One a certain level I appreciate the point you are making. The Arubans have consistently bad-mouthed NH, calling her a slut and a drunk.
Even if there were something on the phone and/or camera Beth wished to conceal, the fact of the matter is that even if the ugly picture the locals painted is true, it's no excuse for her losing her life over it. I've even read remarks that 'she got what she deserved' and that flat out makes me want to puke!
There's no excuse for that and it certainly has left me with a permanently bad opinion of the place. I'm sure there are many people who don't stand on priniciple like that, and they will save the savage island. I am NOT with them.
I certainly agree that regardless of what Natalee did she did not deserve any foul play that might have happened to her. And perhaps her reputation is all Beth feels like she has left, which is why she has refused to turn over the phone and camera.
I don't think I'm entirely objective, at least as much as some. I don't drink at all and I could count the number of times I've been in a bar in the past twenty years on one hand. It's difficult for me to understand sending a teen ager to a party island. I've been to the Caribbean for kayaking and hiking and camping and sight seeing but I just don't see any thrill in hanging out in a bar until two in the morning. That's one reason I come here to this forum to read the opinions of people who understand that lifestyle more than I do.