Quote Originally Posted by Lax1724 View Post
"It is up to the places you visit to make things Irie." "to solve a problem that is up to Jamaicans to solve is, in my opinion, ludicrous."

Jamaica does not have the greatest reputation when it comes to doing anything quickly (many would say that is part of the charm). I would think that solving the problem is not going to happen any time soon. I recently visited San Pedro, Belize and although I prefer Negril, it was very nice to not have one person try to sell me something that I had no interest in buying....the entire time I was there. I also visited Cozumel years ago and was told that the local government does an excellent job of letting their citizens know how to treat tourists and more importantly, the importance of why. I realize the higglers are poor and trying to eke out a living but they may be "biting off their nose to spite their face if people are turned off by it and stop visiting"
Please, if you are going to quote me, don't parse the quote. By taking off the front of the sentence quoted, it changes the meaning of what I said.
Thinking you can "stand your ground, pepper spray, or go "All American me" on someone...

That means that using these tactics to solve a problem is ludicrous not that it "is up to Jamaicans to solve is, in my opinion, ludicrous".

Peace and Guidance