for tight regulation on the acquisition of oil.

What's different? Why, it's because it's affecting the Gulf of Mexico. Screw the hundreds of thousands losing their lives across the world because of the impact of global warming; Eleven Americans die in an oil rig failure and their fishermen lose their income and the accountability of big oil is now of the utmost importance.

I put it to the members of NSG that America has just demonstrated why Terrorism is a warranted strategy to use against them in international diplomacy; because it doesn't care unless whatever your problems are are made to affect them directly.

Actually, the US tried at Copenhagen--it was the developing world that scuttled anything meaningful from happening. Especially China, India, South Africa and Brazil.

Don't bother. From the wording of his opening post he's clearly chose to ignore all facts that differ from his opinion.

OP is either a poorly disguised troll or ignorant of reality.

Still ecoterrorism sounds fun, just destroy the major sources of a nations wealth, commerce and power and watch it fall. You don;t have to endanger any lives either, well, directly.

Hooray for cyberterrorism!

It's all still terrorism. Ultimately, people are going to die anyway.

[Suckeryou]

Kyoto. Copenhagen. America, notoriously, doesn't care about the environment. And yet today we have the government acting all high and mighty on the need for environmental safeguards, new low-carbon fuel use and the accountability of British Petroleum for the damage inflicted by their operations. Suddenly, they seem to have awoken to the need for tight regulation on the acquisition of oil.

What's different? Why, it's because it's affecting the Gulf of Mexico. Screw the hundreds of thousands losing their lives across the world because of the impact of global warming; Eleven Americans die in an oil rig failure and their fishermen lose their income and the accountability of big oil is now of the utmost importance.

I put it to the members of NSG that America has just demonstrated why Terrorism is a warranted strategy to use against them in international diplomacy; because it doesn't care unless whatever your problems are are made to affect them directly.

Actually, the US tried at Copenhagen--it was the developing world that scuttled anything meaningful from happening. Especially China, India, South Africa and Brazil.

+1.
Methinks agents from Kamsaki set charges on the platform. A very productive well would have been very profitable. Instead of stopping Dividends for the rest of the year (and possibly longer) BP stock would have kept rising.

MSNBC is well known for being well known for its leftist slant on the news. And the site mentioned in the OP is well known for its Junk Science.

I can hardly wait for tomorrow's strip:

[Brewdomia]

Kyoto. Copenhagen. America, notoriously, doesn't care about the environment. And yet today we have the government acting all high and mighty on the need for environmental safeguards, new low-carbon fuel use and the accountability of British Petroleum for the damage inflicted by their operations. Suddenly, they seem to have awoken to the need for tight regulation on the acquisition of oil.

What's different? Why, it's because it's affecting the Gulf of Mexico. Screw the hundreds of thousands losing their lives across the world because of the impact of global warming; Eleven Americans die in an oil rig failure and their fishermen lose their income and the accountability of big oil is now of the utmost importance.

I put it to the members of NSG that America has just demonstrated why Terrorism is a warranted strategy to use against them in international diplomacy; because it doesn't care unless whatever your problems are are made to affect them directly.

Actually, the US tried at Copenhagen--it was the developing world that scuttled anything meaningful from happening. Especially China, India, South Africa and Brazil.

Don't bother. From the wording of his opening post he's clearly chose to ignore all facts that differ from his opinion.

OP is either a poorly disguised troll or ignorant of reality.

Still ecoterrorism sounds fun, just destroy the major sources of a nations wealth, commerce and power and watch it fall. You don;t have to endanger any lives either, well, directly.

Idk if your joking or not, but wealth and power are good.

[Horsefish]

@Chazicaria

BP is not a British company. It's just a company.

[Illithar]

Yes, but OP didn't cite ecoterrorism or helping the earth. Just conventional terrorism because he has a beef with the US's enviromental policies. It's not countries like China or Brazil's fault, its always BIG BAD AMERICA!

What, you didn't know America was behind all the world's evils?

