[Alberta's Child]

I'm no expert on this, but something tells me that if the U.S. military was full of people who would meet the standards of these so-called "holier than thou moralizers," we would not have a problem with U.S. Navy ships colliding with foreign merchant ships halfway around the world.

I could be wrong, but some things just demonstrate an institutional problem with loose, sloppy (or non-existent) standards.

[tjd1454]

Great point. Completely agree. Who would you trust with your life keeping watch on the bridge, someone who maintains the highest personal moral standards, or someone who is dragged over from jumping from bunk to bunk?

[safeasthebanks]

“if the U.S. military was full of people who would meet the standards of these so-called “holier than thou moralizers,” we would not have a problem with U.S. Navy ships colliding....”

Yeah, well...good luck with that. Meanwhile, I’m going to continue to make my judgments/opinions based on things over here in the real world.

Goodbye and Have a nice day.

[where's_the_Outrage?]

I am 99% in your corner here.

However, if the new model is for ships cruising in the standard paths to suddenly veer into you, and higher HQ has not alerted you to that threat, I may reconsider.