Re: Cruise ****ps & Sandbars

On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 12:57:51 GMT, Gary <g.majors@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
wrote:

>"Floyd L. Davidson" wrote:
>> 
>> Jan Flora <snowshoe@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> >The outrage about the SCOTUS decision is coastal Alaska knows no
limits.
>> >Don't dare scoff at it or try to make light of it. Loads of folks lost
>> >their livelihoods, way of life and source of food.
>> 
>> Playing with the Devil...
>
>Now Floyd makes another good point here. and let me play the devil's
>advocate here for a minute...
>
>All Alaskans look forward to and grab the PFD each year. It's the bargain
>with the Devil....your profits vs the risk of any kind of environmental
>disaster.
>
>No matter what kind of safeguards you make, given enough time, accidents
>will happen like the Exxon Valdez tragedy. Blame Exxon for using a
>single-hulled tanker but give enough time and a double-hulled tanker will
>crash and leak too,
>
Using your inference, the owner of a gas station shouldn't get upset
if a drunk driver runs into his car because the owner receives money
by selling gasoline.

>Jan is so passionate about the tragedy that affected so many lives (and
>rightly so but...)
>Did any of you donate your annual PFD to the people directly affected by
the
>Exxon Valdez situation back then? Did you, Jan? They lost their
livelyhood
>but you still got your annual oil money.
>
>Probably not. You all complain about it, yet most of you kept that money
>each year, didn't you?  I probably would have kept mine too, btw.
>
I don't understand why you think what I do with my money in some way
affects how I'm allowed to feel about Exxon screwing up.  There were
no provisions in any contracts that gave Exxon permission to have an
oil spill in return for the state sending me some money.

>It's easy to be a back-seat driver but remember.... before you criticize
>others, do right your own self first.
>
Jesus said that, and look what happened to him.  I can't complain
about Exxon's behavior unless I donated some of my money to those
people destroyed by Exxon?  Bulloney.  Exxon never did the right
thing, which is why they are being criticized today.  They spilled
some oil, threw some money at it, then walked away with the cleanup
incomplete, leaving those affected to find a new way to make a living.

Robert