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FIVE MORE bodies have been found in the capsized cruise ship Costa Concordia which ran aground off the Italian coast late on Friday night, according to Italy’s ANSA news agency.
The bodies bring the death toll to 11.
This morning the search resumed for 29 people who were unaccounted for.
The BBC has released an astonishing audio recording in which the captain of the stricken Costa Concordia is ordered to return to the listing ship because there are still people trapped on board.
In the recording, a person identifying themselves as the Livorno Port Authority tells Captain Francesco Schettino to take his lifeboat back to the ship, climb a ladder and then report back once he’s on board with an update of how many people are still on the vessel.
He said the captain should also provide information on what kind of assistance those remaining on board would need to evacuate the listing ship. Schettino responds saying that the ship is listing and it is dark.
“Get on board, that’s an order. You need to continue the rescue. You called the evacuation – now I’m in charge,” the port official responds, ordering the captain repeatedly to return to the Costa Concordia.
Schettino is being held on suspicion of manslaughter and is accused of abandoning the ship before the evacuation was completed. He denies any wrongdoing.
Over 4,200 people were on board the cruise ship when it struck rocks off the Tuscan island of Giglio. Rescue teams this morning blew four holes in the ship’s hull for better access to parts of the ship which are submerged.
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Didn’t get far into the article before I got the general gist. Doxxing is perfectly acceptable to one side and not the other…guess which side.
@Briscoe Sundara: It is inconceivable that whoever wrote that dross cannot see how bad it is. There’s a paragraph there near the start that try’s to justify Far Left Vs Far Right Doxxing….. Ultimately it says……..
Far Left Doxxing….. Gooooood, because they’re harassing people on the far right….!!!
Far Right Doxxing….. Baaad… because they’re harassing people on the far left….!!!
Can we not all agree…. that you’ll all nuts…. The Nazi’s\racists on the far right and the loons on the far left like the author.
You would need a Pint after reading that carry on.
@Gerard: well this is awkward, didn’t really take long to find one Irish account. https://mobile.twitter.com/antifa_drone
@An Breasláin Nua: where, specifically, are the people on the left approving of doxxing in any significant number?
On the other hand, the far right approval is right here…
My comment linking an example of an Irish far left account openly doxxing people on Twitter was removed… The bias here is very concerning.
I think the cut and paste nature of right wing politics from the UK is the main reason it remains on the fringes here. It is extremely sympathetic to imperialism and loyalism, a deal breaker as this is at odds with the views of the vast majority of Irish people who would otherwise agree with others elements e.g. anti abortion.
“the far-right in Ireland is effectively a “copy and paste” groups in the US and Europe. ”
Very well described! It’s so pathetic how many of them don’t even understand the very basics of Irish politics.
One of their favourite mantras when they found themselves with a brown taoiseach was to claim he was “unelected” because they could only equate leadership with american style presidential contests.
The liberal consensus is creating opposition which it has labelled ‘Far – Right’.
The leaders might be opportunists looking for a cause and they are finding support from men who are reacting to being vilified, shouted down and discriminated against.
However the ‘liberal consensus is also well populated by opportunists and as they say “it takes one to know one”.
There is an economic concept, called the law of diminishing returns in play here. When you have got more than you ever asked for don’t start coming up with new “asks” and historical grievances as supporting facts.
The Catholic Church might have been a focal point for earlier generations but it doesn’t have the moral authority that it used to.
This was meant to be a response to Ned Gerblansky’s post above.
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