[quote=Allan from Fallbrook][quote=waiting for bottom
By this logic we should shut down the airline industry after a plane crash, quit selling cars after Toyota, stop advancing medical technology when a patient dies, and drop out of college when we fail a test.

Accidents happen man. Latest polls still show more than 50% of Americans support offshore drilling. You feel so strongly about this then quit driving your car and go invent an alternative. Until then, close your yap.[/quote]

Winner.[/quote]

The difference is scale. Should all airline crashes over 10 years occur at one airport in one day (or a daily crash at the same airport spread over several months), you bet there would be pressure to further regulate air safety.

Similary, should same scale of oil should leak out over 10 years and causing similar cummulitive damage, most would yawn.

Whether BP itself or governemnt inspection (or lack thereof) is at fault, the current spill gives the U.S public a front seat viwe of a bad (maybe not even worse case) scenario.