Today’s the day we learn whether Mitt Romney has the clout in New Hampshire that the polls have long indicated is his. We’ll see whether the homophobe Rick Santorum is just a flash in the pan of evangelical right-wingers or whether more sensible New Englanders also buy into his brand of hatred. We’ll get a better idea whether Ron Paul’s anti-government, isolationist creed has traction in more moderate America.
In other words, today’s the day that voters in New Hampshire express their opinions.
I wrote yesterday about the comical ineptitude of MSC Cruises as it tried to create an English-language web site. I said that the line had gotten some good press. Last night I spent some time reading some of that press, in the form of cruiser’s reviews of the MSC Poesia, posted to the Cruise Critic website. I was reminded again that, yes, everyone has an opinion.
And boy, do they run the gamut.
Lots of people commented that the ship was particularly beautiful, with gorgeous Italian design and less flash than a lot of cruise ships. That’s where the commonality ended. Regarding the food, the service, the entertainment and the management, opinions were all over the map. It was “the worst cruise ever” and “wonderful with many fantastic aspects.” Drinks were the “most inexpensive on any cruise line” according to one writer, while another said “the tours were not particularly good and were expensive, as were drinks on board.”
A passenger noted, “We loved the Italian based shows and the music and singing was wonderful.” Another said “Entertainment was awful, I have seen better at my daughter's junior high school play.”
What’s one to do with all this conflicting information? Hard to say; without knowing the back-story of the writers, it’s impossible to judge. As in New Hampshire, there are conflicting opinions everywhere. Or, as a crude friend of mine says, “opinions are like a**holes; everyone has one.”
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