Posted on 04/15/2021 7:55:50 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
That was the natural thing back then. Today?
I’ll bet descendants of Captain Edward Smith know who they are, and carry a small modicum of shame over the ship sinking. Not that there is any logic in today’s descendants feeling any responsibility, but that’s how it works sometimes.
The public remains fascinated with the narrative and the actual event. It was only some 25 years ago when there was yet another movie made about it. This movie became a world wide hit.
Beautifully written
I would like to think that I would behave in a stoic, gentlemanly, noble manner, but one never really knows until it actually happens to you.
It is interesting to learn that Walter Lord was also a walking encyclopedia about the Alamo.
The energy released when the Titanic’s main section hit the ocean floor was likely comparable to the Hiroshima bomb explosion thirty three years later in 1945 (given the size of the ship and the ocean pressure at 2.5 miles below the surface). Odd parallel when you think about it as in 1912, the Titanic was the largest object ever built by man that moved under it’s own power and in 1945, the Hiroshima bomb was the most powerful explosive device ever built by man.
a bunch of snobs ( can’t mix with the poor people!) and prudes ( can’t sit with men) stupid ideas when your life and those of your loved ones are on the line.
Get in the damn lifeboat!
That was the natural thing back then. Today?
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Let’s hope we never have to find out. It could be quite disappointing.
I believe that, had they thought of it, they could have used all the MATTRESSES from EVERY BED as personal life boats and saved many more lives................
Our Irish relatives were supposed to be on that voyage. When they arrived, they were turned away as one had a cold. So they all went home.
Shoot... today? Every man, woman and child would be fight tooth and nail to get on a boat. There is zero sense of right and wrong these days.
I don’t think waterlogged mattresses float. Wooden deckchairs perhaps.
RE: When they arrived, they were turned away as one had a cold
Why? Did they not have tickets?
Today it would be: Women and Children first - and some guy will yell out “How dare you assume my gender!”
Most men would do that.
No. They booked passage. Sick passengers were not allowed to board. They were turned away. My husband’s grandfather was part of the group. The sister was sick. They came in a later ship.
Today would be black and trannies first.
Today they would be looking for masks and social distancing.
They settled in Brooklyn.
April 17,,,
Lexington and Concord.
IIRC
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