100 years on, the unsinkable Titanic tale

who else is sick to death of Titanic stories? And why is there a big centenary celebration? How about all the ships that didn't sink on the first voyage? The whole thing is nothing to be proud about - a badly-made ship, a rushed job, a captain who took risks and went too fast on the wrong route, and not enough lifeboats.

True - but first, coming soon to a theatre near you....

TITANIC - The Centenary Edition
in 3D

DudTenners wrote:

who else is sick to death of Titanic stories? And why is there a big centenary celebration? How about all the ships that didn't sink on the first voyage? The whole thing is nothing to be proud about - a badly-made ship, a rushed job, a captain who took risks and went too fast on the wrong route, and not enough lifeboats.

Gee, you're insulting hundreds of people's deaths.

The centenary of the Titanic I can put up with, It's the corporate feeding frenzy known as the olympics that is really pissing me of and thats before you get to the pointlessnes and cost of the olympic feeding frenzy

And that completes the cast of 'Grumpy Old Men'
:-)

The sinking of the Titanic was a landmark in transport history and a waking up call for shipping in general.
The disaster shook the imagination of millions of people at the time.
It's quite right to remember it by commemorating the 100th anniversary of this tragedy.

The biggest insurance job in history!

Joginder Singh Foley wrote:

The centenary of the Titanic I can put up with, It's the corporate feeding frenzy known as the olympics that is really pissing me of and thats before you get to the pointlessnes and cost of the olympic feeding frenzy

... not forgetting the anniversary of Mr Blobby's first appearance!
It certainly is a year packed full of British events

is a shame that it will be this way but thing are what they be

As part of the 'celebrations', they should sacrifice Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate bloody Winslet.

Harold Shipman wrote:

As part of the 'celebrations', they should sacrifice Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate bloody Winslet.

Give Winslet to me.

Sheeple Herder wrote:

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Give Winslet to me.

You can do what you like with her, after she's been brutally sacrificed to Manawydan, the god of the sea.

Sheeple Herder wrote:

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Give Winslet to me.

And give Leonardo to ronan.

DudTenners wrote:

who else is sick to death of Titanic stories? And why is there a big centenary celebration? How about all the ships that didn't sink on the first voyage? The whole thing is nothing to be proud about - a badly-made ship, a rushed job, a captain who took risks and went too fast on the wrong route, and not enough lifeboats.

See what you mean.

I don't get all the hype around the Titanic. The Lusitania was a much more tragic sotry.....

* story

Dubbadub wrote:

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See what you mean.
I don't get all the hype around the Titanic. The Lusitania was a much more tragic story.....

The losses on the Titanic (1513) were more than those of the Lusitania (1153) and they may well have suffered longer.

In any case, I don't think there is an easy barrometer measurement of suffering.

EdSed wrote:

<quoted text>The losses on the Titanic (1513) were more than those of the Lusitania (1153) and they may well have suffered longer.
In any case, I don't think there is an easy barrometer measurement of suffering.

True I just think the cause of the Titanic sinking was human error, while the sinking of the Lusitania was a German attack. I just meant tragic in so far as the Lusitania was minding it's own business and was sunk by a U-Boat, while the Titanic disaster was caused by a catalogue of errors....

Dubbadub wrote:

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True I just think the cause of the Titanic sinking was human error, while the sinking of the Lusitania was a German attack. I just meant tragic in so far as the Lusitania was minding it's own business and was sunk by a U-Boat, while the Titanic disaster was caused by a catalogue of errors....

It was caused by a fecking big iceberg.

the Titanic disaster was easily avoidable.

IF----
The Captain had taken a southerly route
had slowed down when in an icefield
had not been under orders to break a record
the ship had been better built out of better quality steel
and there had been more lifeboats.

But to make a big media event nearly every year out of it is just getting too much.

Dubbadub wrote:

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See what you mean.
I don't get all the hype around the Titanic. The Lusitania was a much more tragic sotry.....

What about the German ship sunk by the Russians while trying to save civilians from East Prussia during WW2.About 6000 people lost their lives.I think the ship was called the Wilhelm Gustlav.