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FUCK YOU FAG
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Sat Feb 17 13:23:16
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Sat 17 Feb 2018



Cruise ship on which big brawl broke out docks in Melbourne

It’s believed days of fighting preceded the scuffle and led to 23 members of a family being forced off


A cruise ship that had to have 23 members of an unruly family booted off after a mass brawl has docked in Melbourne.


Passengers described three days of mayhem during what was supposed to be an ideal holiday through the South Pacific.

The Carnival Legend arrived at its homeport in Melbourne on Saturday, following an unscheduled stop to offload the 23-member family at Eden on the the New South Wales south coast.

An NSW police investigation is now under way into the brawl that broke out in the early hours of Friday at the ship’s nightclub.

Lisa Bolitho, a passenger, said the “big Italian family” spent the past few days attacking “Aussies”. “Very violent, they were full-on attacks,” she told reporters on Saturday.

“The captain said ‘What do you want me to do about it - throw them overboard?’.

“We’ve all made several complains saying kids were scared. They saw people getting strangled and punched up.”

Bolitho questioned the management’s handling of the incident.

“We were saying ‘We want them either locked up or taken off board’. It never happened and there was another four occasions,” she said. “We dropped them off at Eden yesterday, but that was after three days of violence.”

She said security staff ended up “jumping” the family, and had no choice but to do so. “They deserved everything they got – they were the aggressors.”

Bolitho said her son was targeted by the family, and the pair had to flee and lock themselves in their cabin.

“I was watching the fight and one guy came up to me and said ‘Do you want to go too bro?” her son said. “My mum had to drag me away from it all. They were trying to pick on any Aussie they could find.”



Kellie, a passenger, says a group of troublemakers had been starting fights for a few days including in front of children playing in the pool.

“There are people walking around with cut heads and hands,” she told Melbourne radio station 3AW.

David Barkho says his son phoned and begged him to call authorities after he sustained a head injury while on the ship.

His 20-year-old son said “a lot of people are bleeding, a lot of people down”.

“He rang me about 1am this morning and said ‘Pease dad, please dad, call the federal police’,” Mr Barkho told the radio station on Friday.

Video footage of the scuffle, shared on social media, shows dozens of people fighting each other, security guards and other staff before the person filming the incident is confronted by staff.

The Carnival general manager, Jennifer Vandekreek, said there were “limited and isolated events with the family in question” in the lead-up to the brawl.

“It is always our last resort. We felt it was the best course of action for the safety and security of our guests and our crew.

“We sincerely apologise to our guests who were impacted by the disruptive behaviour of the group removed from the ship by the NSW Police in Eden yesterday. Our care team is supporting those guests who have been affected,” she said in a statement.

The group was taken ashore and then to Canberra where they made other travel arrangements, NSW Police said.

Another video on social media shows dozens of passengers applauding, and taunting the family, as they were forced off the anchored ship and handed over to water police.

“Enjoy the rest of your cruise,” one woman yells out.

Carnival Cruise Line has also launched an internal investigation.

The incident comes after seven people were offloaded from a P&O ship in Sydney on Sunday after a 37-year-old Russian woman allegedly struck a 21-year-old man with an empty wine bottle during a fight about 1am.

Six men were released without charge while the Russian was charged with reckless wounding and affray.
FUCK YOU FAG
Member
Sat Feb 17 13:23:58
A scene:
http://www.youtube.com/embed/P1c2s0dQD3g
Paramount
Member
Sat Feb 17 15:30:11
lol, ape-like behavior. Why was the Italian family going berserk for three days on the boat? Did they have too much to drink or what, too little maybe? Why they attacked aussies?

I like how a security guy literally is kicking at a woman’s ass as she is laying down on the floor.
jergul
large member
Sat Feb 17 16:18:36
Yes, I have. For a summer season off Spitzbergen (Svalbard) 18 hour shifts. One grounding just south of moffin island (full evac as boat stability was questionable) and a fist fight with the first mate.

I figured fishing was easier. So did not repeat the season. Though driving zodiacs in full survival gear and watching for polarbear with a nice krag-jørgensen had a certain je ne se quais.
jergul
large member
Sat Feb 17 16:19:17
(By driving I mean manning the outboard engine).
jergul
large member
Sat Feb 17 16:20:27
Ah yes, I forgot. Manual stacking the anchor chain. Perhaps the most dangerous job I even had( get one link across yourself and you are dead. Slowly as the rest follow a link at a time to crush you).
jergul
large member
Sat Feb 17 16:23:59
http://www.hff-kajen.se/Svalbaerd-presentation.htm

Nice ship. Krupp steel. It was actually sunk by the brits during wwii and raise and taken as a prize by the norwegian state after the war (not part of the link bio).

obaminated
Member
Sat Feb 17 16:50:29
Surprised the security crew wouldn't have batons/pepper spray.
obaminated
Member
Sat Feb 17 17:37:38
Also, these are italians, aka eggplants one step removed from shines.
Hot Rod
Revved Up
Sat Feb 17 18:46:18

I was on a troop ship once, we did nothing like that.It was the North Atlantic in January, most of the troops were too sick to fight.

smart dude
Member
Sat Feb 17 21:48:25
Thank you for another delightful and entirely unrelated "anecdote," Rod.
Hot Rod
Revved Up
Sat Feb 17 21:56:14

How else are you going to learn about American life from decades past unless I pass along my little vignettes? I don't think the military uses troop ships anymore.

Actually, I wish you youngsters would tell us some of your experiences.

smart dude
Member
Sat Feb 17 22:15:47
It wasn't even a quality vignette. Just 1. you were on a boat 2. it was january. 3. people are sick. Nothing to "learn about American life." My God.
Hot Rod
Revved Up
Sat Feb 17 22:32:40

You could have learned that a lot of soldiers get sick on troop ships.

Now if you ever become a movie director you will know to show soldiers lying in a stairwell in a pool of their own vomit while still vomiting on themselves.


Now, aren't you glad you asked? :)



smart dude
Member
Sat Feb 17 22:43:21
People get sick on boats? Yes, I never knew that. Dumbass.
Hot Rod
Revved Up
Sun Feb 18 04:22:43

I buy you books and what do you do?

Tear the backs off of them and eat the pages.

Paramount
Member
Sun Feb 18 05:34:53
Why don’t you write your own book, Hot Rod. And maybe a school will buy it, and then kids finally will learn something useful.
Average Ameriacn
Member
Sun Feb 18 06:12:17
I would buy your book.
Hot Rod
Revved Up
Sun Feb 18 07:27:35

I had a great many ideas of what to put into a book the first time I was in the hospital about six and a half years ago, but I didn't write them down and by the time I got home and settled they were gone.

The Children
Member
Sun Feb 18 12:45:26
no i havent. seems quite fun BUT I CANT AFFORD. FUCK LIFE.
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