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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 11:23 AM Original message |
Post here if you love and/or appreciate the British People but hate what BP has done. |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
1. +1. But they'll start to lose my support if they start putting $$$ over the existence |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
2. I love Britain |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 11:33 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Frankly, I think BP is just a name, maybe the CEO is British but the corporation |
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HipChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 11:53 AM Response to Reply #7 |
18. a global corporation that is 40% US owned? Does that make it a mutt? |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 12:03 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Sure does. |
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HipChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
3. +100...great post..some folks can't seperate the two issues |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
4. I have no problem with people from any country... |
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area51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
5. +1 |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 11:34 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Agreed. |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
6. I love England and the British. Hate what all oil companies have done. |
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Jefferson23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
8. Well said Joe. n/t |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
10. BP does not represent the British people.... |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
11. If a company |
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KatyMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
12. Agree with those who say BP isn't the British |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 12:00 PM Response to Reply #12 |
21. The purpose of this thread was to alleviate any nationalistic rhetoric on either side |
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KatyMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 09:56 PM Response to Reply #21 |
29. Wasn't being nationalistic |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 12:11 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. I believe you misread my intent, in fact your post is one which came closest |
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KatyMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 08:24 PM Response to Reply #30 |
52. Then please accept my apologies |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
13. limeys! |
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DavidDvorkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 11:52 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. They saved ours earlier, in the French and Indian War. |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 03:00 PM Response to Reply #13 |
45. "Yeah, well we saved *your* asses in World War III." "..That's true." (nt) |
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jp11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
14. Britain is one of the countires I'm considering fleeing to. |
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HipChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 11:52 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. was that all 56M of them? or |
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jp11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 11:57 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Obviously they represent them all as the narrative is 'Americans Bash BP because it is British, |
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HipChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 12:51 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. that's like saying TeaBaggers represent all Americans.. |
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jp11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 03:38 PM Response to Reply #26 |
47. Sounds right, and by that I mean you didn't follow what I said from my first post |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 03:47 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. I agree, in that they are in their own little world, however |
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Prisoner_Number_Six (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
15. I lived in Britain for two years |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
20. Britain gave us The Beatles, The Stones, The Who |
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HockeyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
23. I've been across "the pond" a few times |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
24. I like the people, but not BP nor their Orwellian govt lately. |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
25. Thanks for taking time to point out the distinction, Uncle Joe. |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
27. K & R, totally agree. |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
28. Why is this even a question? |
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City Lights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 02:22 PM Response to Reply #28 |
36. +100! nt |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 02:56 PM Response to Reply #28 |
44. Nationalist wankfests and sanity are typically mutually exclusive. (nt) |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 03:03 PM Response to Reply #28 |
46. Only because corporatist powers that be make it necessary. |
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NuttyFluffers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 09:23 PM Response to Reply #28 |
55. because BP PR is wagging UK gov't for a divide and conquer distraction. |
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varelse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
31. I hate what BP has done *to* the British people |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 12:59 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. I totally agree with your answer. |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
33. I just wish they would learn to speak English. |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 08:28 PM Response to Reply #33 |
54. my mum, when someone says to her I LOVE YOUR ACCENT |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
34. BP is a company whose national of origin is immaterial. |
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IcyPeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
35. This could have happened to any oil company's rig... even ours |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 02:22 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. I agree with your post, while I also believe we can't let either |
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dorkulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
38. Why can't these pension funds just divest from BP? |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 02:31 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. I don't know all the intricacies of that, but I imagine some of them may have. |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
40. Initially Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) from 1909 to 1935 |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
41. Hey, I'm not that crazy about those crumpetsuckers... |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 02:50 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. French bread rocks! |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 02:55 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Thanks :) |
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kdmorris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
48. I am completely neutral toward the British people |
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MissMarple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
49. Well, that goes without saying, doesn't it? |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
51. Why would people hate the brits |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
53. me and my brother as English schoolkids |
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