Topic : 11/17 The Search for Natalee and Amy

You said it best, STOP defending your crappy government.  Use your energy to replace the cartel that is using their powers to prevent open investigations, and cover up so many material facts. Shame on you. Be truthful or get off.   

I totally agree with you (on this and just about everything else on here).  You obviously are intelligent (and a caring father) and do your homework before spouting off nonsense. LOL 

Thanks for the input, from someone who appreciates it.  :) 

Well I did get many replies and it seem that I have hit a few nerves.  If you have a bad meal in a restaurant do you complain or just leave the restaurant and not come back. Is the waitress going to loose her job? I am sure we can argue this subject forever. 

By the way.. I am not American 

Bernie 

19 Nov 05 

First in reference to Amy Bradley.  I have watched your show.  I watched the documentary with the Royal Carrribean cruise and the detail story about it.  What stands out was the fact that the Captain and crew did not treat this situation as an emergency, once they realized Amy Bradley went missing.  I was under the impression that the Captain of any vessel is responsible for its crew, ship and passengers?  Why was there not a court hearing "maritime law" regarding the Captains responsibility or irresponsibility during the time the girl went missing on his ship?  Why was this Captain not held to a higher standard when it's his job to ensure the safety of all passengers?  Why didn't the United States file a law suite and bring the crew and ship's Captain on the carpet and be held with some kind of accountability of the events that took place on his ship?   

Why was it so important that he brought his ship into port when he could of just as easily anchored and checked the entire ship for the missing girl before entering the carribean port.  I think the investigation should focus on the ships Captain and crew and that bar & grill "charlies and carlos.  This sounds very reckless for a Captain whos job is to protect the passengers.   

I believe the Royal Carribean cruise line owes the Bradley family answers, they should be spending the money and finding the missing girl.  It was there responsiiblity to ensure the safety of all passengers and that included Amy Bradley!   

In reference to Natalie Halloway  -  How sad it is for an 18 year old girl to visit a Carribean Island for a vacation after finishing High School.  A week later go missing just before leaving to go home.  The Island of Aruba should be ashamed.  Who failed Natalie Halloway?  I think she may have made some bad choices but her guardians that went with her on the trip should have taken the extra steps to ensure her safety.   Has every house, home, business, oil refinery, all beaches, all caves, all sites on the island been checked?   

Why was there not a two person rule?  Meaning why didn't Natalie have a friend with her, that in itself might of deterred anyone from abducting her?  Why didn't the guardians ensure that nobody left on their own?  (buddy system)  

Our prayers are with both families.  Our hearts can feel the strain of a loved one that went missing and I still think that we have a State Department that could be doing more to help find these girls.  What is the STATE DEPARTMENT doing?   

i TRULY believe there is a connection between those two missing girls.  i saw ty ritter again on msnbc rita cosby and i'm glad this investigation is taking place.  these girls MUST be found.  and i actually learned more from watching rita cosby show.  i didn't realize the cruise was just pulling into port when amy vanished.  i thought they were out to sea.  i've been following both cases since the beginning and pray for both girls and their families regularly.  

i missed the dr. phil show this past week.  did anyone possibly tape it, and if so, could i purchase the tape from you?  there are no repeats where i live.  thank you so much.  if so, please email me at leilak561@yahoo.com.   

Eventhough I have read a lot of comments that makes me feel angry, I don't want to attack anyone with my comments because that just ain't my nature. I just want to make clear to all of you who, thanks to the dr. Phill show, now has a complete ironic view of our beloved island of Aruba. 

The Aruban culture has very strong morals and values, we are very educated and devoted people to God. 

Here in Aruba we DO NOT tolerate any kind of slavery or abuse, much less for children to be used for sexual purposes. I have NEVER EVER heard of any Aruban girls nor foreign girls being used as sex slaves here in Aruba. Even more, I have NEVER heard of any girl who went missing on the island, except this isolated case. That's why the Natalee case struck our community so hard because it was the first time something like this happend and everyone of us was immediatly willing to help in the search. (Amy Bradley went missing on a cruise ship entering the port of Curacao. I feel that the cruise ship should be held responsable here) 

I have followed a lot of stories of children being abducted and later being found raped and murdered not only in America but also in other countries. I've cried a lot with these stories and pray for my children and all the children of the world to be save and I thank God these horrific things aren't happening in Aruba. We are living in the 21st century and these things shouldn't happen to our children.  

