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]]> http://travel.booklocker.com/2007/03/21/cruise-ships-squash-belize/comment-page-1/#comment-69299 J Huggard Thu, 22 Mar 2007 08:25:38 +0000 http://travel.booklocker.com/2007/03/21/cruise-ships-squash-belize/#comment-69299 While I know it appears, nobody onboard the vessels cares about any environmental damage anywhere in the world, as long as they are having a good time on their cruise, there are increasing numbers beginning to speak up about shipboard shameful acts. A $7 head tax is nowhere near enough, but when we the people try to get more, such as in Alaska with a $50 headtax, politicias who are deep in the industry pockets only roll back the progress citizens have worked so hard to achieve. Maybe no cruise ship should be allowed in any ports. Have them tender in and out of ports from international waters. That should keep the industry at bay and give them time to rethink their responsibility to the environment. It would also force them to stay in the ports they are registered in, when weather was foul, instead of putting out to sea, risking the lives of all onboard. If they get hit deep enough in their pockets, they will race to become socially and environmentally responsible. While I know it appears, nobody onboard the vessels cares about any environmental damage anywhere in the world, as long as they are having a good time on their cruise, there are increasing numbers beginning to speak up about shipboard shameful acts. A $7 head tax is nowhere near enough, but when we the people try to get more, such as in Alaska with a $50 headtax, politicias who are deep in the industry pockets only roll back the progress citizens have worked so hard to achieve. Maybe no cruise ship should be allowed in any ports. Have them tender in and out of ports from international waters. That should keep the industry at bay and give them time to rethink their responsibility to the environment. It would also force them to stay in the ports they are registered in, when weather was foul, instead of putting out to sea, risking the lives of all onboard. If they get hit deep enough in their pockets, they will race to become socially and environmentally responsible.

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