CEO BP Tony Hayward: "I'd Like my Life Back"

[Cricket]

[Your point is a little silly.  Luckily there is a page which you can go apologize on all of our behalves to BP.  After all, we are clearly witless little automatons who have been cleverly fooled by the media into thinking the head of the company should bear some responsiblity for its actions.  Silly us, and how progressive of you to realize it!

Oftentimes the effort to be as sarcastic as possible gets in the way of sensible and civil conversation and you have proven time and time again to be very good at these little childish sarcastic digs on MJ. Obviously I am not apologizing for Hayward or BP. I am only saying that our anger as usual is being manipulated by the media over one comment by one man.
Now, you can continue with your sarcasms.

Let me know how the apology goes.  Im sure the rest of the sheeple on this site would like to know as well.  Thank goodness we have you to keep us on the straight and narrow.

C'mon, is this the best you can do? I've seen better from you.

[Cricket]

Now that you've decided to temper your remarks without the typical Stephendare sarcastic slurs, I can answer you in kind. It is unfair of you to frame my comments as an apology to BP and in fact for that you should be apologizing to me. And no where did I approve of what Hayward said especially in the atmosphere and the circumstances in which he said it unless he suggested that his desire to get his life back took precedence over everybody else's life. I merely said there was nothing wrong with the sentiment taken by itself. The reason I quoted his words prior to the infamous controversial quote was to point out his admission of the disaster itself and the loss of lives, a reference that  was omitted from the media reports in order to sensationalize an already volatile ending to the quote. Now if you want to continue to construe this as an apology on my part you are welcome to do so.

And by the way, you sound more rational without the usual sardonic snipes. It makes you come across as peevish and childish.

[Lunican]

I merely said there was nothing wrong with the sentiment taken by itself.

Yes, if you are a schmo walking down the street and you announce, "I'd like my life back!" no one will care.

[Jaxson]

To you guys who want to frame my comments as an apology to BP I will say this and leave you to vent some more at one man.

My next question is, "If the CEO is supposed to be the face and voice of a corporation, why are we expected to treat him with kid gloves when he misspeaks?"  Like I said in a previous message, if we expect the youngest and lowest of employees to be accountable for their words, why are we so sensitive to protect an executive from being held responsible for his comments?  I don't buy the 'The media are out to get Tony Hayward' spin.  And, like I said before, I do not believe that Tony Hayward will be crying on the way to the bank with his severance pay...