re: #565 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Went on a cruise once, we jumped off at the “Straw Market” in Nassau… people stepping off of a luxury liner to negotiate with folks for 10 t-shirts for a dollar. I was kind of ashamed. Left there, went for a walk.

Don’t have to walk far to see some pretty bad shit.

Didn’t enjoy the cruise after that…

Speaking of cruises….WTF is wrong with people!!
Cruise ship docks at private beach in Haiti for barbeque and water sports
boingboing.net

The Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines’ ship Independence of the Seas went ahead with its scheduled stop at a fenced-in private Haitian beach surrounded by armed guards, leaving its passengers to “cut loose” on the beach, just a few kilometers from one of the worst humanitarian disasters in the region’s history. The ship’s owners justified it as a humanitarian call, because the ship also delivered 40 palettes of relief supplies while its passengers frolicked on zip-lines and ate barbeque within the 12-foot-high fence’s perimeter.