Grieving Moms Anita Van Der Sloot and Beth Holloway Twitty bid each other a pained good-bye after Holloway went unannounced to Van Der Sloot’s home in Aruba demanding to know what her son Juron (the prime suspect) did to Natalee. No doubt most American Moms in Van Der Sloot’s predicament would’ve called the police to evict Holloway from their premises. Instead, Van Der Sloot invited her in for tea and commiseration…
Natalee Holloway is still missing in Aruba. And, her story continues to dominate news coverage in the United States. But, it’s time for a reality check!
Her mother and, it seems, her entire family have given up their lives in America to seek answers about what may have happened to Natalee’s in Aruba. God bless them. Our sympathies go out to them.
But, notwithstanding their understandable grief, Natalee’s supporters are beginning to behave like stereotypical ugly Americans by placing unreasonable demands on local law enforcement authorities for information and issuing asinine threats to sue the Aruban government. And, unfortunately, they are only being encouraged in their bereaved impudence by media pin-heads in America who are screaming for the FBI and, if necessary, the US Marines to go down there and sort things out for those “out of their element” local yokels. Moreover, some “sympathetic” Americans have even begun calling for a boycott of the island to punish the Arubans for not acting according to their wishes.
Natalee’s avenging angels are frustrated because they can’t be bothered to appreciate the differences between the Dutch-Aruban and American legal systems. (Differences that some Americans seem to think are, in and of themselves, a crime.) And, they have become indignant because they don’t understand why local police and prosecutors are not keeping them abreast of all developments in the investigation into her disappearance. But, incredulously, they seem to think that the more they accuse Aruban authorities of incompetence the harder these officials will work to find Natalee and prosecute those suspected of causing her disappearance or death.
Well, here’s a news flash for crusading Americans in Aruba (and those back home):
Americans are frustrated daily by the refusal of US law enforcement and prosecuting authorities to disclose information about their criminal investigations.
Talk of Aruba being a crime-ridden island – “if this sort of thing can happen” – is about as fatuous as declaring South Central Los Angeles a crime-free zone if only an hour goes by without someone being mugged, assaulted or shot.
If Aruba is so unsafe, why is Natalee’s mother running all over the island – at all hours in a despairing search for her daughter – as if she’s playing a macabre game of hide and seek in her own backyard?
Finally, as you continue to impugn the competence of the Aruban police and prosecuting authorities, please consider that you are basing your indignation on presumptions about their counterparts in America who tried and failed, notoriously, in their prosecution of OJ Simpson, Robert Blake, Michael Jackson and many Juron Van Der Sloots not infamous enough to garner crazed media attention.
(Incidentally, how do you think the parents of those missing children whose faces adorn milk cartons all over America feel about the competency of the great FBI and other US law enforcement authorities?)
So, with all due respect, please get over yourselves and let the Aruban authorities do their jobs!
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Anonymous says
One would think FOX News had nothing else to cover. But wait! NBC was not to be undone by boardcasting an hour long special on the Runaway Bride last night. Are we near the bottom yet?
Rage in NJ
Anonymous says
I dont think you shoud be so hard on these poor people. I know if she was my child I would be raising holy hell too.
Anonymous says
Hey its not just on Aruba. Americans travel all over the world expecting people to behave the way they do back in the states. Ugly Americans might be a stereotype but its so true.