[moptar]

That's a sadly America-centric view of the world. Shell's spills in the Niger Delta are just as bad or worse and nobody cares because it's some weird foreign country that doesn't appear in their news:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_issues_in_the_Ni...

The total volume of oil spilt was on the same order of magnitude - about half that at Deep Water Horizon. But the environmental and health problems are perhaps worse. It's close to shore and there's hardly any cleanup work, compensation or health protection.

[pmorici]

It's not an American centric view just because he doesn't list every oil spill that has ever happened in the world.

[moptar]

I agree that not listing every oil spill isn't required to make a view American centric. That's not the issue though, it's a straw man. What's American centric is to focus on America even when similar things exist elsewhere.

[pmorici]

You misunderstand what Americentrism is. It is about the presumption of US morals and standards when judging other countries and cultures. Some would say that your use of the word "America" to describe the United States is itself Americentrism.