Comments on: Beth Holloway Twitty Finally Says it, “Don’t Travel To Aruba.”

By: Ann

Ann — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 21:32:05 +0000

Our whole family is boycotting Aruba: we are urging people to go to Barbados instead. It was just unbelievable that they didn’t search the well and party house on Joran’s father’s property. As a teacher, I hate hearing people smear Natalee’s reputation–as Natalee’s mom will admit, young people do careless things when they let down their guard and go into spring break mode. But these things aren’t necessarily criminal. Let’s keep focused on who the real criminals are, and who the authorities are who are coddling them.
There are lots of other beautiful islands out there that take women’s rights more seriously. Beth: you have many people pulling for you who hope to bring Natalee home!

By: Candy

Candy — Thu, 13 Oct 2005 14:34:25 +0000

Three people have admitted that they were with Natalee Holloway the night she went missing and are the last known people to have seen her. Before there was any formal investigation they admitted they were with her and then immediately lied about where they left her. Because of these 3 young men and their lies two other men were arrested for Natalee’s disappearance. That’s just the beginning of the story but it certainly doesn’t put Joran and friends in a good light. If they had left Natalee alive and well there would have been no need to lie about when or where they last saw her. Beth Twitty would like to know where her daughter is, I don’t think that’s too much to ask. And I’m not sure anyone knows where she is right now but I can guarantee that Joran knows what he did with her body. Let’s stand together and let it be known that the answers coming from Aruba are not acceptable. BOYCOTT ARUBA.
My thoughts and prayers are with the Holloway-Twitty families.

By: Kelli

Kelli — Wed, 12 Oct 2005 18:25:13 +0000

Has Beth Holloway been on t.v. recently? Is anything happening? I check this website for updates but haven’t seen anything!! Is there another website that covers the corrupt Aruban goverment? I agree ….Thank God for Beth’s persistance.

By: sherry

sherry — Tue, 11 Oct 2005 15:37:17 +0000

I think that Beth is doing what any loving mother would do. I don’t think that anyone has the place to say anything bad about this family, until you go through what they have and are going through, you don’t know what you would do. God Bless this family and give them comfort through all this. I pray that they can get a closure on all of this very soon. God Bless

By: Lynn

Lynn — Wed, 05 Oct 2005 06:24:25 +0000

Hmmm. Well, maybe we do need to stand up here in the US and complain more loudly about the violent society we are towards women and children. Sociopaths are everyone and our judges and courts barely slap their hands, unless they are women and minorities. And parents need to take some responsiblity for raising their children. I think people have pretty well accepted Natalie is not coming home. This entire investigation was botched from the start. Thank God for Beth’s persistance.

By: not_buying_the_story

not_buying_the_story — Mon, 03 Oct 2005 17:16:33 +0000

Well, with the justification on this board, it is time to boycott Virginia and its colleges because your daughters will disappear if they go there. Ask Taylor Behl’s mom. Boycott Colorado, since little kids will wind up dead and ten years later their killers are still at large. Ask the Ramseys. Don’t send your kids to Ohio State because your daughter will be murdered for going out to a club. Ask Julie Popovich’s family. Stay far, far away from Florida since 45 minor children went missing in 2005 alone and have yet to be found! Not to mention the two that dropped dead at Disney World on rides/attractions. I guess this means that American law enforcement and the FBI are incompetent and/or corrupt since none of these crimes have been solved.

I would not boycott a country just because some feel there is some whacked-out conspiracy theory featuring three teenage doofuses and a failed judge in training (who failed out before this case ever came to light.) Otherwise I would have to boycott my own country for the same things.

By: mike

mike — Fri, 30 Sep 2005 11:08:09 +0000

Beth-
Met you last night at the Kelly gathering in Philadelphia, and your courage and strength are a testament to your love and devotion to your daughter.
Please continue to have the strength to deal with the corrupt and evasive authorities of Aruba, and the courage to continue speaking out despite the irrational rants of detractors who are fortunate enough to not have to deal with the possible loss of a child through such tragic circumstances.
God bless you and Natalee.

