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NinthSt78 says:
The Queen Mary is much more beautiful for a Greek Captain. They don't build them as well as they used to.
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NinthSt78 says:
They should have given him a more seaworthy vessel that wasn't so topheavy so that it could withstand stormy seas better. Wanting him to go stand sideways on a tipped over ship is just plain stupid. It looks more like bad design with a high center of gravity.
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NinthSt78 says:
Sometimes no remote control comes with a better picture and more action. I might have been tempted to drop Marconi's little marvel into the ocean to eliminate outside annoyances and distractions.
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karlimhof says:
There are the "Sullies" and then guys like this.
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RealiteBites replies:
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Yeah, so true.

This guy's like the George Bush of boat captains ... asleep at the wheel and dumb as a rock ...
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finkfurst4 says:
jamfree - You're right, but you have to bear in mind that most Americans have absolutely no idea where Tuscany is. They probably think it's somewhere in America.
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FormerUSMCSergeant says:
What an absolute disgrace to have to be ordered to do your duty.
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finkfurst4 replies:
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FormerUSMCSergeant - If you are actually what you say you are, then you will know perfectly well that people fail to do their duty every day in every military or similar organisation in the world.

This guy fell apart under pressure and he should never have been in command, but that's a familiar story in the US armed forces too.... isn't it?
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notreich says:
When you look up the opposite of hero in the dictionary... . And I wonder what Schettino means in Italian, anyway?
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FACEITT says:
Have any of you read the statement a Carnival Lines spokesperson made regarding their exemplary record of safety?! What incredible liars. And this while CNN was showing the more than 15 violations, fires and other mishaps this shipping line has had in the past few years. I called them and cancelled my family's reservations for a cruise up the Pacific to Alaska this spring (pays to have cancellation insurance).
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violist47 replies:
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I didn't think cancellation insurance would cover this kind of cancellation. I thought there had to be a documented health reason.
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dkb218 says:
How does someone who clearly is only out for himself progress through the ranks to become ships captian? Must be who he knew not what he knew. If not, I would think that at some point his cowardness would had become apparent.
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DenverBroncofan says:
Gilligans Island comes to mind...the only thing missing from the story is the professor
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notreich replies:
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You need to work on your pejoratives DenverBroncosfan. It's a little worse than Gilligan's Island. P.S. You may need some for Tebow next year.
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