Quote Originally Posted by CarrieBean View Post
A couple and their 9 year old child. Yeah, sounds like a wild party. And as far as blaming "Jamaican security, Jamaican staff, Jamaican management and Jamaican owners" ...what? If the staff were all Canadian/American/European, what would that change?

I understand you have a business to run and need to be faithful to your sponsors, but blaming a victim is never right. I didn't take the original poster as being vindictive at all. You know that I know how it feels to go though something like this.

And as far as everyone saying it can happen anywhere...well no chit sherlock. We don't discuss robberies from elsewhere on a Negril forum.
Carrie,

In no way am I blaming the victim for what happened. Please re-read my comment. I am simply pointing out the realities that happen when someone makes a post claiming to be a warning to others of a problem and then they leave out key details. When these key details come to light, it can raise credibility issues in the readers minds. That is simply human nature. And this loss of credibility can alter the perceptions as to why the post was made in the first place.

I know that you went through a robbery as we were both with you after it occurred. Being robbed sucks bigtime - but adding more innocent victims to the situation by insinuating the security, staff, management and owners had something to do with it without any proof and leaving out key details that do point to other equally plausible explanations is not fair to anyone. Your situation was a completely different scenario than Chrstine's.

As for mentioning the Jamaican security, staff, etc. I did so since Christine explained the reason she didnt want to mention her boyfriend staying in the room was so no one would blame him since he was Jamaican. It does seem odd that in order not to have him blamed since he was a Jamaican that she would blame many other Jamaicans instead. This can also lead to a blow to her credibility which again can make some readers view her original post something more than a genuine warning for others.