Isn't It Great That BP Cares About "The Small People"?!

BP chairman,Carl-Henric Svanberg,said:

"I hear comments sometimes that large oil companies are really companies that don't care, but that is not the case in BP. We care about the small people."

Oh,grand Swedish sir!How gracious it is for you to actually spare some of your feelings for the poor peasants from the Gulf Coast!It must be so reassuring for the people whose livelihoods may be a thing of the past to hear a statement like that!

Let me reassure you,Mr. Svanberg.You are a small person that works for a big company.So,I would hope that you would care about folks who are just like you.Having money does not make you greater than others.It just makes you richer.That's all.

Being that this guy is European,I'm sure he views thing based on social stratification.So it's no surprise to me that he would view fisherman & other hard working-class people as "small people."

Here's more from The Huffington Post:

"BP Chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg gave a press conference after BP's four hour meeting with Obama at the White House. During his statement, he disputed the claim the the oil giant didn't care about gulf residents, stating that BP cares about "small people." English is a second language for Svanberg, who is Swedish, but reporters took note of his demeaning phrasing, and shouted questions about what he meant after he spoke, which he did not answer."(END OF EXCERPT)Read more here.