The truth does need defense, because the only thing that can offend it is a lie. You go girl! I write to express my opinion. what is your motive to try discredit everything I say except that ....never mind. You already know.

> "Jet ski operators are supposed to be
> vetted by police. We have Port
> Authority officers stationed on the
> beaches. Operators are also not
> supposed to ride with guests, so I
> don’t know how these incidents happen,
> but they shouldn’t happen if people
> are doing their job.”
>
> Blockquote

It takes two to tango and if the jet ski renters(tourists) are informed of this regulation (that they are not supposed to ride with the operator of the jet ski) and they choose to disobey it, then they are as just as responsible for their experience.

Banker it was "not according to John." It was according to sources i quoted and referenced. Why are you trying to be so disingenuous? I guess you, banker, are going to blame the other rape that occurred on the jet ski operators as well? If there is a problem with the jet ski industry then fix it, but do not cry wolf just because you have ulterior motives. You are sick!

banker:> ".i met this young boy (couldn't have
> been more than 12 or 13) trying a roll
> a joint. He thought that weed was
> legal in the Bahamas, and he bought
> some from a jetski operator. He said
> that he couldn't afford the cocaine,
> so he bought some weed. I looked at
> his stuff. It was brown and yellow. It
> was dried plant of some kind, and it
> was probably less than 10% weed. I
> told him that I didn't think that he
> should smoke it, as it wasn't weed. He
> didn't care. He rolled it up anyway
> and smoked it."

And this is the person(BANKER) who is asking me to produce copies of MOT exit interviews. Jesus wept. (for the sins of this world). you are a disgrace! A 12 or 13 y/o coming to The Bahamas wanting to buy cocaine. is that an indictment on the jet ski operators or his parents? What qualifies you to know what 10% marijuana looks like? You, an (educated) adult stood and watch a young boy smoke dope rather than trying to take it from him or contact his parents. Which bank this happened at again?

"I highly doubt that the Atlantis casino has hookers and drugs. It is relatively empty for a large part of the day."

And what time do the high rollers come out? Why are you in so much denial?

Present the evidence. You have thousands of tourists rent jet skis without incident, one case of alleged rape last year and another this year and you refer to them as "horny thugs trying to seduce females." Go wash your eyes with eye salve. Maybe you feel left out.

OK so now the Front Page of today's Tribune gives you the opportunity to vent your opinion against a male American tourist accused of rape. Should the Bahamas consider banning all American male tourists because you this incident...now you see how asinine and ignorant some of your comments are.

You are demonstrating pure ignorance. If i told you I read an article about exit interviews of tourists leaving the Bahamas why would you expect me to produce the interview. I never said i had it in the first place. nevertheless the truth does not need a defense.

Go and call the Ministry of Tourism, not only in the Bahamas but also Jamaica and the Dominican Republic and Trinidad and check with major hotels here and in those countries and ask them if surveys are not conducted from time to time with tourists leaving these countries and leaving those properties. Ask them is the surveys are not subjective where the responses will be more than checking boxes, but written responses. Of course you would be niece to expect to see a question 'did you have sex whil in the Bahamas' followed by one that ask 'with whom ', but there might be one that asks 'what was your reason for choosing to vacation in the Bahamas', or what was your greatest expectation ' followed by one that asks if your expectations were fulfilled. The fact that you dislike the truth does not make the truth any less real. Rapes occur on cruise ships and sexual assault is prevalent in tourists destinations other than the Bahamas. So does an incident of rape give your cohorts license to refer wholesale to young Bahamians males as subhuman, scumbags, animals and the like? As a point of interest the mayor of Miami Beach is giving the residents there the opportunity to vote on a proposal to ban the sale of alcohol at 11:00 pm because of the noise and violence and lawlessness that occurs there. This came about after incidents of multiple shootings on the beaches in recent weekends. These incidents involved neither Bahamians or black people. Will your cohorts also refer to them as subhuman scumbags?

And if you want to hear some more stuff I made up: The only city in the United States ever bombed was done so on allegations that a white woman was raped by a black man. The man was arrested but a mob of white men broke into the jail and lynched the young man, without a trial. They then went into the black community and looted and destroyed many businesses and homes and killed many with assistance from airplanes attacks. The majority black community never recovered. Is this what is now being done to our tourism industry? History doesn't repeat itself. People repeat history.