Posted on 03/05/2006 6:35:56 AM PST by rellimpank
Congressman wants better data on cruise ship crime
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Only five of the 28 people who disappeared from cruise ships in the past three years were found, according to data disclosed to Congress by the world's largest cruise lines.
A congressional memo compiled in advance of a House hearing on cruise ship safety Tuesday also details 177 sexual misconduct incidents, ranging from inappropriate touching to rape, and four robberies of amounts over $5,000.
During that three-year period approximately 25 million people embarked on cruises from North America ports, the memo said.
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Perhaps most of these 28 people don't want to be found or fell overboard and won't be found. Either way, it isn't an issue on which Congress should waste time.
I would say that there were more crimes in the congressional district than on the ship. So why is the congress person not doing something about that.
A waste of my tax money.
Imagine a couple of crew members who found that they can grab a slightly inebriated girl (or maybe even put some roofies in her drink) and have a party after hours with her.
Her boyfriend catches them in the act and threatens them. He falls overboard late at night never to be seen again.
Not that far out.
Sounds like congress will have to take trips on these ships to investigate......
But think of all the free face time the critters will have on prime tme cable news shows. Much more than they would if they tried to end the treason of the Slimes.
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Cruise ship disappearances are clearly another failure of the Bush administration!
Gotta hand it to Congress - they'll really do whatever it takes to protect Americans.
Imagine the dangerous Carribean cruises they will have to take in order to do a proper investigation.
--and what do you propose Congress do about that?
Congress probably shouldn't waste time on it. But somebody should. Probably the FBI.
These people should be profiled to determine if they had motive to willfully dissappear. Or were they young girls, perhaps sold into sexual slavery? What was common about the 5 that were found, and why did they dissappear?
"Live and let die" is not an American slogan. We should to an extent watch each other's backs. Especially when dealing with foreigners.
I cruise several times a year. As a disclaimer, I have recently started a travel agency. I don't see any need to be concerned about 28 people missing in three years. In light of their admission of 25 MILLION passengers, that is a very tiny number.
Your scenario is one of many things that can happen anywhere. To think that Congress should waste one cent on it is ridiculous. I am curious about to which constituent (translated political donor) he is beholden for this.
The cruise lines are always open and aboveboard on investigations, contrary to press reporters beliefs. They have nothing to gain, and everything to lose, by being secretive, or unresponsive. They depend on public perceptions for their livelihood.
Cruise ships are safe. They have the best safety record of any industry. Bad people inhabit the world, and bad things happen, all too often. Feces occurs!
Imagine laying on a deck chair, with the sun in your face, and the breeze at your back. That makes a lot more sense!
This is Celebrity's Galaxy, pulling into Montego Bay, taken from aboard Celebrity's Horizon, when we took one last year.!
A foreign flag vessel (which I understand to be, functionally, the "soil" of that foreign nation) is plying the waters from one foreign port to another foreign port.
An American citizen falls (or is pushed) overboard, or in some other way turns up missing.
And Congress wants there to be an "accounting" of all such incidents!
Isn't this a bit like Congress "requiring" an incident report every time an American citizen loses his or her life in an automobile accident while in a forign country?
I can see where you are going with this, however, if a person loses their life in a car accident in a foreign country you know where they are. I think the issue of someone just plain missing warrants a little more accountability. Not sure if Congress is the answer, but people don't just disappear without a reason.
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