tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450626869303471458.post2557968130482826968..comments2024-02-20T21:53:17.168-05:00Comments on The Spirit's Sword: Chivalry's last hurrah.Bearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01201581440686945990noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450626869303471458.post-60332067041182995712012-04-16T16:32:08.526-04:002012-04-16T16:32:08.526-04:00The UK's Daily Mail reported as much
http://w...The UK's Daily Mail reported as much<br /><br />http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2087585/Cruise-ship-Costa-Concordia-sinking-Whatever-happened-women-children-first.htmlPuff the Magic Dragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12933610369789734303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450626869303471458.post-7604957887371824712012-04-15T12:02:53.511-04:002012-04-15T12:02:53.511-04:00es, there was a class system that favoured the wea...es, there was a class system that favoured the wealthy. More women adn children got out of first class than the others. I have heard about the locking of the third class down below, I have also heard that one denied. But the locks were not in place for long, if at all, for, as I said, more women got out of third class than did men from first. These men all stepped aside and allowed the women to take their place in the life boats. Compare this to the Costa Concordia, where there was no class system, and no chivalry, and the men shoved aside the women and children to get off the ship, or the Greek ship of a few years ago, where the crew abandoned the ship without telling the passengers it was sinking, and the passengers had to coordinate their own rescue. If you were to ask the people women of the costa concordia if they would rather have been on a sinking ship with these classless (in all senses), hedonistic men, or with the quaint edwardian gentlemen, with their class structures and quaint honour, whom do you think they would have preferred in the hours of panic? I do not think we are completely better off.Bearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01201581440686945990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450626869303471458.post-18812046415870596552012-04-15T07:34:34.038-04:002012-04-15T07:34:34.038-04:00What about the women and children in third class w...What about the women and children in third class who were locked up to prevent them from taking up space in the lifeboats before the first class women and children? I don't think there was a lot of calm reigning below decks. The older movies I grew up on never mentioned this fact but apparently it's true. I'm sure there were some chivalrous men but there was also a class system in place that is thankfully less prevalent now (but not entirely gone)Patiencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08567149340809225297noreply@blogger.com