Should we blame accidents?

BP had another oil spill this week in Lake Michigan from an Indiana refinery.The spill was significantly less than the gulf spill but the fact is that it still happened. People all over my personal social media sites were outraged at the fact that this happened in the first place and that BP should be basically exiled as a company due to their history of spilling in the past. I think what really surprised me after hearing this was the fact that people are outraged due to an accident and also due to the fact that this isnt the only spill going on since the gulfs.




Blame is defined as; "to hold responsible" but I don't think BP should be held responsible. Accidents happen all the time but I feel in America we tend to exemplify mistakes. I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that the spill was a complete accident. So why should this even be in the news in the first place? It was an accident. It confuses me why people seem to blame without reason and i think that BP shouldn't be in the first place. Like any company they have a bunch of security measures that are taken to help stop spills but sometimes that just doesn't work but, everyone makes mistakes including companies.

On another note, the recent Lake Michigan isnt the only spill in the past year. Many spills across the country have put more oil into the gulf the the current BP spill but that gets no media attention at all. I think this is due to BP being the the culprit in this past event. Since the most well known spill in the past has been the BP gulf oil spill, many are quick to hate BP for its destruction to environments and destruction to specific animals.