Sulpicio Lines Must Pay, And I Don’t Mean Monetary: STOP Sulpicio Lines!

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This is in response to and in support of Nick’s call for blogswarm to stop Sulpicio Lines.

The events and developments surrounding the tragic capsizing of the MV Princess of the Stars have been told, reported, printed and blogged many times already. One might think that we’ve heard enough. But the truly affected — the families of the victims of this tragedy know better. It isn’t enough. Honestly, there can never be too many stories to tell or too many concerns to listen to because the fact remains that justice in the face of Sulpicio Lines’ blatant disregard for human life, still hasn’t been served.
I can only write in sympathy but those who lost families and friends (Nick included), can never be appeased by empty words and unclear promises from the management of Sulpicio Lines. It is indeed indignating to learn that they are putting a price on each victim as if 200 thousand pesos can raise the dead and take back the damage that’s been done. I am personally disappointed and infuriated by the fact that this is not the first time that Sulpicio Lines have literally “drowned people to death” in our Philippine waters.

Year after year, the death toll that Sulpicio Lines creates is so massive, it can decimate our population in less than 30 years!

And strangely enough, this company has continued to enjoy raking-in profits year after year at the expense of people’s lives. Where is justice? Oh, I almost forgot. Justice in this country is not as common as, say, “money hungry businessmen” who don’t give a damn about customer safety so long as they get to fill their bank accounts.

Why do we let this happen over and over again? What has happened to the sea tragedies of years back? Do we just talk about it while it’s hot? And then toss it for the next “debatable” issue that comes along?

Clearly, there has been neglect on their part. If only for that, they deserve to be put to jail and their company closed for all eternity. STOP SULPICIO LINES! How many more lives need to be sacrificed? Must we fill our waters with death? Even the rescue and retrieval operations are so frustrating. Watching it on TV is frustrating enough. Imagine how the victims’ families are feeling right now. All that grief, anger, disgust and disappointment is just too much to bear. We have enough problems as it is, let us not allow this one to come through as if it’s a normal and uncontrollable event. It is preventable and Sulpicio Lines knows that. A decision had to be made that fateful day, by whoever it is who decides wether a ship as big as theirs should leave the port at that kind of weather. Apparently, they made the wrong decision. And the last time I checked, we are accountable for the decisions we make. And the Sulpicio Lines people are no exception.

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