{"id":14726,"date":"2012-10-17T01:00:09","date_gmt":"2012-10-17T08:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/?p=14726"},"modified":"2012-10-17T01:00:09","modified_gmt":"2012-10-17T08:00:09","slug":"wednesday-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/?p=14726","title":{"rendered":"The Bizarre World of Captain Schettino"},"content":{"rendered":"

While it's possible that Costa Concordia Captain Francesco Schettino will be convicted of manslaughter over the death of 32 cruise ship passengers, it's also important to remember something about a rush to judgment.<\/span><\/p>\n

The respected news agency Reuters carried a story headlined "Italy cruise ship's captain tells survivors: I'm sorry". In the story, there is one line about the apology: "Two German survivors who attended the hearing said Schettino had shaken their hands and said he was sorry."<\/span><\/p>\n

The headline makes it sound that Schettino apologized for what he did. Are we to believe that he would say that during a preliminary court appearance regarding his guilt or innocence? Is it possible that what Schettino simply said was he was sorry about what happened, no matter who was to blame?<\/span><\/p>\n

Sometimes it seems the world is so anxious to convict the guy that it can't wait for a fair trial.<\/span><\/p>\n

You don't think so?<\/span><\/p>\n

In another report, carried by CNN<\/a>, a lawyer said when Schettino appeared in court this week he looked "like he walked straight out of a GQ Magazine<\/a>." And this has what to do with his guilt or innocence?<\/span><\/p>\n

As if the entire proceedings aren't bizarre enough, here's another one:<\/span><\/p>\n

Schettino, alleged to be the principal perpetrator of a crime by everyone from his own cruise line to the Italian Coast Guard to surviving passengers, has sued Costa Cruises<\/a> for wrongful dismissal?<\/span><\/p>\n

Like his guilt or innocence, that will also be determined.<\/span><\/p>\n

In time.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\tSun Princess<\/a>
\n\t14 nights
\n\tDecember 30, 2012
\n\tBrisbane<\/a> (return): Auckland<\/a>, Tauranga, Napier, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, Fiordland National Park                           
\n\tInside: $1,597
\n\tCost per day: $114<\/strong><\/span>
\n\twww.princess.com<\/a>
\n\t <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While it's possible that Costa Concordia Captain Francesco Schettino will be convicted of manslaughter over the death of 32 cruise ship passengers, it's also important to remember something about a rush to judgment. The respected news agency Reuters carried a story headlined "Italy cruise ship's captain tells survivors: I'm sorry". In the story, there is… Continue reading The Bizarre World of Captain Schettino<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[317,389,851,57,912,72,86,35,1085,373,957,428,432,877],"class_list":["post-14726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stories","tag-australia","tag-captains","tag-costa-concordia","tag-costa-cruise","tag-cruise-bargains","tag-cruise-deals","tag-cruise-ships","tag-cruises","tag-francesco-schettino","tag-new-zealand","tag-princess-cruises","tag-ship-accidents","tag-ship-captains","tag-sun-princess","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14726\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}