I am so confused about what is going on down there but I agree with you. Seventeen and eighteen year old girls are incredibly naive. They think they can judge someone on just meeting. 99 Percent of the time, they are okay and get by with it but sometimes this happens. I feel so bad for her parents. By the time a girl is 18, chaperones and parents cannot cover all brushes with evil. I used to think about that, how often did my girls brush up against evil and not know it.
Lately I have begun to think that the old fashioned "introductions" that young women had to have before even talking to young men were very much on target. I think those in the olden times, in my mother's childhood might have had a more realistic, knowledgeable view of the presence of evil around us than we do.
But an 18 year old has had a lifetime of PC education and is told daly to trust, not judge others. Sometimes they just don't have that sixth sense that older women have. I am just grateful mine all survived unscathed and cannot blame the parents or the chaperones or anyone other than the people who did this, whatever, to her.
I have been to Aruba and other islands down there. I found Aruba to be gorgeous but hated the atmosphere. There was gambling and I think that ruins an island. Neighboring Bonaire is much safer feeling. But Guadeloupe, St Lucia, Aruba, Jamaica all felt unsafe to me. I felt safe in the Caymens, Bonaire, Cozumel, Barbados and only moderately safe in Curacao. Cancun is safe to me. It is an odd thing but I think the history of the island and the presence of drugs makes the difference. But no young woman of that age is safe down in the islands, none.
You're right. All the PC, non-judgementalism, situational ethics, emphasis on getting along, groups, and 'understanding over everything else' is killing good judgement....... and killing that real NATURAL INSTICT when something or someone is dangerous.
The same can be said for all that the kids today are being told about the environment. They can't see straight on that either, but that's another story.
Btw, how have you been? We've been having some of your LA. weather up here in Pittsburgh...... I'm continually sweating. Very humid and hot..... I sort of love it, that is after I get totally soaked from my own perspiration. I raise plants so I'm sweating by myself most of the time.
;-)