BP chose to engage in risky behavior.

What risky means is that there is a big risk (or chance) that something really bad is going to happen, but also a chance that it won’t, and there will be a payoff.

In this case, the bad stuff happened. Just like they would have taken all the benefit of getting the oil faster and with less overhead, they get to take all the blame, and the liability.

Risky does not mean edgy, or cool, or extreme, it means there is a very real chance that something bad is going to happen because of your behavior, and you’ll have to accept the bad.

Teenagers need to be taught this, and so do corporations.