tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036382249066802924.post3968117116847668361..comments2024-02-09T05:29:30.090-06:00Comments on Paralyzed with JOY!: Modern Day TitanicHeather (Paralyzed with JOY!)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04619560036712321777noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036382249066802924.post-36512460313888039772012-01-20T15:43:51.396-06:002012-01-20T15:43:51.396-06:00I'm not sure the Concordia sinking can be comp...I'm not sure the Concordia sinking can be compared to the Titanic: the Concordia was in warm, Mediterranean waters and appears to have sank due to the captain's error. As I understand it, the number of lives lost has been much fewer. It struck a big chord with me as a disabled friend went on a cruise in the same region early last year. She and her care assistant had a great time, and I'm so glad the captain wasn't an ass like Schettino.<br /><br />I read the exchange between Schettino and the coastguard captain, in which Schettino was ordered to go back on board to search for any survivors (at great risk to his own life, and it reminded me of an incident in the UK a few years ago, where a woman had been injured by her violent husband, who then shot himself dead. The woman told this over the phone to the police who were outside, but the police refused to come in as their superior imagined that the woman was lying, and that the husband was still alive and waiting to shoot the cops. The woman bled to death. The police faced no sanction. I was immediately shocked at the callous cowardice of those policemen (who, by contrast, almost always get away with shooting or choking to death ordinary people). What a contrast with what is expected of captains of ships, to risk their lives for their passengers, even when not in the armed forces.Matthew Smithhttp://www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/noreply@blogger.com