News (?) from 1904: JBI denounces fishing

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The Los Angeles Herald, 20 April 1904
Retrieved from the California Digital Newspaper Collection web site,
California Digital Newspaper Collection

A Word to Fishermen
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J. Bruce Ismay, the new president of the International Mercantile Marine
company, is averse to fishing, which he regards as a cruel sport.

Mr. Ismay was condemning fishing one day. "Suppose," he said quaintly, "that
some superior being---a Martian or a resident of the moon---should bait a
hook with pheasant and go Ismaying. I'm sure I'd bite, and what a sight I'd
make dangling in the air."

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JMGraber said:
Bruce Ismay: Animal Rights Activist
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I don't think your comment makes much basis [by today's standards] and this does nothing to save his cowardly reputation [yes, I still think he would be better placing other passengers on Collapsible C, such as the Abbotts].
 
George GJY said:
I don't think your comment makes much basis [by today's standards] and this does nothing to save his cowardly reputation [yes, I still think he would be better placing other passengers on Collapsible C, such as the Abbotts].
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There was nothing cowardly in what he did.
 
George GJY said:
I don't think your comment makes much basis [by today's standards] and this does nothing to save his cowardly reputation [yes, I still think he would be better placing other passengers on Collapsible C, such as the Abbotts].
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I was by no means trying to defend or attack his reputation. I just find it kind of funny and interesting because I never knew this about Ismay. Also, I don't know what was cowardly about helping many passengers into lifeboats during the sinking and then boarding Collapsible C when Murdoch allowed men into it.
 
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