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| 2012-01-17 |
| Via Instapundit One needn't fail to feel genuine sympathy for the victims of a stupid showboating Italian cruiseship captain to nevertheless be amused at the complaints from women who suddenly find they aren't so keen on that all-important equality when push comes to shove |
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| Posted by: Pappy 2012-01-17 21:05 |
| #6 Sigh - as I small 'f' feminist, I always rather understood the updating of the Victorian convention to be that youth and strength yielded to age and unfitness. That is, someone fit and able, in a crisis was obliged to see the unfit - say, a pregnant woman, a small child, or the elderly person creaking along in a walker. In this instance, it does look as if this was not entirely upheld.AQnd it looks, according to some stories, as if the regular ship's crew were the worst offenders. OTO, according to the Daily Mail, the last crew off the boat were a half-dozen of the female entertainment staff - who worked very hard to organize evacuation of the passengers, and the Italian purser, who was doing so until he was sidelined by a broken leg. |
| Posted by: Sgt. Mom 2012-01-17 15:56 |
| #5 Don't assume that the lady's complaining were the ones burning bras and demanding equality. Probably true, but then again I haven't voted for redistributionists to run the society and government. My beliefs/choices didn't win out. Yet I'll pay the consequences as their actions are manifested throughout society. Things often sound good or enticing till the real world results start to hit. It's easy simply to keep quiet and go along and then complain when you end up with the dirty end of the stick. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2012-01-17 15:46 |
| #4 Another nice twist, if we had full equality we'd have women called up in the draft but that would take so long to implement those that demanded the full equality wouldn't be imposed upon either. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2012-01-17 14:31 |
| #3 Don't assume that the lady's complaining were the ones burning bras and demanding equality. Those folks were probably safe in lower manhatten not seeing the results of their demands. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2012-01-17 14:30 |
| #2 The state and the advocates have spent a lot of capital to displace and destroy the 'patriarchy'. It's little bit late down the line to try to preserve 'noble' elements by picking and choosing. We have whole communities where in the absence of that paternal structure, made possible by the policy of the state, the youths have basically gone feral and procreating even more with the same culture. Right now Michael Yon appears to be spending capital to remove the Congressional ban on women in combat. Once that little item is brushed aside, every male has the right to ask why they must register for selective service and not all 'citizens'. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2012-01-17 12:29 |
| #1 Sorry. Women's lib does not excuse boorish behavior on the part of men or women. I don't care if you are in a panic or liberated or what ever, you let the women and children onto the lifeboats first. And it most certainly does not excuse the failure of the cruise line, captain and crew to be prepared for the emergency. Not to mention the captain's complete failure to keep the ship and passengers safe. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2012-01-17 11:53 |