While Rome fiddles.

"It would be as if Ahab were put out of action but Starbuck, that most decent of men, still felt compelled to follow his captain's commands to the letter."
--Cahiers de Corey
Yeah, well, from the standpoint of someone else on the ship, it does indeed matter whether the captain "knows a hawk from a handsaw" & is willing to sink the whole ship in the process...

Bern Porter Lives!