Congress to probe crime aboard cruise ships

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11442684/

Ahead of a House hearing Tuesday to tackle the issue of crime aboard cruise ships, a congressional memo details 177 sexual misconduct incidents, ranging from inappropriate touching to rape, and four robberies of amounts over $5,000 over a three-year period.

During that time, approximately 25 million people embarked on cruises from North America ports, the memo said.

Disclosure of the data, supplied by Holland America Lines, Royal Caribbean Cruises and others, is unusual because cruise lines are not required by law to publish comprehensive crime statistics and criminal law varies greatly on international waters.

Rep. Christopher Shays, R-Conn., wants to change that.

“I don’t have a comfort level that statistics from the cruise industry are accurate,” he said Saturday in a telephone interview. “I’ve never known statistics that are voluntary to be accurate.”

[pitohui]

1. christ

don't they have a real job?

[Lerkfish]

2. I'm glad we can have hearings on this, instead of those pesky torture

investigations or keeping our elections fair.

:sarcasm:

(directed at congress, not the OP)

[TomInTib]

3. Why don't they just phone Rita Cosby?...

Save a lot of time and money.

Anderson's on it now as well.

[MADem]

4. Guess they need to keep the high seas safe for that rightwinger cruise

that was discussed here a few days past.

[flordehinojos]

5. why the h-ll isn't congress probing crimes by BUSH against humanity?

CHRISTOPHER SHAYS ... probing crimes aboard cruise ships is a distraction. DO YOU REALLY WANT TO PROBE CRIMES AND STOP THEM? PROBE BUSH AND HIS WHITE HOUSE AND HIS ILLEGAL INVASION AND OCCUPATION OF IRAQ, AND HIS PLAN TO GO AGAINST IRAN ..... that is where you need to go Mr. Shays, otherwise, just forget it and use our tax dollars to restore programs which have already been cut or are in danger of dying due to the Bushes fixation with tax cuts.

[wakeme2008]

6. 4 ppl robbed out of 25,000,000 over 3 years NYC would love that rate

:grr:

[havocmom]

7. So would the taxpayers of the US

who know Congress has stolen a lot more for their corporate patrons.

Gotta look at crimes on the high seas or they might notice some in their own offices.

[LibDemAlways]

8. I'm a former travel agent. I've been on many

cruises. A cruise is one of the safest vacations a person can take. In room safes are provided for valuables. Security is tight in the ports so only passengers and crew are allowed aboard. It's always been my experience that crew members are helpful, friendly and well-supervised aboard ship. Any bad apples are promptly weeded out. The "crime" rate aboard ships, such as it is, is extremely low and probably much of it is alcohol-fueled by out-of-control passengers.

With all the crimes being perpetrated on the American people by the Bush crime family, surely Congress could better utilize its time and resources than by launching an investigation into a largely bogus non-issue such as this.

[Spazito]

14. I have been on three cruises and have never felt safer!

Thank you for posting this.

[MindPilot]

9. Man, I hope they don't find out about the swingers' cruises

or even worse...gay cruises.

People having sex on vacation! Oh the humanity!!!

[saigon68]

11. Those gay cruises (SHOCK REGISTERED)

Imagine men touching each others private parts </sarcasm>


LINK http://www.atlantisevents.com/html/vac/SE06.asp

this should get their underwear in a bundle ---- especially Frist and DeLay

[Turbineguy]

16. All those

queen sized beds!

[Overseas]

10. And golly, let's televise those hearings

so the people will feel that they still have freedom of the press. Yeah, that's it !

[BiggJawn]

12. Getting drunk and falling overboard is a Crime?

Sounds like Natural Selection to me.

Stick Rita and Nancy on the case, they'll get to the bottom of it.

[sallyseven]

13. ""Idea"" Put the repuke leadership

on a big cruise line and send them off for a couple of years. They hold about 3-5,00.

[pinniped]

15. Finally! My dozens of letters fired off each month to members....

of Congrass has finally paid off.

[CTyankee]

17. Rich Greenwich guy gets killed

and we've got a Congressional investigation! Wow, I love to see justice served for the lowliest among us.

[Rose Siding]

18. This ought to keep the media out of their hair for a while

With Lovely Rita on the case, it was inevitable.