Coming back to Matilda's original post, I believe as so many have said, darkness and evil exist throughout the world but it seems to me that there are very strong extremes here....a lot of light and a lot of darkness, beauty and the beast.
With respect to "extremes", the DR is certainly much less "extreme" than the US, ie, we don't have people killing their co-workers or stealing children, raping them and then killing them on a weekly basis. As far as drug consumption the US wins that as well. Prostitution? It is found in any big city in the US.
I'm no fan of PP or any tourist area here but to say that somehow it is better in the US is not true.
May I predict eternal hellfire for this thread if it remains in the realms of religious content, which always brings out the worst in DR1 posters and is not encouraged in this forum?
I have been wondering how to respond to this and would just like to ask if this is an official policy of DR1 as a whole or just the view of this particular moderator.
If it is an official policy, should we not also be discouraging discussion of politics which also brings out the worst in people? Will that leave very much to talk about?
It is official DR policy, you can confirm with Robert if you wish.
But it is also my personal view. The notion that innocents will be zapped from up-high because of the sins of others is not just absurd but in very poor taste especially in the current context. My colleague who was crushed to death was a good, hard-working and for all I know deeply religious young man. Neither he, his wife or his 3 children did anything to deserve this fate.