As a women and a mother I unit myself in the grief and sorrow of these mothers and families. 

I was also very disturbed by the latest dr. Phil show. Apparently sex slavery is something that is really happening and it's definitly unacceptable. 

I was also disturbed by the fact that the show made the audience believe that he footages used of the brothels were really taken here in Aruba, they were NOT! They were obviously taken in some latin country as you could hear them speak spanish. 

I urge dr. Phil to be honest and true to himself and to his audience and tell us where these footages has been taped and that you don't have any proof of sex slavery going on here in Aruba. If you, dr. Phil, have any information of any brothels where sex slaves are being held against their will here in Aruba, please post the addresses so I can go and see them for myself. As you know Aruba is very small and it's very easy here to locate any address. I can hardly imagine that sex slavery could go unnoticed in such a small community, that's why I dare to say: Aruba has no sex slavery ! First, it doesn't fit in our culture and second, we wouldn't tolerate it. 

These stories are sad enough for us to be here attacking and fighting each other; we are getting nowhere!  

None of us Arubans, none of you Americans are entitled to judge one another. The only one who has the power to judge is the One above who we all believe in. Let Him be the judge! 

I do believe in God and one of his theachings says: 'Pay good with good, bad with good'.  

This is why I don't believe in a boycott. As you Americans are grieving, we are grieving with you not only for the missing girls but also for all the tragedy that has struck you lately such as the 9/11 an Katrina. 

I would say let's pray to God for the save return of all the missing children and adults, for strenght to cary on wathever comes in our way and especially for PEACE on earth, after all we share the same planet. 

God bless Aruba and God bless America 

I have had such bouts of deep, emotional prayers for these girls since the airing of the show.  I can't imagine how such awful stuff is allowed to happen - I can't imagine why God would let this be.  I am so ashamed that my life is centered around myself and my needs and my family and their needs when there are so many in this world that need God's attention. - for life - for safety - for the end of pain, disease, and torture...I guess it goes on and on and always has and always will.   

It makes me ask God "why?"  Why can't the bad guys just hurt each other? What makes human beings so cruel - so sick - so hateful - so full of violence and greed?  And, what can we do to stop it?  What is our role to really - truly - make a better world?   

I am in such pain for those girls and their families.  And, for others like them.  And, for those who are starving, sick, cold, hungry....so I can feel really crappy about being warm, full and happy.  And it goes on and on and on....I really just don't know what to do.   

I pray ferverently that God listens to our prayers - that He shows us that He really does know what He is doing and is in absolute control - and that we don't need to understand but trust Him - but boy! it sure is hard these days. 

The point is we, Canadians and Americans, are the source of the customers for this trade.  The money an American businessman spends on a whore in Venezuela is what pays for abductions and enslavement. That is the root cause of this problem, not the hotel workers in Aruba. 

 The Canadian government has made it illegal to use children for sex anywhere in the world.  If a Canadian goes to a brothel in Thailand and uses one of their children, he can be charged when he returns home.  The law has been upheld and there have been convictions.  If the other countries passed the same law and if we poured some resources into investigation, the trade would significantly be reduced because the market would be shattered. 

DEAR DR. PHIL AND STAFF; 

     I am so sad that CBS did not replay the Hollaway/Bradley show at night in the Chicagoland area. They ran a different show instead. I do not know who's decision this was, or why. In any case it is a show that merited a re-lay. The show they ran was on cheating spouses instead. 

     Then I figured, perhaps the re-plays at 12:35 CST were a day behind, so I again taped it, but no. There was no RE-Play of the very important show.  Can someone on your staff let us know what happened. I would appreciate it. 

Thank you, you guys are doing a GREAT job. 

I hope you know that what comes around goes around.  

We have to pay now because you Americans suffer from MAJOR dellusions of granduer!!!  

The truth is we are just as guilty as you are for choosing the same government twice! And just the same as here(your government)President Bush could not change the outcome in Michael Jackson's trial nor could the government involved change the verdict in OJ Simpson's case. Alabama has about 300 hundred missimg unresolved cases! 

One thing I know  for sure is don't wish upon others what you don't want to be done to you, so now I realize that you guys are just plain evil AND jeaulous because you will NEVER have what we have here in ARUBA! 

PEACE OF MIND!