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Only because we posted about it yesterday: Royal Caribbean's decision to dock ships at Haitian resort creates controversy -- (link)

Posted by con_carne Jan 19 '10, 13:14

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/20100119/ts_ynews/ynews_ts1063 (news.yahoo.com)

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better than 1825 breach of contract claims -- nm - lafarrow Jan 19, 13:21 2
- is it, lafarrow? is it?? -- nm - i'm gay for batman Jan 19, 13:23 1
  - it is - lafarrow Jan 19, 13:25
. . . on obscure internet message board -- nm - i'm gay for batman Jan 19, 13:16 5
- for about two minutes :) -- nm - con_carne Jan 19, 13:17
- imagine if a major news outlet mentioned us in passing? That would be a disaster ... heh -- nm - Beryllium Jan 19, 13:16 3
  - we would be buried under the colapse of 50 boards -- nm - z-droid Jan 19, 13:25 2
    - I'd have to split the board, public and members only, with public having a much higher roll counter -- nm - Beryllium Jan 19, 13:27 1
      - ooh, and then we could vote on admitting new members by posting caliber? - TFox Jan 19, 13:28
my mom reminded me of something last night... - Andie Jan 19, 13:16 12
- coupled with the fact that it's on a realatively unscathed part of the country, therefore won't be interefering in any recovery efforts, I don't see t - znufrii Jan 19, 13:26 11
  - Yeah, I question the motives of the "passengers" who are complaining. - Ender Jan 19, 13:30 10
    - but that -- nm - TFox Jan 19, 13:31 8
      - (frig) is pretty reasonable, no? i mean, we can slam them, but people don't sign up for cruises that have a "disaster relief" itinerary. -- nm - TFox Jan 19, 13:32 7
        
        It's not as if they're piling the dead up on the beach in Labadee. If they'd rather ignore it they can always just jump on a jetski. -- nm - Ender Jan 19, 13:35 2
        
        or just stay on the boat if they don't want to mingle with the great unwashed masses... -- nm - znufrii Jan 19, 13:38 1
        
        they picked this itinerary. the people on shore are the same people they were expecting. -- nm - Andie Jan 19, 13:45
        
        their onshore options haven't changed. they can go ziplining and drink punch if they want. or they can talk to the locals and get a real sense of - Andie Jan 19, 13:34 3
        
        even then they won't get a *real* sense of the disaster. - znufrii Jan 19, 13:39
        
        oh, i get that. i'm just saying, you take a random boat of 500 people at sea, and drop them off in Haiti right now... - TFox Jan 19, 13:35 1
        
        no question. -- nm - Andie Jan 19, 13:36
    - *ding* -- nm - znufrii Jan 19, 13:31

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