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Poll_Blind

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9. Agreed. And not to mention how vomiting from seasickness would adversely affect the health of...

Reply to PatSeg (Reply #8)

Sun Aug 5, 2012, 12:53 PM

Aug 2012

....a person in a lifeboat. What we normally think of as an inconvenience could become a huge life or death factor. And that's leaving other things out, such as exposure, mental state, etc.

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'Women and children first' is a myth, shipwreck study shows [View all] KansDem Aug 2012 OP

"Crew members and captains first!!!!" MADem Aug 2012 #1

Well, yes... But didn't he trip and fall into a lifeboat? KansDem Aug 2012 #2

k&r Starry Messenger Aug 2012 #3

Sounds like what happens in an economic shipwreck. Zalatix Aug 2012 #4

Women and children are already being pushed off the boat when it comes to austerity measures jwirr Aug 2012 #5

Ah-ha! So WOMEN were pushing little children out of the way too, eh?! Bullshit. Poll_Blind Aug 2012 #6

I was thinking pretty much the same thing PatSeg Aug 2012 #8

Agreed. And not to mention how vomiting from seasickness would adversely affect the health of... Poll_Blind Aug 2012 #9

I'm curious, given the standards of the time period they're referencing, if swimming ability wasn't 4th law of robotics Aug 2012 #11

That would lead to major PatSeg Aug 2012 #13

Yeah the study doesn't seem to jive with the conclusions 4th law of robotics Aug 2012 #10

interesting hfojvt Aug 2012 #7

What an odd article. Behind the Aegis Aug 2012 #12