Stop calling them "British Petroleum" or i'll starting calling a third of the world "The British Empire".
BP Offshore Oil Drilling Board Game Has Unfortunate Implications
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As I said on the last page, at the time the game was published they were in fact still known as British PetroleumAngryMongoose said:
So my statement that "someone at British Petroleum thought the game was a good idea at the time" still remains true.
Oh sweet jesus you are right, it IS still a British-owned company. I need to stop reading Wiki articles after a sentence and assume it makes my point valid. So sorry bout that, egg on my face here... still, better than oil in your drink! Wow, english guys are dicksJohn Funk said:"A multinational oil company ("oil major"), BP is the United Kingdom's largest corporation, with its head office in St James's, City of Westminster, London"UtopiaV1 said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Petroleum
And British Petroleum only officially changed its name to BP around the turn of the century. I used it in the lede because when the game was published, the name of the company was, indeed, British Petroleum
It does actually, just because it didn't happen in the US didn't mean the US didn't cause it. Read the first page of the link - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_War_oil_spillcrimson5pheonix said:
Ummm, yeah. That was the Iraqi army thinking it would stop the US from coming ashore. It's not really the US's fault.UtopiaV1 said:Oh sweet jesus you are right, it IS still a British-owned company. I need to stop reading Wiki articles after a sentence and assume it makes my point valid. So sorry bout that, egg on my face here... still, better than oil in your drink! Wow, english guys are dicksJohn Funk said:"A multinational oil company ("oil major"), BP is the United Kingdom's largest corporation, with its head office in St James's, City of Westminster, London"UtopiaV1 said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Petroleum
And British Petroleum only officially changed its name to BP around the turn of the century. I used it in the lede because when the game was published, the name of the company was, indeed, British Petroleum
It does actually, just because it didn't happen in the US didn't mean the US didn't cause it. Read the first page of the link - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_War_oil_spillcrimson5pheonix said:
I bet whoever came up with that "bestseller" of a game is now denying any and all involvement.SnootyEnglishman said:
Irony tastes similar to victory but a little less sweetcrimson5pheonix said:
OT: Hahahaha is it sad I want that game now
All that's left for BP is Tony coming out and saying "Would you kindly...." and they'll have finished their checklist of evil shit to do.
Unless you count the US invading Iraq as the US's fault. But I really don't want to argue political semantics here. That would be super childish of me... *sticks tongue out*crimson5pheonix said:
So technically, you're right, but if I'm going to be an elitist leftist prick, then I'm right. Jesus I don't want to be right...