104 years of deception: Titanic sinking reviewed

[Leadeye]

I was asked that question once and answered "bad luck". When you consider the size of the ship and the iceberg and the size of the ocean, the odds are probably better of hitting the lottery than the two things hitting one another.

 

[KG1]

Maybe they had to hit the iceberg to sink the Titanic to put the fire out. Did you ever think of that?

 

[HoughMade]

The ship was steel. No way a fire made it sink.

 

[littletommy]

Maybe they had to hit the iceberg to sink the Titanic to put the fire out. Did you ever think of that?

Ridiculous! There was no mention of a fire in the Leonardo DiCaprio movie!

 

[phylodog]

The Titanic sank because it stopped floating, lets keep things simple people.

 

[KG1]

Ridiculous! There was no mention of a fire in the Leonardo DiCaprio movie!

It was edited out for time constraints.

 

[hoosierdoc]

I remember back shortly before my grandfather died, in the late winter/early spring of 1972, we had gathered at his home because we knew the end was near. One of the stories he blessed us with was how, as a young man of 15 in 1912, he recalled reading on the internet of the horrible tragedy of the titanic striking an iceberg and sinking. If my grandfather says he read on the internet that it struck an iceberg, then by god, it struck an iceberg!

the biggest issue is they chose the route that was uphill, both ways

Not a direct spoof thread as it's a legitimate news article, but posted AS a spoof thread, so... I dunno the actual ruling

 

[KG1]

the biggest issue is they chose the route that was uphill, both ways

Not a direct spoof thread as it's a legitimate news article, but posted AS a spoof thread, so... I dunno the actual ruling

We'll allow it.

 

[NyleRN]

the biggest issue is they chose the route that was uphill, both ways

Not a direct spoof thread as it's a legitimate news article, but posted AS a spoof thread, so... I dunno the actual ruling

Hung jury then? Wait a sec, your the doc not the lawyer

 

[jamil]

More like 9/11

Thank you. After I posted it I was hoping someone would say it.

 

[jamil]

We'll allow it.

I say yes.

 

[hoosierdoc]

Hung jury then? Wait a sec, your the doc not the lawyer

I can tell you how well the jury is hung, but cannot contribute much to it

 

[Vigilant]

I can tell you how well the jury is hung, but cannot contribute much to it

Yet your wife still forgives you!

 

[SSGSAD]

Just watch the History Channel .....

They reported, that it was BAD RIVETS .....

 

[NyleRN]

Just watch the History Channel .....

They reported, that it was BAD RIVETS .....

Yeah I watched tht the other night. They made them from iron which was inferior to steel

 

[halfmileharry]

It was aliens.

 

[amboy49]

I understand the first remote interior pictures revealed the swimming pools were still full of water ! What does that mean ? They could have used the pool water to put the fire out ? Definite negligence.

 

[actaeon277]

Passenger Liners are NOT armored. Fire or not, if it runs along an iceberg and rips a hole out of the side, it's going down.

The fire didn't need to make it more brittle, it would have peeled anyway.
The steel back then wasn't even near as strong as it is today.



If you run the side of your car along a vice on a bench, don't be surprised that it punctures the wall of your car.
Doesn't matter if you had a fire in your seat or not.

 

[oldpink]

The butler did it!

 

[rob63]

Passenger Liners are NOT armored. Fire or not, if it runs along an iceberg and rips a hole out of the side, it's going down.

The fire didn't need to make it more brittle, it would have peeled anyway.
The steel back then wasn't even near as strong as it is today.



If you run the side of your car along a vice on a bench, don't be surprised that it punctures the wall of your car.
Doesn't matter if you had a fire in your seat or not.

That sounds like an analogy based on true events, but was there a conspiracy behind it?