Amazing

If you doubt that we have become a nation--really a world-- of "sheeple," take a look at a recent post by the "Northern Muckraker." One might accept the idea of shipowners being reluctant to invite a terrorist reprisal by arming their ships (though I don't), but apparently some ship lines are complaining about the cost of a night watch while sailing through Somali waters.

Let's think about this for a moment. The ship is worth hundreds of millions of dollars, the cargo a similar amount, and they're complaining about a few thousand dollars to protect the ship from pirates--as if they don't pay that amount hundreds of times over in insurance, lost cargo, and such.

Penny wise, pound foolish--and coming very close to persuading me that their dog stayed home, and they went to the vet.