Comments by "\/" (@joebazooks) on "BP Settlement in Gulf Oil Spill Is Raised to $20.8 Billion | The New York Times" video.

  1. How she phrases all of it is strange: "BP has agreed to pay..."
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  2. financial compensation doesn't fix the environmental damage...
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  3. Thomas Headley an agreement doesn't involve the process of law necessarily
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  5. Thomas Headley next time your wife says she'll wash the dishes if you take out the trash, and she doesn't, try taking her to court! you'll be laughed out of court, though it wouldn't even get to court, simply because it's not a matter of law
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  6. Thomas Headley your point would make sense if marriage itself wasn't a legal agreement. perhaps this is my fault for using the wrong language; substitute 'wife' with 'girlfriend'.
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  7. +NaderR listen to how she phrased everything too! "bp has agreed to pay..." "bp has agreed to pay..." really? so what if BP didn't agree? then what would happen?
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  8. NaderR i wouldn't be surprised. this is why corporations shouldn't be treated as 'legal persons' and the people who are actually involved in the decision making process of these corporations should be held accountable on a personal basis.
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