By: Anne Braun

Anne Braun — Thu, 29 Sep 2005 15:38:35 +0000

Well Bizman; I see that you haven’t had much to say letely. Maybe you have finally stopped barking and tucked your tail between your legs and walked away, like the dog that you are. But just in case you’re still reading, I suppose you would say that I should have been raped and disposed of for the occasions I put myself in the way of, that happened to me at a very tender young age when life was so bright and full of hope and I was beautiful and innocent. Wanna hear about the time when I worked behind a soda fountain in a drug store in Montgomery, Al? Coming from your mentality, I would have deserved to die the time that I was offered a ride home after work by a member of a male quartet that I recognized from an evangelical visit to our church; just because I accepted the ride and then he spent the next hours trying to rape me before I was able to get away from him on a dark country road, then running from him with his car following right behind me? I guess it would have served me right had he dragged me back into the car, or just ran right over me like I thought he was going to do! For sure, I guess I should have died the next time, due to “my own fault” when I accepted a ride from another young attractive guy who had been hanging around the soda fountain, begging me to let him drive me home after work, which I finally accepted. But then, he stopped and picked up two of his friends along the way. Wanna guess what happened? Again, for several desperate hours, I spent way into the night fighting off THREE guys who took turns trying to rape me before I was able to get out of the car and run; and again, I walked and ran for hours hiding in the woods, and on a dark road trying to find my way home. And my parents would have never been able to find me either… But according to you I would have deserved whatever happened to me just for being there? And of course, my parents should not have greived or wasted time trying to find me because I deserved it?! Or, are you saying, “ah, she didn’t pick these guys up in a bar so she deserved to get away?” Wrong. A little later on, this too happened to me and I nearly got the daylights beaten out of me! Oh, but I guess I deserved that one?! Oh, there’s more I could tell you concerning other incidences over the next several years, but your little closed up mind could never feel or comprehend the persuasive and overpowering cleaverness that a man can exercise over a young woman; and then the horror that the young and beautiful woman can be subjected too (never mind that I had an IQ that would make you quake in your boots, that you also could not relate too!); all for making niave, youthful and bad judgements, and for being in the wrong place at the right time. But you know what Bizman? Among the many things I’ve learned about people like you along my journey, is that they never change. They just go on and on with their weariness of useless prattle until at long last they come to their own mind-boggling misery and sorry end; then turn around and ask “what did I ever do to deserve this?” Well, here’s your answer Bizman: Plenty. They deserve plenty when life finally doles out their pay-back and just due, basically because they had no compassion for others whom they hurt along the way with their cold, uncaring judgements, fierce words and wrongful deeds. I’ve actually wondered if some people even have a soul, or maybe their soul is already dead and awaiting judgement, and their conscience is seared. That’s a real pity. These people would never stop to think about Natalee pleading and begging her assailants to stop, and the fear, horror and pain she must have endured on that fateful night. You have no idea as to the panic and dreaded thoughts that are going through a young woman’s mind in a situation where she has no control against just one man, much less three men; not to mention the searing pain she had to suffer at their hands. Now being a mother myself, I’m sure Beth Twitty has laid awake many, many nights and early mornings, reliving what her daughter must have gone through, right to the end. And the many, many days she has sought so hard to find her daughter and to find out what happened to her must have been a nightmare all to itself. OF COURSE SHE WANTS ANSWERS, you idiot. This was her baby, her beautiful child, her lovely and beautiful daughter; violated, disposed of, then forever terminated by strangers as if she were nothing more than useless garbage… And now that poor woman has had to literally fight for months the other families involved and the powers that be in a foreign country, who have also made it clear to HER that her precious daughter is nothing more to them than useless garbage; for which they TOO will get their just due in the end…. But I guess you don’t comprehend this either. I submit to you Bizman, and all those like you who are traveling on the wrong road; if you are REALLY a truth seeker (there are very few); then you need to sit down with the Bible and READ it. I read all of your emails and you are obviously not stupid. So pick up the book and read it. You will be amazed at what you find there! You will find yourself there. I did not write the book, but I know the one who did. You will find all the answers there to every question you could ever think to ask and then at long last you will learn wisdom and compassion for others. You will also learn how to handle your great and many sorrows when they come down on your own head, for believe me, they will. No one has to wish these things on you, they will just happen due to unforseen forces that are greater than we are and for which we have no control. You’ll see for yourself in time to come…. Better think these things through with a clear mind while you still can….

By: jeannie

jeannie — Thu, 29 Sep 2005 15:15:29 +0000

sorry but i dont think there are very many people that will boyctt aruba to make a difference

By: A Habib

A Habib — Thu, 29 Sep 2005 05:26:32 +0000

I think we should all boycott island of Aruba until they solve her case. PERIOD.

