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Does the LRC post on "When Goliath Is the ‘Victim’" refer to BP?

January 5th, 2011 Leave a comment Go to comments

So I wondered when I saw William Grigg’s “When Goliath Is the ‘Victim’” post at LRC last month.

The first paragragh hinted at the answer, while leaving me hopeful:

How does one simultaneously swagger and simper? Is it possible for someone to beat pridefully on his chest, even as his lip quivers in self-pity? Apparently so, given the evidence provided in Charles Krauthammer’s column today (December 3).

A little more reading left me disappointed, as I couldn’t help recalling the sympathies expressed by Lew Rockwell and Stephan Kinsella for poor li’l BP:

http://mises.org/Community/blogs/tokyotom/archive/2010/05/09/risk-shifting-bp-and-those-nasty-enviros.aspx

http://mises.org/Community/blogs/tokyotom/archive/2010/05/09/stephan-kinsella-on-bp-if-we-close-our-eyes-tightly-enough-we-can-make-the-government-role-in-generating-corporate-risk-shifting-and-moral-hazard-go-away.aspx

http://mises.org/Community/blogs/tokyotom/archive/2010/06/20/more-about-quot-the-biggest-victim-quot-bp-and-how-we-can-help-it-end-its-quot-victimization-quot.aspx

http://mises.org/Community/blogs/tokyotom/archive/2010/06/18/341436.aspx

http://mises.org/Community/blogs/tokyotom/search.aspx?q=BP+gulf

But I keep forgetting that we love statist corporations here, and hate the foolish “enviros” and other citizens who think that their only recourse against them is a bigger government.

Will I ever learn? Here’s to hope in the New Year!

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