8.10.2010

Gem of the day

In today's news, an extraordinarily twisted op-ed comes to us, courtesy of the Huffington Post:

"In Defense of BP"

I could just leave it at that, but the author makes some intriguing points. The highlights are:

  • Corporations are created to make money
  • It doesn't matter if they [corporations] act in the public good, to the public detriment, or in ways that are unethical, or underhanded, or downright dirty.
  • It is vogue for corporate CEO's and their public relations mavens to talk about "social responsibility."
  • BP is not to blame. 
I'd like to take a moment to state my plea: no more 'in defense' articles on BP. Yes, they make headlines and drive some kind of debate by raising controversy. But it's not worth it. Essentially, all the article above is trying to say is that the BP disaster is but one example of systematic issues with regulation, capitalism, and public awareness. And I wholeheartedly agree, to an extent.

But the title of the article does it in.

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