Quote from asiaprop:
exactly my thinking.
I dont condone Sep11 or the oil spill. But one lesson it teaches is "Do not do unto others what you would not want them do unto you." I think a lot of Americans have completely forgotten about this. Tragedies are treated with a double standard. "As long as it does not affect my kids, my family, I dont care". But if it happens in my neighborhood, "oh my God, lets sue those bastards", "lets nuke all of Afghanistan", without qualifying who is actually responsible. I think in that sense on average people in most parts of the rest of the world are brought up to think in a lot more refined and discriminating ways.
By the way, the BP story is long over, trading wise. I have no idea why people cling to this name, its completely in-transparent where this stock is gonna go.