Costa Concordia Capitano "Lord Jim" Francesco Schettino claims he fell into the life boat by accident!

Capitano "Lord Jim" Francesco Schettino, Coward and Plagiarist
No, you cannot make this up.  Captain Francesco Schettino claims he "fell" into the lifeboat and did not abandon the ship.  Well I guess you could make it up if you were Joseph Conrad (here is the Wikipedia* link to those under 30 who do not know who Lord Jim or Joseph Conrad are).

The Other McCain and Smitty (who is in the U.S. Navy) puts the blame on feminism and cowardice.


But of course there is that other theory of who really caused this disaster...

La strega Amanda Knox dà il malocchio.

* Wikipedia is down on January 18, 2012 to protest the U.S. Congress' SOPA legislation.


Prior Posts:   Italian Lord Jim (The Wreck of the Costa Concordia)(but without the nuance and redemption)
                      Amanda Knox affondò la Costa Concordia ...


Update:  Ann Althouse:  The Cowardly Captain of the Costa Concordia
              American Digest:  The Cowardly Captain of the Costa Concordia (transcript of Captain Schettino refusing direct orders to return to his sinking ship...)
              Carnival Cruise Lines:  Owner of this ship
              Blame Feminism for this?
              BBC:  Does the Captain have to be the last to leave the ship?

UPDATE II:  Mark Steyn suggests when the West goes down it will look a lot more like the Costa Concordia than the Titanic.  Of course, I think we all noticed this Costa Concordia disaster is a pretty good metaphor of  how the EU and the Euro as been navigated.