BP President Lamar McKay had a fun time in front of Congress today.
Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.) today called for McKay to resign. But during today’s hearing before a subpanel of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Rep. Anh “Joseph” Cao, the Vietnamese-American Republican who represents New Orleans, suggested a harsher form of punishment.
“Mr. Stearns asked Mr. McKay to resign,” Cao said. “Well, in the Asian culture we do things differently. During the Samurai days, we just give you a knife and ask you to commit harakiri.”
Harakiri is a form of ritual suicide that was practiced by samurais who committed serious offenses.
Now, telling people they should kill themselves is considered impolite in our society. But I understand the sentiment.
