Crewmember injured on vessel = lien. Crewmember raped on vessel = lien, just like crewmember slips, falls, breaks leg on vessel = lien. Unseaworthiness of crew that leads to injury to crewmember = lien. Victims can arrest the vessel to enforce the lien, just like any other crewmember can for shipboard injuries.
My hubby doesn’t either. Never has, and no desire to do so. Never has! That’s all part of management and having a plan.
This absolutely true - just another way our government has failed our kids. Expecting that we release then on the world with the skills to manage responsible alcohol consumption for the first time on their 21st birthday is ridiculously stupid. Parents need to know and do better - government and stupid laws be damned.
In my family...it's not the Governments responsibility to teach my children things like social responsibility, responsible drinking, etc. That was my job.
Respectfully disagree, and second the response by Don't Give Up the Ship. The government may and does fail in many respects, but teaching "kids" the basics, like the elements of responsible drinking, is not its job. And it should know and remain in its lanes. In this instance, chiefly to "establish Justice," prosecute this rapist and, upon a finding of guilt, punishing him.
There are definitely US Merchant Marine companies were the safety culture is such that this would be extremely unlikely. I believe this problem needs to be tackled from several directions, including, strengthening the penalties for any licensed officer, the company and management.
I hate the turn that this thread is starting to make. This is not about alcohol. It is about the abhorrent behavior of the rapist and the cover up by the crew. The 19 year old was put into a near impossible situation for her to manage and the fault for that is with Maersk and USMMA. She handled it in a way not in her best interest for sure. But it does not matter what or how much she drank or why she did it. Not one person on that ship took care of her. Including her classmate.
No one was victim blaming. But we all have a responsibility not to put ourselves in dangerous situations. If we go through life relying on others to look out for our best interest we will stumble from disappointment to disappointment.
It is about the abhorrent behavior of the rapist and the cover up by the crew. Take care of your shipmates.
There is an accusation of a rape - not sure how you are concluding the crew covered it up, since it was never reported and never investigated.
I do not understand your point "You can say and believe that without placing the blame for an alleged rape on the victim."
Clearly.
No disrespect inteded at alll here. But….this statement is in essence, victim blaming. We all have a have a right to expect to not be violated at the most basic level. Our bodies. It shouldn’t even be on our minds. ESPECIALLY in a gathering of coworkers!! And, had she or her shipmate known the situation was dangerous, neither would have been there I’m certain. This situation should. NOT have been a dangerous one. It should Have been a way to bond with shipmates.
Only if you pick out pieces without considering the whole. Parents have a responsibility to educate their kids on how to handle alcohol and take care of themselves, but to do so requires we ignore/violate drinking laws so they can gain that experience. That's where the government fails us.
Double check your state laws…bc in ours, parents CAN do this in our own home, with our own kids, for educational purposes. My son argued this point one day. I didn’t believe him. And then he showed me.
Every state is different. Some allow parents to serve alcohol to their own kid at home, but that’s a lot different than parents hosting a safe party involving other kids for them to experience the effects of alcohol together. And while state laws may allow a parent to serve their own kid alcohol in their home, this may still run afoul of school codes of conduct that prohibit alcohol for athletes and even some other extracurriculars.