Cruise ships still find a Haitian berth

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Luxury liners are still docking at private beaches near Haiti’s devastated earthquake zone for holidaymakers to enjoy the water.

Sixty miles from Haiti’s devastated earthquake zone, luxury liners dock at private beaches where passengers enjoy jet ski rides, parasailing and rum cocktails delivered to their hammocks.

You know what?  I can’t really argue against this.  The world goes on.  The day after 9/11, I still had to go to work, less than 20 miles from Ground Zero.  And on 9/12, restaurants still operated, serving food, drinks, and alcoholic beverages less than 20 miles from Ground Zero.  Life does go on, despite tragedies.

The beaches the cruise lines use are usually owned by the cruise lines themselves, just off the coast.  They shouldn’t use their own beaches now?

I just read this article. At the end they also mention:

Forty pallets of rice, beans, powdered milk, water, and canned foods were delivered on Friday, and a further 80 are due and 16 on two subsequent ships. When supplies arrive in Labadee, they are distributed by Food for the Poor, a longtime partner of Royal Caribbean in Haiti.

Royal Caribbean has also pledged $1m to the relief effort and will spend part of that helping 200 Haitian crew members.

I don’t think I’d enjoy that particular stop at all. Hopefully it’s true that every little bit helps.

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   I don’t know. It’s crappy but at least they’re donating profits to the Haitians.

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    I think I may puke.

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    This makes me beyond angry.

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    ekswitaj:bonesarecoralmade:...Luxury liners are still docking at private beaches near...

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    I’ll get the torches and meet you around sixty miles from the earthquake zone?

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    this is the kind of shit that reduces me from my usual thoughtful democratic socialist self to incoherently screaming...

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    Good book, that.

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    I don’t see the problem. Those ships inject a lot of money into the Haitian economy by employing local people and...

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    my mom why I am agnostic. I could’ve used this as a reason.

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    Invasions are messy and expensive. “Nuke them from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.”

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    I just read this article. At the end they also mention:...I don’t think I’d enjoy that...

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    This reminds me of a book I read a couple of years ago, Emergency Sex (and Other Desperate Measures), written by three...

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    WHAT. That’s so messed up.

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