The "airhead" in this story is "Katie", the letter-writer.
She says no one should boycott Aruba just because Natalie Holloway was "careless" in a foreign country. I don't think the proposed boycott is based on Ms. Holloway missing her flight of misplacing her luggage. Instead, it seems she almost undoubtedly was murdered, and most probably by a spoiled rich kid whose daddy happens to be an apprentice judge in Aruba. The prosecutor's office is quoted as saying--on the QT-- "How can I do this to my best friend's son?" In any event, it is clear that the investigation is bungled through outright ineptitude or intentional malfeasance.
Perhaps if some of those beach front hotels reported a sharp dip in yankee dollars flowing in, word would come down to put someone competent and honest in charge of the case.
I agree. It fits right in with there being consequences for your actions. If the Aruban people accept the completely incompetent and probably corrupt law enforcement and justice system displayed in this case, especially with all of the attention it has gotten, then they deserve the consequences. If that's a boycott so be it.