Reply #110: BP made them money

[William Z. Foster]

What do you not understand about this? If I ran a farm supply company, and chose to put the Monsanto logo on my business, that would be my mistake then when Monsanto screwed up and people boycotted me.

These people chose to associate themselves with BP. They hoped to make money doing that. No one forced them to be associated with BP. Being associated with BP turns out to have been a bad decision.

So, no, they are not responsible for the spill. I never said they were. But nor were they responsible for the good will that they benefited from by having the BP logo on their station. They took a business risk. They hoped the BP logo would benefit them - I am sure that it did benefit them - and it now turns out that it is a liability.