bart wrote:Dear Debra,
spending a few millions of dollars to the disappearing of one single girl, you just can't call that a 'bungled investigation'. And if you consider the fact that she hasn't been found yet as an excuse not to go anymore on vacation to Aruba, I advise you to stay in your hometown forever, since girls are missing everywhere in the world.
Debra wrote:I don't care how much money that has been spent searching for "one single girl." We're talking about a very small island and a human being. Perhaps it's acceptable to you to boil Natalee's disappearance down to a cost-benefit analysis and determine that the costs are too great and the benefits ("one single girl") too small, but it's not acceptable to me (nor a lot of other people).
Despite the amount of money that may have been spent searching for Natalee, the fact that they haven't found her alive and have not found a body smacks of FOUL PLAY. Someone got rid of Natalee's body to cover-up a crime and the criminal investigation has been bungled.
You can vacation in Aruba if you want. Are you a single girl? If so, there may be a few boys in Aruba looking to show you a good time. . . .
Linkat wrote: Well it took over a year to find Chandra Levy's body. She is a single girl with a suspected government coverup. I guess you won't be traveling to DC any time.
Debra wrote:Since when has DC been portrayed as an "island paradise" that depends on tourism for economic prosperity?
An island community that depends on tourism for the bulk of its economic prosperity cannot maintain that prosperity if the tourists must fear falling victim to crime. Until such time as the Aruban authorities solve the mystery of Natalee's disappearance and justice is done for Natalee's family, the Aruban tourist industry can expect to suffer.
Linkat wrote:Debra – my response was to your comment about “…Are you a single girl? If so, there may be a few boys in Aruba looking to show you a good time….” And your comment about FOUL PLAY. As bad as what happened to poor Natalee, FOUL PLAY has occurred in nice quiet towns, in usually safe tourist places and in every other nook and cranny you can think of.
Well the same can be said for almost every where in the world. I really wasn’t commenting on whether Aruba is suffering about tourism or not.
I don’t know whether or not the investigation has been bungled. . . .
And, of course, I was responding to bart's comments. Bart said, "spending a few millions of dollars to the disappearing of one single girl, you just can't call that a 'bungled investigation'".
The costly search (in terms of time, money, effort) to find Natalee and the criminal investigation into her disappearance are not the same.
Bart's minimizing of Natalee's disappearance is offensive. According to him, she's just "one single girl" and girls go missing all the time (basically a "so what" attitude and a "don't blame Aruba.")
If Bart wants to minimize Natalee's disappearance, so be it. He can travel to Aruba if he wants to . . . and I'm sure there are a few Arubans available to show him/her a good time. And if he/she disappears . . . so what? He/she is just one single person.
Natalee wasn't vacationing in D.C. or any other place in the world.
She was vacationing in Aruba. She disappeared after she left a club in the company of three Aruban residents. These three people have done nothing but lie and change their stories to cover-up what has to be considered foul play.
Like it or not, the eyes of the entire world are on Aruba. If the mystery of Natalee's disappearance is not resolved by Aruban authorities and justice is not done for Natalee's family, I have no doubt that their "island paradise" won't seem so much like a paradise anymore and the Aruban tourist industry will suffer.
I won't go there on vacation . . . but Bart can go.
The sorrow and anguish over not knowing the fate of your loved one has to be one of the most horrific experiences that a family encounters. As a grandmother of two beloved teenagers, I just can't imagine the heartache (and don't want to) should one of them go missing. Granted, Natalie made some terrible choices in going off with young people she did not know against the advice of her fellow classmates and possibly under the influence of an intoxicant. As a result of whomever, this young lady may never be found especially if she landed in shark infested waters or was sold as a sex slave or whatever. I understand that the Prime Minister of Aruba has asked that records on this case be turned over to the FBI; I only wish this had happened sooner. I also find it amazing there was not a single blonde hair found in the vehicle that she purportedly was transported in with the 3 young men. That was one slick clean up job if 'tis so. Just my two cents.
