American Researchers Dispute Claims of 'Polite' Titanic Victims

[WillowTree]

American researchers are firing back at a Swiss university researcher's report that “politeness” led to the deaths of 225 British passengers aboard the Titanic.

Professor Bruno Frey of the University of Zurich claims that the British passengers on the doomed cruise liner perished in the 1912 disaster because they were polite and willing to stand in line while American passengers pushed their way to the front and were placed in lifeboats.

While “women and children first” was followed as the "unsinkable" cruise ship hit an iceberg and fell to the floor of the Atlantic, Frey claims that many Britons lost their lives because they were courteous, while "uncultured" Americans were more likely to push ahead in line.

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[Lycurgus]

Brits are notoriously smug and in general most Europeans simply do not understand average American culture. It amazes the assumptions and descriptions they share when speaking with them.

 

[WillowTree]

Smug, opinionated, and rarely "polite".