It’s The Lusitania, Not The Titanic, Stupid!

As everybody knows today is the one hundredth anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. And the big movie is back! But I find it odd that everyone pays so much attention to what was a tragic accident and ignores the real sinking of the time period — the Lusitania.

The Lusitania wasn’t any accident. It was torpedoed by a German U-boat off the coast of Ireland on May 7, 1915. That was the ship that meant the end of an era, the one that changed how people thought, and the one that helped to bring America into the war. It was a much earlier 9/11 to the one hundredth power.

Perhaps because it was so real and so important that’s why people don’t pay as much attention to it. The Titanic is more escapist. The Lusitania makes you face facts.