Dutch hater! Usually I take whatever Fox "journalists" are saying with a grain of salt. Fox is a right wing propaganda machine spreading half truths and cheap rhetoric across the narrow minded god fearing part of America. I usually just smile about it knowing that people are gonna be people, and dumbasses are gonna be dumbasses.

But this time I have to say something. In this article one John Gibson takes up for the Alabama governor and Natalee Holloway's mother for calling Americans to boycott Aruba. They think this is a reasonable reaction for not putting enough effort into finding out what happened to the poor American white girl.

I quote: "The Aruban authorities and the government of the Netherlands have acted as though Beth Holloway lost a camera in Aruba, not a daughter."

What the fuck!? - I say.

What would be the Dutch reasoning for that? I mean, the Dutch have always been a faithful ally of America. What would the authorities have to gain by purposely not trying to solve this mystery? Nothing! Didn't the Dutch authorities send in F16 fighter jets with heat sensors to track her? Why, yes they did. You tell me the last time that happened when a person was missing in the US, or anywhere in the world for that matter. (Let alone a camera...)

Also, I think it's a pretty arrogant reaction to blame The Netherlands' criminal justice system. Especially since you're living in a country with a significantly higher crime rate.

"I'm stuck here. Can't get on that plane to Aruba. Funny my feet seem to find my way to a plane that goes somewhere else."

Oh yeah, I'm sure they're going to be so impressed by that! Judging from Mr. Gibson's one sided view on this case (and a lot of others for that matter) he's never been outside of the United States in the first place. Either that or he deliberately chooses to be ignorant. According to his reasoning, every time lets say an Australian person gets missing in the United States, Australia should boycott the United States.

Wouldn't it be possible that there really isn't enough evidence at the moment? Could it be that all of this charade is just a way of getting the attention away from the real problems, inside the US? People are disappearing everywhere in the world on a daily basis. Not just white Americans girls. Why is this case so much more important to a lot of people? Oprah, Dr.Phil, O'Reilly? It's so goddamn two faced! All of these people that sit there and cry on national TV about what a tragedy it is? They all have shadow agenda's. The next morning the only thing they care about is their ratings.

They make me fucking sick.

Don't get me wrong: I'm not saying Joran van der Sloot and those tupac brothers (or whatever the fuck their name is) are innocent. They don't look innocent to me either. But the facts are that you have to have good evidence to convict someone. I'm sure they'll be convicted once the investigation is rounded up.

What I am saying is this: for everybody that thinks it's a good idea to boycott Aruba and/or Holland: stop being such a goddamn hypocrite about the whole thing. There's thousand of kids missing in the US at the moment, and while a lot of those kids turn up, a high number of them is never to be found again, with their offenders walking free.

Same thing. But it's a lot easier to point the finger at someone else isn't it?

I'm glad to say only a small part of Americans have seem to lost any sense of reasoning. I know there are a lot of people out there that feel the same way as I do.

Alright, so far for having an opinion. The next update will probably involve completely random bullshit again. YAY!
  ¶ 11/09/2005 09:38:00 AM