# Brawl breaks out in cruise ship

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brawl-breaks-out-in-cruise-ship/809222>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 20, 2018, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brawl-breaks-out-in-cruise-ship/809222 "2018-02-20T20:19:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![Luciano700](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Luciano700](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Luciano700)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2018, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brawl-breaks-out-in-cruise-ship/809222/1 "2018-02-20T20:19:33Z")

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[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/jpnVnSxlTVw/maxresdefault.jpg "23 Passengers Removed From Cruise Ship In Australia After Brawls") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpnVnSxlTVw)

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**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2018, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brawl-breaks-out-in-cruise-ship/809222/2 "2018-02-20T20:42:06Z")

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and?

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**Author:** ![Luciano700](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Luciano700](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Luciano700)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2018, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brawl-breaks-out-in-cruise-ship/809222/3 "2018-02-20T20:45:08Z")

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> [@Hampshire](#):
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> and?

Did anyone force you to reply?

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**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2018, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brawl-breaks-out-in-cruise-ship/809222/4 "2018-02-20T20:48:48Z")

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> [@Luciano700](#):
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> Did anyone force you to reply?

“Here’s something I saw on the internet” is not very interesting.

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**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2018, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brawl-breaks-out-in-cruise-ship/809222/5 "2018-02-20T20:50:31Z")

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If only the other passengers had been armed.

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**Author:** ![Luciano700](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Luciano700](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Luciano700)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2018, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brawl-breaks-out-in-cruise-ship/809222/6 "2018-02-20T20:50:50Z")

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> [@Procrustus](#):
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> “Here’s something I saw on the internet” is not very interesting.

Is everywhere…  
Btw apperantly the story takes an absurd twist

[Carnival Legend: Barkho family ask police for protection](http://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/incidents/carnival-legend-brawl-barkho-family-ask-police-for-help/news-story/52bf6adb2022add55b32cadb53d339d2)

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**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2018, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brawl-breaks-out-in-cruise-ship/809222/7 "2018-02-20T20:54:23Z")

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> [@Penfeather](#):
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> If only the other passengers had been armed.

If everyone were armed, everyone would’ve been polite and the fight wouldn’t have broken out.

Or, the fight would’ve broken out and there would be a bunch of people dead.

I’m guessing it’s the first scenario outcome. :rolleyes:

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**Author:** ![Luciano700](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Luciano700](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Luciano700)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2018, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brawl-breaks-out-in-cruise-ship/809222/8 "2018-02-20T21:11:08Z")

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> [@wguy123](#):
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> If everyone were armed, everyone would’ve been polite and the fight wouldn’t have broken out.
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> Or, the fight would’ve broken out and there would be a bunch of people dead.
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> I’m guessing it’s the first scenario outcome. :rolleyes:

Yep, you bet.

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**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2018, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brawl-breaks-out-in-cruise-ship/809222/9 "2018-02-20T21:21:18Z")

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Was amused to see cruise line staff kicking people and grabbing at bystander’s cameras. Maybe they should change their name to Carny Cruise Lines?

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**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2018, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brawl-breaks-out-in-cruise-ship/809222/10 "2018-02-20T21:56:09Z")

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> [@Luciano700](#):
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> [https://youtu.be/jpnVnSxlTVw](https://youtu.be/jpnVnSxlTVw)

We require threads to have actual content. If you are unable to form enough of an opinion to put some content in the OP then don’t post it.
