DON'T call them "BP", call them "British Petroleum"

[WeDidIt]

It's far more negative (apologies to my friends in the United Kingdom).

[cbayer]

1. Why? BP was 40% British owned and 39% US owned at the end of 2009.

http://www.bp.com/extendedsectiongenericarticle.do?categoryId=9010453&contentId=7019612

[time_has_come]

2. meh

they can't get more negative. changing the name gains/changes nothing

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[conscious evolution]

4. goodbye

[NNN0LHI]

5. I think when we don't mention Halliburton when we refer to BP we are making a mistake

They are joined at the hip on this.

Where is Cheney?

Don

[drm604]

6. How about BP = Big Problem.

Even better - "Belching Petroleum".

On Edit - How about "Belching Poison".

[lonestarnot]

7. I prefer Bunghole Polstice.

And I also believe Transocean, LTD and Hallifucking Burton is in on this catastrofuck. So let's not leave them out. :hi:

[RB TexLa]

8. Anytime you mention the English in any manner less than positive on DU you are told they are the

greatest humans on Earth and the very cradle of Western Civilization. :puke:

[Spider Jerusalem]

9. British includes Scottish and Welsh as well (and England is part of Britain, not all of it).

It's a bit like assuming that American = Californian.