Reply #4: Oh yeah, the old "registered in Liberia" scam

[theHandpuppet]

I used to work in a shipyard and saw all manner of vessels, both well-known cargo and passenger lines, which carried the Liberian flag (or those of other third world nations) in order to skirt the inspections and regulations required of vessels in countries like the U.K. and the U.S. No way I'd ever sail on one of those deathtraps.