Why did the Titanic's crew decide to let the poor drown, by keeping them in the cabin at gunpoint, rather than let them escape with the rich?

by HorsesPlease

What is so important about the rich to the Titanic's crew, that the poor could not sit with them? And what factors in society had influenced such a tragedy as this?

jschooltiger

Why did the Titanic's crew decide to let the poor drown, by keeping them in the cabin at gunpoint, rather than let them escape with the rich?

Could you cite a source for this comment? It's a wildly incorrect reading of the social situation aboard ocean liners of the time.

PainInTheAssInternet

WOT?

I don't even recall this from the movie, much less any historical sources.