Brad Pitt this weekend said that he has always been against the death penalty but would reconsider for the people responsible for the BP oil spill. This is laughable. Liberals are not willing to execute someone convicted of brutally killing innocent people because they believe everyone can be rehabilitated, but want to kill executives who manage companies responsible for environmental disasters. True 12 people were killed when the oil platform blew up, and the managers may be in someway responsible for those deaths, but in any corporation there are several tiers of people who could at any time stand up and say "STOP".
Liberals would rather kill people who have killed animals than people who have killed other people. Not to diminish the situation many people are dealing with right now, but they will recover in time. I think the BP executives should be jailed once liability has been determined, and I think many of them should never work in the management capacity again. However, I do not think they should be executed. I also think BP as a company should be punished severely even if it means they go bankrupt. Their business decisions and greed probably led to the whole problem.
How far would Brad Pitt go? There are several government employees who could be responsible by not reporting violations or not reacting quickly to either prevent or stem the damage. Should these people also be executed? It just goes to show that we need to get away from knee jerk reactions, as politicians are prone to do, and deal with the matter at hand. There will be plenty of time to assign blame and prosecute violations.
I also did not like how the Obama administration grandstanded with Eric Holder saying there would be criminal charges. Plug the hole before you grandstand. I have very little patience with people who take advantage of crises to advance their agenda. And, Brad Pitt, if your convictions can be changed that quickly, then that says something about your character. If you are opposed to capital punishment, then you are opposed to it, and it is not situational. If the BP executives knowingly and with malice sent those men onto that platform knowing it would explode and kill them, then "yes" execution may be in order. But if they took shortcuts and ignored safety practices then just like a drunk driver would not be executed, they should be be jailed and maybe charged with manslaughter. I would rather see child molesters and pedophiles executed before corporate executives and managers.
It is a shame that I do like Brad Pitt's movies, so I will not be boycotting them, but I wish he would shut up because it makes it harder to go to them.
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