Another tragic commentary concerning the dissolution of an orderly civilized society and rampant chaos and anarchy reigning supreme. The world economic crisis is certainly to blame, but also a decline in Civilization, as we know it, where
rule of law and order have disappeared. Everyday, cruisers are left with less options for exploration unless they are willing to accept the real possibility of physical violence and mayhem in their journeys. The world today is not the same that we lived in thirty years ago and one would be foolish, indeed, to say that life is better. What the future holds is unclear, but we must accept that many cruisers will not have the same opportunities for relative
safety in their adventures that we have taken for granted. This is a sad state of affairs. Ron