The husband, Michael Wormald, took the tiny two person craft directly into the path of the double-decker, 600 person ferryboat that goes between the transportation center and the Magic Kingdom. He believed the ferry would yield, that it had to yield.
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Both of those Disney lagoon stories involve a man in a position of responsibility (caring for a child, steering a craft) making a decision that cost someone close to him dearly, in defiance of common sense and obvious safety rules, on the strength of "What're they gonna do?"
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These were the stories that popped into my head when I read about the latest Trump... hmm, can we still call it a flotilla if it's not, technically, floating? I think we may be getting into etymologically dicey waters.
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But there's a better, closer parallel to the Trump fleet than those other watery disasters, and it's the disaster we've all been living through, barring those who didn't: The pandemic.
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"You can't tell me what to do." + "What are you, a pussy?" + "You play it safe if you want, I'm gonna LIVE!" + ignoring distancing rules established for safety...
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And of course, right on queue, we have the buoyancy truthers to call the whole thing a hoax. https://twitter.com/CarmineSabia/status/1302336384884264962 …
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I suppose anyone who tried to warn against gunning the engines would be a "wakescold"?
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So what happened on the lake is funny, but it's not just funny, it's instructive. And also scary. We're living in a country that's full of people who will sink the boat they're on before they listen to or think of anyone else. And we outnumber them. But we're in the same boat.
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And also if you mainly want to see more of my commentary on current events I am running a sale on my newsletter The Erin Endeavor all this week, $25 for an annual subscription. https://alexandraerin.substack.com/labordabor
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