XPost: can.politics, van.general   
   From: none@present.com   
      
   "JM"  wrote in message news:cPhXw.321063$7p1.314349@fx10.iad...   
      
   > I knew who I was responding to and, being a nice guy, I've tried to convey   
   > a few things to her as nicely as I could. Just the facts, no insults. I   
   > even said that I regretted the incident as much as she did -- and it's   
   > true, very true. I've been crisscrossing English Bay, Indian Arm, the   
   > strait of Georgia, Howe Sound, the Gulf Islands, the Sunshine Coast,   
   > Desolation Sound, the Broughtons off Port McNeill and other beautiful   
   > places in BC on a sailboat and I would be the first to regret an oil spill   
   > in these waters. But I would also be the first to correct anybody who   
   > would have his/her facts(*) wrong.   
   >   
   > (*) Wrong facts: (1) confusion between a grain bulk carrier and a tanker   
   > and (2) the "double hull" issue.   
      
   Of course, the number of hulls is a complete red herring:  The Marathassa   
   suffered a mechanical failure that resulted in fuel being pumped out of the   
   vessel.  The only way to eliminate the risk of a similar accident would be   
   to ban oil powered ships.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)