How is it only just now occurring to me that the expression came from a movie with a bunch of guys ON A SHIP. The expression makes SOOO much more sense now. ''We're ALL leaving the ADMIRALTY LAW "ship of state"'' and going to live by by the law of the dry land! Screw this MARITIME LAW we've been largely-unknowingly living under since The Act of 1871.
That twitter acct has me blocked. Strange. I don't engage in behavior on Twitter that's gotten me knowingly blocked more than two or three times ever.