diaTribe » disaster http://bandannaclub.com/blogwp The diaTribe blog is our occasional take on life, the universe and everything. Observations on current affairs, the environment, politics, humour and music/gig reviews. Travel diary and extreme sports stories, along with the usual rants/raves are also chucked in for good measure. Sat, 07 Feb 2026 19:21:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Ten reasons why we should ALL boycott BP http://bandannaclub.com/blogwp/2010/06/15/ten_reasons_why_we_should_all_boycott_bp/ http://bandannaclub.com/blogwp/2010/06/15/ten_reasons_why_we_should_all_boycott_bp/#comments Tue, 15 Jun 2010 02:36:30 +0000 Phil http://bandannaclub.com/blogwp/2010/06/ten_reasons_why_we_should_all_boycott_bp/ ... more »

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Most people probably don’t need further reasons…

… but for the undecided among you here is a list of ten compelling reasons why all of us should step up to the plate and boycott BP:-

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What a noticeable difference between the responses of the Burmese military junta to the recent devastating cyclone that ravaged large parts of the Irrawaddy Delta and the Chinese government response to the 7.8 earthquake that hit Sichuan province earlier this week.

Both countries have been run by totalitarian regimes masquerading as one-party “democracies”. Both governments have a long history of human rights violations and both have not hesitated in the recent past to use lethal force against their own people while the rest of the world mutters “shame” and continues to do not very much at all.

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