titanic news & southampton pictures...

[txorakeriak]

The story of the Titanic has interested me for quite a long time, but I only became fascinated with it when I visited Southampton in 2006 and went on the Titanic Memorial Trail. And since I only recently saw an exhibition on the three biggest disasters involving English ships in the Maritime Museum of Liverpool, it was only natural that I noticed

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[txorakeriak]

Thank you! :D

I agree, of course, there's a bright side to every disaster because they make people aware of their mistakes. And I personally was surprised that there was still a survivor of the Titanic tragedy because it's been quite a long time since 1912!

By the way, I'm getting a bit frightened about the amount of stuff we agree on! Is there anything we disagree on, apart from our favourite German club? XDD

And you're right, it's indeed surprising that the story of Dr. Kästner hasn't gotten any media attention at all! O__O Granted, we lost that war, but shouldn't we be respectful and proud of those who fought for their country? (At least back then, soldiers were still fighting for their country...)

[txorakeriak]

Okay, good point, we do differ here, I'm a convinced atheist. But each to their own, right? I definitely don't mind people who are religious, it's just narrowmindedness, intolerance and religion as an institution that I have problems with. ;)

Seems that if you want to be recognised as a war veteran and have advantages because of it, you need to be American. Honestly, though, I'd rather keep our more or less reasonable view on war than adopt the Americans'. *shudders*

[just_jenni]

OMG Bill, this is just beautiful! I love your pics, they are so sharp & clear!
And I was surprised to hear about the last Titanic survivor passing away. Wow. It's quite a shock to realize that it is the end of a very important story. A piece of real history is over.

[txorakeriak]

Thank you! Those were still taken with my old camera, so I'm rather disappointed with how they turned out (too spoiled by my shiny new camera *LOL*), but I'm glad you like them! Southampton is a beautiful city indeed.

Very well said! I wonder if there are still survivors of the other two great British sea tragedies, the disasters of the Lusitania and the Empress of Ireland...