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In response to "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" by znufrii

Yeah, I question the motives of the "passengers" who are complaining.

Posted by Ender (aka Ender) Jan 19 '10, 13:30

It seems to me they're more concerned with their own guilt than they are the actual welfare of the Haitians. They'd rather continue their cruise without having to think about Haiti than actually go to Haiti and help.

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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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