I don't think that Aruba is specifically to blame over and above the others, although it does sound like little Amsterdam in the Islands. But all these islands are all about hustling the naive American tourists. People need to wake up and realize that all this name calling about "Ugly American" is intended to get you off your guard and make you feel guilty and make it easier to part you from your money, or your clothing, or whatever they want from you. They were hostile when I was a kid but it is so much worse now. Life is cheap. It can happen to you or anyone.
The whole spring break drunk fest is stupid as well. It is just asking to be taken advantage of, and possibly be hurt or arrested. It needs to stop.
And teens... when I was very young, say 12, I thought "nightclubs" were dangerous places. Then I became 18-21 and I thought a sweaty nightclub packed to the gills with sweaty bodies drinking their tails off was a good place to be. Now I realize they really ARE dangerous. Don't go. Don't be "cool". Don't follow, lead. Course, nobody listens, but things are so hostile today.
Buy your daughter a copy of "The Gift of Fear" before you let her go off to Aruba or any other place where she might be tempted to be swayed by "Are you some kind of racist?" when considering whether or not to go off with a group of strange men of any colour, about whom she knows nothing.
Or indeed before you let her go downtown in Toronto and commit the same stupid behaviour.
America does appear to be obsessed with well-off, blonde missing women and girls, but remember they also bow down before the Kennedy family -- why? They are wealthy, white and 'beautiful'. And they know their role and play it, too.