Replying to a message of Ross Cassell to Ross Sauer:

 RC> Hello Ross!

 RC> 06 Jul 10 21:51, you wrote to me:

 RS>> The *HUGE* difference is in how BP cut so many corners to make more
 RS>> profit, the safety book was tossed out the window. And this was not
 RS>> the only instance from BP. Texas City, Texas, corners cut to
 RS>> maximize profit, an area of a refinery blows up killing over a dozen
 RS>> workers.

 RC> Just spare us the political indignation of the moment, BP is not the
 RC> first company to cut corners, they wont be the last.

 RC> People such as you should also stop villifying a companies pursuit of
 RC> profits, companies do not purposefully exist to lose money.

Nor do they exist solely to screw their help, their suppliers or their customers
(Wal-Mart being a salient exception to that rule).

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