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i_was_there

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20. I was there ...

Wed Mar 7, 2012, 04:25 PM

Mar 2012

When you get on a cruise ship, airplane, train, etc., you expect people to adhere to social norms. Pulling the emergency break or dropping an anchor does not conform.

People ask why there were not security measures to protect the anchor. Because "practically" nobody in the world would drop an anchor without good reason.

We were about 70 miles from Cuba. What if he was part of a plot to disable a cruise ship and then have armed terrorists arrive in fast attack boats launched from Cuba who board the cruise liner and cause mayhem? That actually makes more sense than "I felt like dropping an anchor and throwing a life ring while stinking drunk."

I think there is more to this than we will ever know, but I'm really glad he got more than a fine. I'm also glad he didn't get 40 years in prison. The sentence fits the crime.

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4 months prison sentence, 3 years probation for prank - dropping cruise ship anchor [View all] Liberal_in_LA Mar 2012 OP

Corporate Prison system gets more money Great. Really maybe I'm not getting the whole story Justice wanted Mar 2012 #1

4 months in jail is not a draconian sentence for endangering so many people. Webster Green Mar 2012 #5

I agree...this had the potential to be really, really bad...nt joeybee12 Mar 2012 #8

I agree too - that prank was dangerous, stupid and could have killed or seriously injured people. Initech Mar 2012 #33

Yeah, pranks that could kill people should be punished. Yo_Mama Mar 2012 #11

he's a business owner, recreational vehicle dealership. Liberal_in_LA Mar 2012 #12

He got off lucky. Ikonoklast Mar 2012 #2

Not the brightest thing to do ...however.... Yooperman Mar 2012 #3

That's for sure. Webster Green Mar 2012 #7

Well, these ships are not registered in the US...usually somewhere joeybee12 Mar 2012 #16

Ship's crew i_was_there Mar 2012 #21

Hey, you were there! Webster Green Mar 2012 #23

Did the cruise ship lurch or otherwise do anything noticeable flamingdem Mar 2012 #36

This is how regulations are created. Turbineguy Mar 2012 #13

That's right. Blame the victim longship Mar 2012 #14

longship? Are you here for ship's rights? snooper2 Mar 2012 #15

Heh heh heh longship Mar 2012 #31

Yeah, the ship (i.e. the crew, passengers, owners) is the victim. n/t Flash Bazbo Mar 2012 #35

Officer, I wouldn't have robbed the house, if the door had been locked! It's not my fault! Honeycombe8 Mar 2012 #24

I wondered that, too! obamanut2012 Mar 2012 #34

You have to balance security with the need for emergency access. Flash Bazbo Mar 2012 #39

Dropping an anchor when travelling 18 knots in a 26,000 NT ship is generally a bad idea...nt SidDithers Mar 2012 #4

I'm curious Nolimit Mar 2012 #18

It's not pretty slackmaster Mar 2012 #19

I have been on the water all of my life... Lochloosa Mar 2012 #5

It should not be possible for an unauthorized person to MineralMan Mar 2012 #9

"as well as throwing a life bouy overboard" Recursion Mar 2012 #10

Four months in jail, not prison alcibiades_mystery Mar 2012 #17

I was there ... i_was_there Mar 2012 #20

He's lucky there were no serious injuries. He could have gotten a much more cbayer Mar 2012 #22

Ehlert was insanely intoxicated csziggy Mar 2012 #25

late starter WolverineDG Mar 2012 #26

How was he still breathing? That much alcohol alone would have been more than 1monster Mar 2012 #27

The only thing I can think of are alcoholics that develop a tolerance csziggy Mar 2012 #30

Good thing he did not press the "Sink Ship" button instead Generic Brad Mar 2012 #28

Like the "Wings fall off" button? JBoy Mar 2012 #29

LOL flamingdem Mar 2012 #37

He got off easy... hunter Mar 2012 #32

I wonder how his fiance feels about this flamingdem Mar 2012 #38

she's marrying a drunk. Maybe prison will sober him. Liberal_in_LA Mar 2012 #40

Good point flamingdem Mar 2012 #41