Every once in awhile, I touch on politics and consumer affairs of various sorts because, even as an itinerant boat pimp and filmmaker sitting on a boat in some anchorage, I am affected by what goes on in the world and it is my right (since I carry a passport of a free democracy) to give voice to those worries and thoughts.
If you don't like it, there is a plethora of other blogs and websites devoted to various nautical and sailing themes that not reading Boat Bits would be problematic in way of your nautical reading needs.
Yesterday's post apparently really pissed some people off, and that bothers me. Partly because it was something of a softball of the very mild variety and partly because those who got angry totally missed the point.
I could have gone on and on about how people running things lie, tell you something is SAFE and then when it all falls apart become mute or simply tell us that "accidents happen" when in fact the fact that accidents happen most often because proper precautions and planning were never part of the mix because that would impair profits...
The problem is not oil or the drilling of oil or transport... The problem is greed and the fact that those running the show lie to us more often than not. It would be no bad thing to read yesterdays/last weeks/last years news from time to time and see how the promises of safety and need jibe with the reality of today. Hindsight really is 20/20.
For those Boat Bits readers who simply don't want any reality checks thrown in with the nautical and maritime ramblings the answer is really simple. Delete us from your RSS feed or simply don't come round anymore or, better yet, deal with what's here in an adult manner.
Boat Bits is simply going to continue to do what it does...
Plans Change, Martinique version
1 week ago
