""People ought to learn the facts before they start popping off about who's responsible for what, and accusing others of bigotry when they expect compensation from the ones who really are responsible, instead of trying to shift blame to those who had no control over what was going on at the time of the disaster.""

So what you want then, is revenge for the time when the boot was on the other foot?

Union oil was wrongly blamed for one disaster, so BP must be blamed for this one?

The contractors got away with it before, so the same must happen now?

Ninety percent of the time I agree with your perspectives, which is why I am so disappointed to find that you believe two wrongs DO make a right.

BP must of course shoulder the responsibility for poor safety policy, but, as has been pointed out, the drilling was over, and Transocean were operating the rig during the changeover to a pumping rig.

Transocean are being shielded from the proper consequences, as are the makers and installers of the BOP.

This is wrong!...Just as wrong as the Torrey Canyon decision.

But hey, if payback is all that's important, go for it!

Don T.