Where's my torpedo?

Last week, BC Ferries announced the names of its three new vessels that will serve the Tswassen - Swartz Bay and Horseshoe Bay - Departure Bay beginning in 2008. This page doesn't get seasick, but I did become severely ill at the names Coastal Renaissance, Coastal Inspiration, and Coastal Celebration.

"Renaissance?" "Inspiration?" "Celebration?" BC Ferries is supposed to be the maritime extension of this province's highway system, not a f**king cruise ship line. Does anyone remember when the ferries were actually named after places in BRITISH COLUMBIA? This name-the-ferries competition is little more than a distraction from the fact that BC shipbuilders were shut out of the bidding process to build these ships. Built in Germany, named in BC - there's a postive economic impact.

Slapping a coat of bullsh*t corporate whitewash on the fleet's three new vessels shows just how little 'BC' there is in BC Ferries. Privatization has meant longer sailing waits, labour disruptions, safety failures, and higher fares. All David Hahn and his minions can do is mull over more asinine schemes to extort revenue and keep tarnishing a once-reliable brand. Here's an idea: next time build the ferries in BC, and let the Germans name them: This page would have no problem boarding the Fahre fur die Leute.