Replies to '11/17 The Search for Natalee and Amy'

Please understand where those of us that are outraged stand.  You are correct, there are several children that are abducted here everyday.  It is just as sickening what those children and their families go through.  The difference is, we do not tolerate the behavior, nor do we try to cover up any wrong doing.  If the angry people on this site felt the Aruban government was doing everything they could to bring those guilty to justice and/or find Natalee, we would not be speaking of a boycott.  There would be no point. 

There was a similar situation in the U.S. about 7 to 10 years ago.  There was a mother, daughter from Modesto, CA.,  and an exchange student traveling together in Yosemite.  They were abducted and murdered.  The exchange students family was well taken care of, the offender/murderer was caught, brought before a court and sent to prison.  It was swift and deliberate.  No one here was trying to protect or make excuses for  the killer here.  No one was concerned about how these three women were dressed, how they acted or what kind of people they were cloud the real problem.  It was simple.  A crime was committed against citizens and a visitor from another country, and the guilty person was found and convicted.  No hypocrisy here.   

If the people of Aruba are sincerely concerned, then they should stand up and be heard.  No excuses.  No criticisms of the way Natalee may have been dresses or how she acted.  That is not important.  She did not deserve to be taken or possibly killed.  That "reasoning" is just ridiculous.  To do nothing about this, is unimaginable to us (and I am sure many Aruban citizens feel the same, don't get me wrong).  It seems like the Aruban GOVERNMENT is not listening, so we do what we Americans do best, we fight back.  It is not just for Natalee and Amy.  It is for every little girl that gets a nail driven into her head so some sick freak can have sex with her while she has convulsions until she dies.  It is to let the Aruban government and any other country know, we are outraged, this is unacceptable, and we demand that something be done about it.  We would do the same in our own backyard.  We would fight just as hard for you!! 

Treating young women (and young men if that happens) as sex slaves, and murdering them for sexual pleasure, is wrong EVERYWHERE!  Allowing guilty abductors, rapists and murderers run free is wrong EVERYWHERE!  Any person or group that does such things should be brought to justice EVERYWHERE!  This is not Americans saying our country is better than your country.  This is Americans saying this is wrong, and we need to make sure it is eradicated worldwide!  This is a UNITED voice of millions of Americans saying as loud as we can, "We will not tolerate this kind of treatment.  We are going to find who is responsible for these wrong doings, and bring them down...and....last but not least, for all of the Natalee's and Amy's that are lost,  we know you are out there somewhere, and we are not going to stop looking until we bring you all home!" 

People  in the USA realize that crime of the nature that you describe exists throughout the world.  Americans become baffled when foreign governments are incompetent, or worse, when they show possible signs of corruption in solving a case. It is not only the opinion of Americans, but also that of the majority of the civilized world, that justice has not been found and/or sought for the Holloway family in Aruba . If this crime was perpetrated in the USA on a tourist, or any person, there  would be a immediate and vigorous investigation, followed by prosecution. There is little chance of getting away with such crimes, especially with the FBI. Unfortunately, the American investigators were deprived of any pertinent info  and access to the island by the Aruban authorities. I understand the worlds frustration with the smell coming from this case involving the son of a prominent judge; this is something you see in third world nations or banana republic's (if the shoe fits, ware it) ! The issues should'nt be distorted. People should be able to travel with the assurance that local governments will help them in crisis. In short, it is the government of Aruba and not it's people that have cut off the flow of tourism from the USA  and the rest of the world. How sad.                            P.S.: don't forget to thank the van der Sloot's

People  in the USA realize that crime of the nature that you describe exists throughout the world.  Americans become baffled when foreign governments are incompetent, or worse, when they show possible signs of corruption in solving a case. It is not only the opinion of Americans, but also that of the majority of the civilized world, that justice has not been found and/or sought for the Holloway family in Aruba . If this crime was perpetrated in the USA on a tourist, or any person, there  would be a immediate and vigorous investigation, followed by prosocution. There is little chance of getting away with such crimes, especially with the FBI. Unfortunately, the American investigators were deprived of any pertinent info  and access to the island by the Aruban authorities. I understand the worlds frustration with the smell coming from this case involving the son of a prominent judge; this is something you see in third world nations or banana republic's (if the shoe fits, ware it) !