Actually, the Titanic sinking WAS covered by SPIN, but of a different form. The ship was dangerously designed, corruptly built (all kinds of cheating on the welding, etc.), and not very carefully navigated. A fair verdict would have ruined the company. So, building on the totally fallacious “unsinkable” ad campaign, the Star Line claimed that it was hubris — human vanity, thinking that they were above nature — that was at fault. Because hubris, unlike negligence, is not a tort. And they got away with it. They did not have to pay the millions upon millions of compensation that they ought to have. And the hubris story was repeated for a century.
@Painted Wolf said:“….There’s a lot of ice on Greenland which is going to take a long time to go away….”
Tell that to the folks in Greenland who just last week at to evacuate part of their town because of an huge iceberg coming too close and their fear that if it calves, the town will be flooded.
you doubtless also pine for the days when lake erie was a huge puddle of sludge and the cuyahoga river would periodically catch fire. you know, the days before “socialists” passed environmental regulations to clean things up…
Say What Now‽ Premium Member over 6 years ago
I know when I hit that tree it jumped out at me.
Superfrog over 6 years ago
Blame shifting is just the tip of the iceberg.
finkd over 6 years ago
All the iceberg’s fault ? That’s cold.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] over 6 years ago
Reminds me of spineless Republicans jumping ship and doing not a damn thing. The “ship of state” is sinking.
chassimmons Premium Member over 6 years ago
Actually, the Titanic sinking WAS covered by SPIN, but of a different form. The ship was dangerously designed, corruptly built (all kinds of cheating on the welding, etc.), and not very carefully navigated. A fair verdict would have ruined the company. So, building on the totally fallacious “unsinkable” ad campaign, the Star Line claimed that it was hubris — human vanity, thinking that they were above nature — that was at fault. Because hubris, unlike negligence, is not a tort. And they got away with it. They did not have to pay the millions upon millions of compensation that they ought to have. And the hubris story was repeated for a century.
electricshadow Premium Member over 6 years ago
https://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/huge-iceberg-off-greenland-sparks-flooding-fears/news-story/1f910ed63fec50bdd43e22a91a6a4cda
sandpiper over 6 years ago
By any chance, would that be the ship of state?
ne7minder over 6 years ago
“I asked the iceberg, he said he didn’t do it. NO COLLISION FAKE NEWS – SAD”
Masterskrain over 6 years ago
The last few seconds of the “Trumptanic”.
tripwire45 over 6 years ago
Like yesterday’s strip, this one goes both ways politically, but tends to skew left in news and social media and on university campuses.
Ignatz Premium Member over 6 years ago
Iceberg’s fault? Sure, blame it on the Jews.
jrankin1959 over 6 years ago
…said J. Bruce Ismay.
BiathlonNut over 6 years ago
Blame it on the Guelphs or Ghibellines. Take your pick.
Holden Awn over 6 years ago
Hmm, The DNC?
ForALaugh Premium Member over 6 years ago
Nah… It’s just fake news.
Linguist over 6 years ago
@Painted Wolf said:“….There’s a lot of ice on Greenland which is going to take a long time to go away….”
Tell that to the folks in Greenland who just last week at to evacuate part of their town because of an huge iceberg coming too close and their fear that if it calves, the town will be flooded.
Linguist over 6 years ago
Blame the other guy has been Commissar tRUMP’s tactic looong before he entered politics.
RonBerg13 Premium Member over 6 years ago
Sigh… I give up… You don’t win friends and influence people, or policy, for that matter, by insulting people and calling them names.
When you do that, you besmirch your own arguments.
And I’m talking about both sides here – not specific individuals or groups.
gopher gofer over 6 years ago
⇧ @mwaurelius
you doubtless also pine for the days when lake erie was a huge puddle of sludge and the cuyahoga river would periodically catch fire. you know, the days before “socialists” passed environmental regulations to clean things up…
bakana over 6 years ago
On the USS tRumpf, he’d blame it on those Liberals down in 3rd Class Steerage who refused to jump Overboard when ordered.
If they hadn’t weighed the ship down, it would have Floated, even with the Hole in it.
MeanBob Premium Member over 6 years ago
So we can go ahead with the plans for a new Titanic right?