Many, many factors to consider here, including:
1) Ship's willlingness to go down with me
2) Personal hygiene habits of ship
3) Time of the month
4) STD status of the ship
Many, many factors to consider here, including:
1) Ship's willlingness to go down with me
2) Personal hygiene habits of ship
3) Time of the month
4) STD status of the ship
I'd go down with the ole' girl. But, then, I don't have much to live for. So....
Usless wrote:
Absolutely....I saw smoke coming from a 3 floor apartment...ran up to the 3rd floor and warned the young couple on the top floor and the elderly couple on the 2nd floor...
Excellent work, but honestly, that doesn't sound like you put yourself in very much danger or that the situation was that frighting. You very well could stay on the ship, but than again, you might not.
Italian drivers hey
He's obviously never heard that Dido song- White flag
Human Rights allows freedom of choice. He can quit anytime and leave the ship. Police and firemen do the same every day when they don't like their job assignments.
Live and Let Live wrote:
Human Rights allows freedom of choice. He can quit anytime and leave the ship. Police and firemen do the same every day when they don't like their job assignments.
Name one police officer or fireman who does the same thing every day when he doesn't like his job assignment.
Firemen only put out fires when bribed or when they can loot the place.
Turner, the Captain of the Lusitania tried to go down with his ship but was swept off the bridge into the ocean where he was picked up.
You might as well ask: "if you were in the Marines, would you fight or would you run away when the shooting started?"
Sticking around to help every passenger get off, is part of the job description. If that doesn't appeal to you, don't take the job.
Lord Jim wrote:
Usless wrote:Absolutely....I saw smoke coming from a 3 floor apartment...ran up to the 3rd floor and warned the young couple on the top floor and the elderly couple on the 2nd floor...
Excellent work, but honestly, that doesn't sound like you put yourself in very much danger or that the situation was that frighting. You very well could stay on the ship, but than again, you might not.
Actually it wasn't. The fire was from a sofa on the first floor and the flames were touching the ceiling when I got there. I figured I had enough time to get up, bang on some doors and get out. The thing that you hope doesn't happen is you twist an ankle or take a fall. Even so I bet very few people would have ran into that apartment. Some would, most wouldn't.
As for the boat that's another relatively easy one. It wasn't like the boat was out to sea in mile deep water. All you really need to do is make your way to the side that's not listing. I'm sure I would have stayed on board trying to help whoever I could even if I was a passenger.
All of me would go down with the ship
I would go down with the ship, but that is one reason I will never be a captain.
Usless wrote:
Lord Jim wrote:Excellent work, but honestly, that doesn't sound like you put yourself in very much danger or that the situation was that frighting. You very well could stay on the ship, but than again, you might not.
Actually it wasn't. The fire was from a sofa on the first floor and the flames were touching the ceiling when I got there. I figured I had enough time to get up, bang on some doors and get out. The thing that you hope doesn't happen is you twist an ankle or take a fall. Even so I bet very few people would have ran into that apartment. Some would, most wouldn't.
As for the boat that's another relatively easy one. It wasn't like the boat was out to sea in mile deep water. All you really need to do is make your way to the side that's not listing. I'm sure I would have stayed on board trying to help whoever I could even if I was a passenger.
I feel the same. If you weren't knocked or killed on impact there was no immediate danger unless the boat exploded or there was a fire. Even if it sank fast it was close to shore. People who died probably drowned from being on the submerged side. The captain panicked and knew he screwed up and tried to run away fast.
The way that boat was tilted would have been a hell of fight but if you can climb a cliff or a tree I would think it wouldn't have been an immediate danger to your life.
Sully: last one off the aircraft
i would have been off that plane faster than i was off that cruise ship... especially after i realized when my ship was taking on water i just gunned it full throttle for shallow water knowing i was going to run aground at some point
The captain is a coward nothing in maritime law states that the captain must go down with the ship all it does state is that the captain needs to secure his vesile and be properly relieved by a higher authority.
Example: Command this is Captain Crunch ship has been secured no remaing persons on board permission to be relieved of my post.
Answer: Permission granted.
Maritime Legend: States that a true captain and true sea warrior will request permission to rest with his ship as in will refuse to leave his post and go down with the ship. Usually this happens in a Naval Battle not on a cruise liner. The titanic displayed the captain going down with the ship but if you see the movie he was also noted for being a war hero, as in has already proved he had balls!!!
Question: Would I go down with my ship if I was a Naval Captain?
Answer: Yes
A little history, a short and fascinating read about "Where Does 'Women and Children First' Come From?"
The answer is from a heroic crew of Brits on the shipwrecked "Birkenhead" back in 1852.
http://pjmedia.com/blog/where-does-women-and-children-first-originate/?singlepage=true
[quote]Navy Man wrote:
The captain is a coward nothing in maritime law states that the captain must go down with the ship all it does state is that the captain needs to secure his vesile and be properly relieved by a higher authority.
There's the debate. If you take on the job, I don't think there's much doubt you should be the last person to leave. But what if everyones safe but for some reason you cannot technically get 'proper authority' in time? Are you (maritime) legally obligated to go down with the ship?
Italy is a free country. You can quit your job anytime you want. Captains, police, judges, firemen, etc. can walk away from their jobs if they don't want to work their anymore. So BFD. Don't make a big stink out of it.