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What you heard or read could be a Malicious rumor or baseless statement Now someone will quote your “I heard” and the rumor transitions to known fact
by zaphirplane 5y ago
What you heard or read could be a Malicious rumor or baseless statement
Now someone will quote your “I heard” and the rumor transitions to known fact
- ornornor 5y agoI’m aware, that’s why I said « I heard ». I feel that someone who quotes a rumor as a fact doesn’t really need to actually have seen it anywhere, they can just make it up all the same.
- toomanybeersies 5y agoTo give citations to GPs "I heard" > Masters are held solely responsible for all damage or accidents of whatever kind resulting from the navigation or handling of their vessels directly or indirectly by day or night. [1] And this journalist didn't seem to thing highly of the Suez Canal pilots: > Technically the pilot took command of the bridge, though the pilot we had was too busy eating his way through the entire menu, and dozing, to be particularly commanding. The second officer had to keep waking him up for instructions [2] Now obviously that's a single anecdote, but there's plenty more articles and blog posts of a similar vein. [1] https://www.seawaysmarine.com/SECTION%20%20II%20%20-%20PILOTAGE.pdf https://www.seawaysmarine.com/SECTION%20%20II%20%20-%20PILOT... [2] https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/mar/25/suez-canal-cargo-ship-ever-given-stuck https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/mar/25/suez-c...