I have just watched the film about the Mirabel sisters - the Butterflies, and it makes me wonder about this country. That happened not centuries ago, but a few decades ago. And I want to know is there something seriously wrong with this place?? Women beaten to death as they disagreed with Trujillo. Is it really so very different now???
I know it can be fabulous, great beaches, Presidente, Brugal, girls (for those who partake), a childlike innocence, absence of rules and a feeling of freedom, an amazing caring spirit if you are hungry - Dominicans share -, if you are in hospital, they visit you, if you have no money they will give you some, and fun , fun fun, but.......
The violence is appalling. I have witnessed the following in the last few years. And not just from lowlife shoe shine boys and sankies, but from very rich, supposedly cultured people too , A man thinks his wife is cheating on him he kills her. You upset someone - they kill you. Someone is cross with you they do all they can to kill you. If a woman thinks another woman is after her man she throws hot fat in her face. If someone comes to rob you, they shoot you. And it is not just the Dominicans. We have seen ex- pats behaving like animals too. There is a major crime such as a murder, pay the police enough and they close the investigation. Money talks. Criminals walk.
Don't just blame drugs. There were no drugs in the time of Trujillo. I want to know is there something inherently bad in this country, and not just in Dominicans, as Haitians and ex pats are behaving in the same way, which leads to this lack in basic human decency.
What I want to know is.
Is this country really beyond redemption??? Why is it the way it is? What can we do to change it?
matilda
I know it can be fabulous, great beaches, Presidente, Brugal, girls (for those who partake), a childlike innocence, absence of rules and a feeling of freedom, an amazing caring spirit if you are hungry - Dominicans share -, if you are in hospital, they visit you, if you have no money they will give you some, and fun , fun fun, but.......
The violence is appalling. I have witnessed the following in the last few years. And not just from lowlife shoe shine boys and sankies, but from very rich, supposedly cultured people too , A man thinks his wife is cheating on him he kills her. You upset someone - they kill you. Someone is cross with you they do all they can to kill you. If a woman thinks another woman is after her man she throws hot fat in her face. If someone comes to rob you, they shoot you. And it is not just the Dominicans. We have seen ex- pats behaving like animals too. There is a major crime such as a murder, pay the police enough and they close the investigation. Money talks. Criminals walk.
Don't just blame drugs. There were no drugs in the time of Trujillo. I want to know is there something inherently bad in this country, and not just in Dominicans, as Haitians and ex pats are behaving in the same way, which leads to this lack in basic human decency.
What I want to know is.
Is this country really beyond redemption??? Why is it the way it is? What can we do to change it?
matilda