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    the moratorium is to investigate the cause of the failure.
    the oil rig to automobile ratio, moreover those operating them isn't even worth comparing. really crappy argument

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    • you think the death of 11 people should shut down business for thousands upon thousands?PonyBoy
    • that question is for those that lost mothers and fathers, sons and daughters in the explosionBonSeff
    • due to gross negligenceBonSeff
    • which obama signed off on.
      i realize that      BonSeff
    • i hear you - and I truly feel for those families... ... listening to one of the brother's of the dead workers speak a few weeks...PonyBoy
    • back... choked me and all of you up for sure. But - I don't think their grief is reason enough to just... stop.PonyBoy
    • What about the thousands of other families that work in the field and are going to have to find new work... ... should their...PonyBoy
    • ... well-being and livelihoods be put on hold due to the death of 11 of their colleagues? that just seems illogical and wrong.PonyBoy
    • How about maybe stopping that leak before doing more drilling? Makes a ton of fucking sense.DrBombay
    • fuck this is a shitty situation... ... real fucking shitty... :(PonyBoy
    • that's why there is a 20billion dollar escrow acct. to address their needs while this gets sortedBonSeff
    • Exactly.DrBombay
    • I'd love to be in the room w/the guys fishing through that money deciding who to send it toPonyBoy
    • as for the 20 bill... shouldn't the amount of money being given to those effected be handed down through the court system?PonyBoy
    • BP's arbitrators would tie it up for years.DrBombay
    • Yeah... agreed, dude...
      ... people need help right now. I get it - I'm on board w/the 20 bill (should be even more actually)      PonyBoy
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