By: jeannie

jeannie — Tue, 27 Sep 2005 18:50:16 +0000

i wish the media would have dave on as he is sincere he dont throw out false statements
there is so much pain in his face
just because he dont hog the media like the twittys does not mean he cares less
if anyone finds out what happened it will be dave he shows so much common sense & class

By: Linda in L.A.

Linda in L.A. — Tue, 27 Sep 2005 03:45:07 +0000

Added in L.A. to my name since there are 2 of us on here. Bizman…I do not hope you go to Aruba and die or stay or anything else bad happens to you. What I’d really like is for you to feel free to express your opinions…but be more caring about the way you express them.

I am amazed you are a father…of teens no less…but yet you state Natalee helped bring this on herself. Its not just that that was your opinion…it was the way you stated it…almost like you were gloating.

Natalee DID NOT bring this attack on herself. To be honest…I don’t care if she was a prostitute…when a woman is going in and out of consciousness…she can not consent. Any boy/man knows this. These were not 3 confused young school boys thinking all along she was enjoying herself. These boys either gave her the drug…or took advantage that someone gave her the drug. In doing so…they committed rape.

To then place blame on her mother for allowing her to go…absolutely amazing. Ya know…I’m very sorry your step brother was killed in Memphis and it went unsolved. But I doubt very seriously if someone had come forward and said they did it…but he deserved it…that the police would just let the matter go. And I doubt also if you would be ok with that.

I’d be interested to know what your wife’s opinion is of all this. If it were your daughter…would you shrug you shoulders and say she helped bring it on herself so oh well? No…you wouldn’t…you know it and I know it.

You probably aren’t reading this because you are enjoying yourself in Aruba. As for your comments about interviewing the kids. Sure…interview them. Again and again if need be. But maybe they have been and we just don’t know it. And if they haven’t been…isn’t that one more signal that there is something wrong with this investigation?

As for Natalee liking Joran. So??? What difference does that make? Is date rape ok because the girl liked the guy before it happened? As for getting in the car…I agree…bad choice. But given the fact the girl was barely coherent at that point…why wouldn’t she? She had met him earlier in the visit I understand and he had told her he was staying at the same hotel she was. What possible difference does it make? Would you have felt better if they had arranged a date and he picked her up for the date. Unbelievable. Wait until your daughter starts dating. Its the scariest thing in the world for parents.

And to Jeanne Caldwell…what exactly are you angry about? The call to boycott? It sounds like you are angry that you think her family has money. I’m unsure what your definition is of being well off…but from what I understand…they certainly are not well off. How would you like the donated money to be spent Jeanne? Isn’t the fact that they have posted a large reward for information enough for you?

Finally…have you given any thought to your statement about so many others being missing and you don’t hear about it like Natalee….and that you guess money talks??? No…not money Jeanne…Beth. Beth is talking…and talking…and for all of you who keep saying their sick of hearing about this…turn off your televisions…turn off the radios and computers when it comes up as a topic. You don’t have to be involved in it. You could always go take a nice relaxing trip to Aruba like bizman has done.

By: jeannie

jeannie — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 18:46:32 +0000

so far no hard evidence dont see how anyone can be blamed
there isint even a crime scne
as much as everyone wants to find natalee until we do i think so many are being unfair to the arubans
they have bent over backwards to help the families
if this had happened here in the states the threemen wouldint have spent an hour in jail also they would have been able to lawyer up pronto
i hear so much about missing people but none of them are getting the coverage natalee is getting
we are going on four months i think enogh is enough

By: William All

William All — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 04:42:57 +0000

The #1 man in charge of the investigation for the first ten days to two weeks was reportedly a good friend and previously an employee of Paul Van Der Sloot. During that time the main suspects were intentionally released. Do you think it was for the purpose of being briefed and time to destroy all evidence or are you just terribly nieve. I think when the new officials were brought in to investigate it was too late because the evidence was gone.

I take a cruise and fly to a vacation area every year but I will never go Aruba regardless of how long I live.NOT EVER NOT EVER

By: Cara

Cara — Sun, 25 Sep 2005 06:46:52 +0000

I just read that the US State Department report on Aruba and the other Dutch Islands in the area reguarding the problem with trafficking in woman and children for sexual exploitation, it was published this summer. All the more reason to stay away. I made a comment about this on the Aruba site, I said I think people should be aware, and they refused to post it. A country of censorship as well as kidnaping of women and children, it’s not the happy picture they would like to paint.
The report is here http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/47255.pdf
see page 165.