Reply #53: There is no punishment to harsh for the criminal oil company execs

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who caused this disaster, IMHO. But the awful truth is that they will never be made to pay for their crimes or the destruction they brought to this beautiful part of the world. Not with the way our courts and laws work now, they won't. It's just like you say, all of these companies (BP, Transocean, Haliburton) will hire hordes of the best lawyers money can buy and haggle over words like "intent" and "willful" and it's just a bunch of bullshit. We as a people don't have the means or the power to just tell these assholes, 'You caused this disaster to our beautiful Gulf and you are going to pay, and pay dearly!'

For what it's worth, I don't think very many government agencies would get involved with an individual homeowner who poured oil down a drain. Our city has a stormwater manager and he might call on such a homeowner, but then again he probably wouldn't. You certainly wouldn't go to jail...not around here anyway.

Peace.