Dr. Phil:
Instead of using the resources you've dedicated to finding Natalie and Amy you should hire a paramilitary force to infiltrate, stun, rescue and then raze the brothel to the ground. I realize we like to play on the higher ground, but how many more women are going to have to live a life of desperate slavery before our own government will send in the CIA (or whatever the off-shore tax-paying citizen protection agency is called....if there even is one?) and get these girls out? We've tried (and failed) to assassinate Hugo Chavez which proves we have our ways and means into the country, but until it is an oil heiress that is the one being rendered like animals to circus freaks the White House isn't going to do squat about it. (I'm not trying to start a Bush bashing line here, this is my opinion and I'd prefer you use your own space to share your opinion, not in response to me).
My emote-icon says I'm frustrated, truthfully I'm pissed off. After you signed off the show I changed to my local ABC station because the Nightly News follows your show and I didn't want to be inundated with reports of the rash of stabbing, shootings, thievery and my mom wanted to watch Primetime Live because she thought CSI was just too violent. At least on CSI you know the blood is fake. On Primetime Live they had a report about the crime rate on university campuses. Of the robberies, car jacking, thefts, stalking and so on, most of the violence was being focused on women. Yes, it's bad that three thugs beat up a fellow student before they took his wallet but it sort of paled in comparison to the girl that was stalked, struck down by a brick and when she tried to run away with a gushing head wound the non-student criminal pounced on her again and with each blow to her ripped the future she can no longer remember away from her and now has her on a path of mental and physical challenges she will have the rest of her life and will probably never catch sight of the goals she had before the attack. And yet, that even pales in comparison to the other girl that was attacked by, again two non-students, that wandered into her dorm room, raped, beat, stabbed, sprayed with hairspray and burned her alive. Though her still smoking body made it alive to the Emergency room, she didn't last very long. I'm bringing this up because of the continued attack on women, even here on our home soil, women are still treated as the second or third class citizen (depends on if there's a truck in the family). We, as women, fought so hard for equality that it has been forgotten that we are still weaker, not in the intellectual, oppressive way a lot of men (and even some misguided women) would have us believe. We are physically weaker in a fight unless we are trained to use that weakness (which most women aren't), but strong in endurance as my mom is fond of saying "I'd like to see a man give birth". Until we stop using kindness as a weapon to ameliorate our way with strangers, hoping that by saying "please" and "thank you" we won't piss them off enough to want to hurt us and believing that our intellectual prowess, quick reflexes...so on and so on, will save us in the moment women will still be the most damaged and most sought after victim of violence. Crime against women isn't about pissing off the perverts and the low impulse control pimples that wander the streets looking for a target, the fact is once you become a target, for any reason, because of a woman’s vulnerability she will probably become a victim of some crime in her life. Women are beautiful, vital, contributing members of society. I've always have seen the roles of men and women as symbiotic in nature. The hunter/gatherer the nurturer. (and I'm not using these terms as gender specific roles, some men are better at nurturing and some women have the shark teeth to bite through any form of Yummy Yellow to provide for her family). How depressing and sad the world would be if all women had to shutter themselves up in a windowless house, dress to hide their beauty, and be afraid of retribution for speaking to a man she didn't know.
My heart aches for Amy and Natalee, but my heart also aches for the other daughters, American, Canadian, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Italian, Asian that are trapped in these dens with dragons. This isn't mentioning the women that are being smuggled into the US for the same purpose. Your investigators found that one brothel, they have contacts for many more I'm sure. Why not dish out some good-old-fashioned American Justice and take them down. Capture the men behind it and drop them off on an island somewhere and let them play with their own coconuts for the rest of their lives. I'm not advocating killing here it is not my place to play executioner on this earth, but it's obvious they aren't EVER going to play by our rules, it's time to play by some of theirs. That's all I'm saying.
Sorry for the ranting, running a slight fever and not feeling well, so I guess you're getting some of the bile. However, though I didn't say it in the beginning, you're doing a great job with keeping the spotlight on Natalee and bringing the realities of the world to an all to sheltered population. I hope and pray your efforts will bring the outcome the world is waiting for.
Eighteen-year-old Natalee Holloway disappeared early last summer during a senior class trip to the island of Aruba. On a recent show, Dr. Phil joined the search for the missing teen and broke new ground in the case. He called for a boycott of Aruba and put his own investigators on the trail. Now, two months later, Natalee's mother feels there is a strong chance her daughter is still alive. Hear, for the first time ever, the evidence she reveals to Dr. Phil. Also, learn how effective the boycott is and why a pair of Dr. Phil's rescuers found themselves in need of a rescue. Plus, Natalee's disappearance bears similarities to the case of another young woman who went missing in the same region. Meet the parents of Amy Bradley and see what strong evidence has them holding onto hope that their daughter is still alive. Join the discussion.
