To the seniors in the UK I'd ask - who forced you to invest in a company that (let's use some demagoguery for effect here) is destroying the planet? Was it your pursuit of the almighty Pound Sterling and you didn't care about the effects since you're going to be dead soon anyway?

I heard this argument used against the tobacco company settlements and why 'pensioners' should pay for the settlement with reduced dividends.

So at best, the pensioners might be innocent if the PENSION FUND MANAGERS are the ones who made the decisions.

Sorry, trotting out little old ladies and pleading for sympathy is blackmail.

And in case you hadn't noticed, the auto industry DID file for bankruptcy (though not quite the way it normally happens). The banking industry (this is what boggles me) had "too big to fail" firms MERGE to become even BIGGER! But in neither of those cases were there crimes committed (though it appears some mortgage brokers might be going to jail eventually).

Comparing an accident from gross and willful negligence that results in an environmental catastrophe and wipes out the living of an entire region... Well, go ahead and compare the effect of this on a shrimp boater compared to a pensioner in the UK where ONE of their companies won't be making payments. Remember, it's not like they ALL get their retirement from ONLY BP dividends.