The master’s job is to obey the laws, ensure the safety of the crew and complete the voyage for the owner. I’m sure we agree on that.
Violence has three requirements: motive, means, opportunity. Removing one side of the triangle makes violence impossible.
By banning cadets from his ship he has ensured that no one with the means and motive to assault a cadet will have an opportunity to do so; the voyage will be completed without undue delay; no law was broken in the process.
Seems like he’s doing his job just fine.
So, the captain should be removing the rapists from his ship. I couldn’t agree more!
But tell us, how do you identify a rapist? What trait should we be on the lookout for? Do they have prominent brows and drag their knuckles? Do they talk to themselves and grab the ass of every girl (or boy) who walks by?
Can’t they appear to be amicable, hard working normal folks who snap in private where no one will know?
Ever know a couple and find out that one was abusive while the other was being abused? After finding out did you say to yourself, “Damn, never saw that coming.”
Picking out the bad ones isn’t fast, easy or accurate. In the mean time people will continue to be sexually assaulted. That’s unacceptable.