[Andaluciae]

Kyoto. Copenhagen. America, notoriously, doesn't care about the environment. And yet today we have the government acting all high and mighty on the need for environmental safeguards, new low-carbon fuel use and the accountability of British Petroleum for the damage inflicted by their operations. Suddenly, they seem to have awoken to the need for tight regulation on the acquisition of oil.

What's different? Why, it's because it's affecting the Gulf of Mexico. Screw the hundreds of thousands losing their lives across the world because of the impact of global warming; Eleven Americans die in an oil rig failure and their fishermen lose their income and the accountability of big oil is now of the utmost importance.

I put it to the members of NSG that America has just demonstrated why Terrorism is a warranted strategy to use against them in international diplomacy; because it doesn't care unless whatever your problems are are made to affect them directly.

Actually, the US tried at Copenhagen--it was the developing world that scuttled anything meaningful from happening. Especially China, India, South Africa and Brazil.

Don't bother. From the wording of his opening post he's clearly chose to ignore all facts that differ from his opinion.

OP is either a poorly disguised troll or ignorant of reality.

Still ecoterrorism sounds fun, just destroy the major sources of a nations wealth, commerce and power and watch it fall. You don;t have to endanger any lives either, well, directly.

And how do you propose to do that?

[Gift-of-god]

That post made me very angry.

I think that was Kamsaki's point. USians don't get angered about a specific issue unless it is seen as attacking them. In this regard, USians are not too different from other human beings.

You think that just because a few fish die and the environment get hurt, that terrorism that has killed thousands of fucking people is justified? WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU! BP (a British, not American company) screwed up and that does not warrant murder, no matter how you see it.

I doubt that Kamsaki was arguing that the WTC attacks or other such horrific attacks are somehow justified because of the US's disregard for the environment. More likely, Kamsaki was pointing out that the average US citizen was unaware of US foreign policy and how that could result in blowback before 9/11. Apparently, it took 9/11 before Usonians began seriously debating the intelligence of running US foreign policy as a realpolitik game.

And it has apparently taken an environmental disaster that directly affects the economy of portions of the USA before serious discussion on fossil fuel use can be had.

[The State of Arizona]

Yes, but OP didn't cite ecoterrorism or helping the earth. Just conventional terrorism because he has a beef with the US's enviromental policies. It's not countries like China or Brazil's fault, its always BIG BAD AMERICA!

What, you didn't know America was behind all the world's evils?

I am slowly learning about it on NSG.
The World's Enviroment? Only America's fault.
The Holocaust? America's fault.
The Mongol Invasions of China, the Middle East, and Russia? Definitely America's fault.

[Ifreann]

Kyoto. Copenhagen. America, notoriously, doesn't care about the environment. And yet today we have the government acting all high and mighty on the need for environmental safeguards, new low-carbon fuel use and the accountability of British Petroleum for the damage inflicted by their operations. Suddenly, they seem to have awoken to the need for tight regulation on the acquisition of oil.

What's different? Why, it's because it's affecting the Gulf of Mexico. Screw the hundreds of thousands losing their lives across the world because of the impact of global warming; Eleven Americans die in an oil rig failure and their fishermen lose their income and the accountability of big oil is now of the utmost importance.

I put it to the members of NSG that America has just demonstrated why Terrorism is a warranted strategy to use against them in international diplomacy; because it doesn't care unless whatever your problems are are made to affect them directly.

Actually, the US tried at Copenhagen--it was the developing world that scuttled anything meaningful from happening. Especially China, India, South Africa and Brazil.

Don't bother. From the wording of his opening post he's clearly chose to ignore all facts that differ from his opinion.

OP is either a poorly disguised troll or ignorant of reality.

Still ecoterrorism sounds fun, just destroy the major sources of a nations wealth, commerce and power and watch it fall. You don;t have to endanger any lives either, well, directly.

And how do you propose to do that?

Politely request an evacuation of the drilling platform before you blow it up.

