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| Posted On: | 23-Mar-2005 |
| From: | David Evans [dkevans.....edu] |
| Subject: | Re: [roatan] Re: crime catch 22 |
Mark...I cannot find fault with your reasoning. However, just to make my earlier statements a bit more clear, there are indeed some on the Roatan list who would disagree with both my earlier statements as well as yours below. A few months ago when I requested anyone on the Roatan list to let me know if they were experiencing any rise in anti-gringoism on the island, I was basically told, both of and off the list, by several list members, one of whom is a realtor, that the Roatan Yahoo groups list was NOT the place for such discussions and that I should take such questions elsewhere. This was soundly backed up on list by a "prominent" gringa posters to the Roatan list. My recent posting agreeing that the Roatan list did not seem to be the place for such non-tourist and real estate questions simply reflected my own experience at trying to elicit discussion a bit beyond the normal bounds for which the Roatan list was originally created or for the direction in which it seems to have evolved since its creation. Personally I enjoy all the Honduran lists, and feel crime is far too important an issue to all of us to ignore...for potential investors, for tourists, and for long-term investors such as myself who has been deeply involved in the Bay Islands for the past 44 years; in fact, rising crime on the island of Roatán is precisely the focus of my recently published novel THE JUDAS BIRD ! All the best...dke http://www.wfu.edu/~dkevans http://www.thejudasbird.com Mark Michaelsen wrote: > I cannot disagree any more. If you look at the list over the past > few weeks, posts on this topic have easily dominated the board. > This list is clearly VERY interested in the topic and for a variety > of reasons. Disagreement is OK as long as it's not abusive. Isn't > that the purpose of such a bulletin board... to discuss a mutual > interest? > > Personally, I find it EXTREMELY interesting as a potential > investor. It makes complete sense to me that as population grows, > issues like this arise as the local infrasturcture must grow to > cope. My interest is precisely the HOW WELL the coping is going. > I don't appreciate the locals trying to conceal it. I want > information with the full knowledge that it's not always good. > That's life. > > Mark Michaelsen > > --- In roatan.....com, David Evans wrote: > > > > I would agree with Linda Kay that the Roatan list is not likely to > be > > the proper place to discuss crime on the island. There is another, > much > > older list dedicated to Roatan and things Honduran. It is found > at: < > > list.hondo1.org > with the "1" being a one, not a lowercase "L". > It was > > on that list that the topic of the most recent violence at Port > Royal > > arose. The Hondo1 list is not dedicated to selling property, or > renting > > to tourists or telling folks what and where to buy exotic imported > > furniture, and one cannot really expect the Roatan list to devote > much > > time to crime...it is not in the interest of most of the people > who are > > on the list to do so. My advice is to take the crime discussion to > > list.hondo1.org where it will and does often receive a great deal > of > > attention. I have just returned very early this morning from the > island > > and can assure you that people are talking about it and that the > topic > > is alive and well. I can also assure you that crime on the island > of > > Roatan is not something that is running wild as some have > suggested. > > Good people are concerned and things will be done if the leadership > > emerges. > > All the best...dke > > David K. Evans > > http://www.thejudasbird.com > > > > > > > > > > http://www.roatanet.com To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/roatan/ roatan- : | |
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