Korean Ferry Sinking

[Taco]

This just in.

Korean Ferry Sinking
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-SM-Uc-J0A

[Jester]

Saw the news story briefly, my immediate thought was someone told the guy to change course or else. So he maintained his course and sped up.

(Being Korean and all.)



Oh sorry ZBoy... is that racist?

Couldn't help it....

[zboy1]

Saw the news story briefly, my immediate thought was someone told the guy to change course or else. So he maintained his course and sped up.

(Being Korean and all.)



Oh sorry ZBoy... is that racist?

Couldn't help it....

Nah, that wasn't racist, hah!

But, yeah: Koreans and other East Asians tend to have the 'sheep' and 'herd menatlity:' do what your superiors tell you to do--even if that means jumping of the cliff to your death. Typical robotic Asian mentality...

I feel bad for the loved ones, though. I will pray for them and hope there are some survivors.

The crew were telling people to stay-in-place and not evacuate. Those were the captain's orders, after all! What B.S...If the crew had done the right thing, they would've had everyone evacuate immediately rather than staying put in that death-ship!

You know, if I was on that ship, I would've told the captain and the crew to "f**k-off" and would've gone against their orders and evacuated ASAP. But, being Asians, their ingrained in their ways to always follow orders and never question authority. So, that is one thing I really despise in Asian culture.

[xiongmao]

Kind of a scary story - I wonder if there were any foreign English teachers on the ferry.

It's also very sad after the ferry disasters we've had in 1989 and a couple of years ago.

The 1989 one was a wake up call for the UK shipping industry. Some people died on the Italian one, but being Europeans they largely didn't obey orders to stay in their cabins, and hence most people survived.