[Karsol]

Kyoto. Copenhagen. America, notoriously, doesn't care about the environment. And yet today we have the government acting all high and mighty on the need for environmental safeguards, new low-carbon fuel use and the accountability of British Petroleum for the damage inflicted by their operations. Suddenly, they seem to have awoken to the need for tight regulation on the acquisition of oil.

What's different? Why, it's because it's affecting the Gulf of Mexico. Screw the hundreds of thousands losing their lives across the world because of the impact of global warming; Eleven Americans die in an oil rig failure and their fishermen lose their income and the accountability of big oil is now of the utmost importance.

I put it to the members of NSG that America has just demonstrated why Terrorism is a warranted strategy to use against them in international diplomacy; because it doesn't care unless whatever your problems are are made to affect them directly.

Actually, the US tried at Copenhagen--it was the developing world that scuttled anything meaningful from happening. Especially China, India, South Africa and Brazil.

Don't bother. From the wording of his opening post he's clearly chose to ignore all facts that differ from his opinion.

OP is either a poorly disguised troll or ignorant of reality.

Still ecoterrorism sounds fun, just destroy the major sources of a nations wealth, commerce and power and watch it fall. You don;t have to endanger any lives either, well, directly.

Hooray for cyberterrorism!

It's all still terrorism. Ultimately, people are going to die anyway.

Terrorism only needs one thing, to promote terror in a population, deaths are ultimately a secondary affect or a means to illicit terror, it is not necessarily needed.

[Andaluciae]

That post made me very angry.

I think that was Kamsaki's point. USians don't get angered about a specific issue unless it is seen as attacking them. In this regard, USians are not too different from other human beings.

You think that just because a few fish die and the environment get hurt, that terrorism that has killed thousands of fucking people is justified? WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU! BP (a British, not American company) screwed up and that does not warrant murder, no matter how you see it.

I doubt that Kamsaki was arguing that the WTC attacks or other such horrific attacks are somehow justified because of the US's disregard for the environment. More likely, Kamsaki was pointing out that the average US citizen was unaware of US foreign policy and how that could result in blowback before 9/11. Apparently, it took 9/11 before Usonians began seriously debating the intelligence of running US foreign policy as a realpolitik game.

And it has apparently taken an environmental disaster that directly affects the economy of portions of the USA before serious discussion on fossil fuel use can be had.

Usonians are subject to availability heuristics...remarkable

[Buffett and Colbert]

Kyoto. Copenhagen. America, notoriously, doesn't care about the environment. And yet today we have the government acting all high and mighty on the need for environmental safeguards, new low-carbon fuel use and the accountability of British Petroleum for the damage inflicted by their operations. Suddenly, they seem to have awoken to the need for tight regulation on the acquisition of oil.

What's different? Why, it's because it's affecting the Gulf of Mexico. Screw the hundreds of thousands losing their lives across the world because of the impact of global warming; Eleven Americans die in an oil rig failure and their fishermen lose their income and the accountability of big oil is now of the utmost importance.

I put it to the members of NSG that America has just demonstrated why Terrorism is a warranted strategy to use against them in international diplomacy; because it doesn't care unless whatever your problems are are made to affect them directly.

Actually, the US tried at Copenhagen--it was the developing world that scuttled anything meaningful from happening. Especially China, India, South Africa and Brazil.

^This

[Illithar]

Yes, but OP didn't cite ecoterrorism or helping the earth. Just conventional terrorism because he has a beef with the US's enviromental policies. It's not countries like China or Brazil's fault, its always BIG BAD AMERICA!

What, you didn't know America was behind all the world's evils?

I am slowly learning about it on NSG.
The World's Enviroment? Only America's fault.
The Holocaust? America's fault.
The Mongol Invasions of China, the Middle East, and Russia? Definitely America's fault.

A secret Bush/Reagan/Rove/Cheney plot.

[Ifreann]

@Chazicaria

BP is not a British company. It's just a company.

You know, there was some American woman on Sky News, just someone off the street doing a vox pop, asking where the Queen is in all this, because BP is a British company. I lol'd at her ignorance.