Could CW's comments have been, if only a little bit, to provoke or tease his sister? I don't mean in a nasty way, and I also don't mean to imply that CW didn't mean what he said. But CW knows his sister has spent a great part of the last 15 years on a ship, and how good she feels about it. I have a younger brother, and he can tease me into saying things at family occasions! He knows exactly what my response will be on certain topics, and he seems to love to choose the topics on which we least agree!