And now, a word about jumping ship ...
By The Ancient Mariner
Thursday, May 15, 2008

RMS Titanic: They all said she was unsinkable. But when she sank, it was unthinkable*.

Anyway, what do you do when your ship is sinking? You jump ship. No two ways about it and we seamen have no qualms about this especially if it is for the common good. So likewise if any particular 'unsinkable' SOS (Ship of Shame) is set to founder, then why not indeed. A sea captain would encourage his men to abandon ship, even to clamber aboard the enemy's if it is a matter of personal survival and after taking everyones' interests at heart. This is also the most practical thing to do and he doesn't really need to go down with his ship ... thats simply passé these days.

Morality? Integrity?

Dammit sirs, don't patronise me.

(Read Once the defections start, there's no stopping in today's theSun, here)

*This reminds me of the joke about the doctor who had his stethoscope on a young girl's chest when he said,"Big breaths, now".

"Yeth," she said, "and I am only thixteen!"

Logged by The Ancient Mariner at 9.08am