[Pontiac]

"The most stunning finding from the other [other 18] shipwrecks [studied] is of course the low survival rate of women and children, but also the relatively high survival rate of crew members and captains," says one of the authors.

What I see here is the modern denigration and total lack of teaching the traditional code of the Honor of Manhood.

Outside of movies (mostly old movies) there is rarely heard these days any mention of honorable men. I can not recall the last time it came up in a conversation I had or I overheard.

Even where honorable behavior is ensconced in law it is often ignored.

Recall the recent grounding of a cruise ship in the Mediterranean where the ships captain abandoned ship and was told by the coast guard that he had to return to his ship and he deliberately ignored the command.

Honorable behavior has become an archaic concept to the modern man. Get a girlfriend pregnant; marry her you have got to be kidding! Too busy playing video games to study; cheating is an easy A.

Honor used to be worth dying for (as in giving your seat in a life boat to a lady) today it is not worth giving up your seat on the bus.

[Clock King]

Recall the recent grounding of a cruise ship in the Mediterranean where the ships captain abandoned ship and was told by the coast guard that he had to return to his ship and he deliberately ignored the command.

One of the only good stories about that incident is that the captain of a sister ship, who happened be on his own vacation, saw that the situation was getting out of control and just took command. Even though it wasn't his ship, he started evacuating people 15 minutes before the crew sounded the alarm. Nice to know there are some people left who take their honor and positions seriously.