What do you think about Royal Caribbean cruise ships continuing to dock at Haiti?
“On Sunday, the Guardian reported that Florida-based Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines is docking ships at the “picturesque wooded peninsula” known as Labadee, which it leases on Haiti’s northern coast. At Labadee, passengers “enjoy jetski rides, parasailing, and rum cocktails delivered to their hammocks.” The British paper also reported that passengers can spend their time “shopping for trinkets at a craft market” while armed guards stand at the entry to the complex to guarantee their safety.
Despite the fact that the ships have delivered relief supplies to the island, some passengers on the ships are reportedly “sickened” over the decision to dock there. One passenger took to an Internet message board to protest the idea of vacationing where “tens of thousands of dead people are being piled up on the streets, with the survivors stunned and looking for food and water.”‘
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/20100119/ts_ynews/ynews_ts1063
The people who clean the rooms, cook, wait tables, etc. can’t afford to lose the paycheck. Why change the itinerary to take food out of the mouths of their children? RC will make money even if the ship stops in some other country. the people at the bottom are the only ones who will suffer if the cruis ships stop coming.
Think about it. How would you feel if a natural disaster leveled most of your country and then some rich people in another country boycotted your country’s biggest industry leaving you unemployed?
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