link:
http://www.diarioaruba.com/diasabra/editorial/
In English below:
Saturday, November 12, 2005
Editorial: Natalee, boycott and stupidity!
Diaro Aruba
11/12/2005
by Jossy Mansur
Every day I grow more surprised when I see and hear the stupidities
which are being said and done by some bad characters in Aruba,
supposedly in the name of ‘patriotism’ which seems ill-conceived to me!
You are not a true patriot when you change a cause for its result, [...],
taking to the streets or the plaza to shout slogans, harming your own
island instead of coming to its defense.The cause? The disappearance
of an American citizen on our island! The result? An investigation
characterized by a good dose of error and negligence. If we feel the
compulsion to protest, first go do so against what is causing the negative
atmosphere, not against the ones who are doing their best to discover
what is being hidden in the mysterious disappearance of Natalee, and in
this way eliminate the possibility of a boycott!The case of Natalee and
the fight that the mother is carrying on to find out what happened with
her child, and where she is, are the causes and effects of the negative
atmosphere we are all feeling, that have arisen at the root of imprudent
protests, absurd accusations against the mother, and calling certain
American media terrorists.Has common sense come to an end? Those
who caused the harm now want to shift the guilt to the few Arubans
who have the courage to show their face and put the correct name to
the correct facts. Are we, by any chance, not aware that Natalee went
missing when she was in the company of Joran and the Kalpoe
brothers?
How then, are all three suspects free?
They have no evidence to detain them?
Of course they have! It is in black and white in the police reports, by
their own admissions and on a videotape brought recently by Jamie Skeeters,
a professional investigator who was able to get the suspect Deepak to talk
and tell things that weren’t surprising, but which did confirm what a few
of us suspected and even knew beforehand!
One of the most compelling pieces of evidence is that all three admitted
they had forced sexual relations with Natalee, given that this took place
when they girl was constantly losing consciousness. How can a person
who is not conscious be in a condition to consent?
Around the civilized world, under the empire of the law that mandates over
anarchy or cronyism, such a situation is categorized as ‘sexual assault’,
which is the same or a worse case of what is otherwise known as rape.
Being aware of this and all other severe accusations that the three suspects
threw out against each other, how can there be a handful of people in Aruba
who can’t comprehend what is happening outside of the island, and that it is
negatively affecting a place that does not deserve it?
Until what extreme of stupidity have they arrived?
The Americans feel that, at least in this case, Justice has not been well served.
And the effects are being felt far, reaching even in the direction of the Dutch
justice system, which in this particular case leaves much to be desired!
What can an insensitive person, combined with some social parasite, who
believes that because they can go to the street to hold a demonstration, the
American television media will run and hide from them? In a democratic
country such as the U.S., no medium will let itself be threatened by the
government in charge, because of a handful of shouters outside! This manner
of confronting this crisis is not placating Beth (Natalee’s mother) or the
American media who want to discover the truth of what has happened.
The negative reception which welcomed Beth by the little group protesting
during her last trip to Aruba ended up adding fuel to the fire. Is this the way
to treat a mother who is a fighter, who hasn’t thrown in the towel about
finding out what happened to her daughter? She is not demanding anything
else than to uncover the mystery of the disappearance of Natalee, locate
what remains of her, if she is dead and go back to her native city for the
posthumous honour she deserves. And in case she is alive, sold to the world
of sexual slavery or whatever other group of thugs, she wants to find where
she is so authorities from her country proceed to her rescue.What people in
Aruba have to protest is the slowness in which the case has proceeded from
the very beginning, the destruction of the declarations and admissions by the
suspects, according to evidence presented to those who saw them; the
complete negligence with the belt discovered behind the lighthouse; the
human bone given to the police station which was not submitted for a rigorous
examination; the sworn declarations of eye witnesses; the latest recording of
Deepak; Joran’s previous accusations that he believed that Deepak raped and
killed Natalee on the beach; the contrary accusations of Deepak and Satish
against Joran; at last, a multitude of concrete things that deserve the protest
of an honest people such as Arubans.Let the mother continue with her
investigation; one must give her all the support necessary for her to get the
answers she is looking for; let her know she has the support of a people
who understand her suffering about the disappearance of her daughter.
In such a way we can prevent any negative action against Aruba, but putting
all this aside to speak imprudently and unjustly against the mother and the
American media is counterproductive and harmful for Aruba.You want to
show patriotism? First use reason instead of protesting, and show the world
that we are concerned about a person who has disappeared on our island while
she was in the company of three suspects who were inexplicably set free by a
judge who is not from Aruba and who does not have the well-being of our
island in mind.These are the things that have to provoke our protests, not the
visit of a persistent mother, a lady who lives with the distress of what happened
to her daughter and although she loses patience every so often, our tolerance
has to be greater than her desperation.How can I be in favour of any type of
boycott against Aruba? Everyone who knows me knows that this isn’t
possible; additionally, I went on an interview last week on NBC on this topic,
and I explained that a boycott against Aruba is unfair and unproductive.
Finally, what the Dutch Ambassador has to do is go to the State Department
and explain to them that the justice system in Aruba is the Dutch one,
that the judges are appointed in Holland and are also Dutch, that the prosecutor
in charge of the case is Dutch, that the investigator in charge when the case began
is Dutch, that the five judges who dealt with the case are Dutch and that the
principal suspect is Dutch.
Because of this, it is logical to conclude that Holland can help to clear up many
things, given that Aruba’s hands are tied, especially when you consider the
nationality of the most important authorities related to the case.
Reading this brough tears to my eyes. Why is is people cannot believe
a teen wanted to keep her virginity for a special day?
YES some teens do value their virginity....even westerners!!!!!!
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