Thank you for this sobering reminder about the lethal reality of "ostentatious feel-good meets cold Capitalism!" Sadly, what you say is not surprising and I hav

Thank you for this sobering reminder about the lethal reality of "ostentatious feel-good meets cold Capitalism!" Sadly, what you say is not surprising and I have no reason to doubt it. But while in the second paragraph I was reminded of something completely different, and briefly thought that this is what you were going to tell us about: A recent Internet news item claimed that living out one's days on a cruise ship was a cheaper alternative to living in a retirement home. No really, this is not just some fluff, apparently there was a study in 2004 by geriatricists Lindquist and Golub where they speculated on this, which people can Google at their convenience. Cecil from _The Straight Dope_ takes a more skeptical view in this article: http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/3056/is-a-cruise-ship-a-cheap-alternative-to-an-old-folks-home http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/3056/is-a-cruise-sh... . But, well, I think it's a fun idea to consider.