St. Lucia decries attack on 3 gay US tourists

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[ConservativeStatement]

That's not being very open-minded, tolerant and DIEverse.

[screaminsunshine]

Are there that many of them?

[Kenny Bunk]

One victim said the
.... gunmen made slurs against gays, white people and Americans during the March 2 assault. ...

They could have received the same treatment from black people in Washington DC for a heck of a lot less money.

[spodefly]

"They began to tell us that they hated white people. They hated (gays)," Baker wrote. "They told us they had been watching us, and they hated us, and wanted us off the island. They said they would kill us if we did not leave."

So it's only the "gay" part of the attack they decry ... not the "hate whitey" part.

Maybe it's whites, gay or straight, that should stay out of St. Lucia.

[NWFLConservative]

You mean like Aruba was safe for high school kids like Natalie Holloway? We will never know what happened to that beautiful young woman. Van der Sloot will never tell the truth about what he did to her.

If ever there were someone worth of a little bit of “prison justice” it’s that guy.

[Walkingfeather]

What do you want to bet, these guys invited or bought drugs at their mt. home, an they came back and robbed them.

[aliquando]

I went on vacation there about 5 years ago. I had a wonderful time with my wife! We did hire a taxi driver for the week, he told us exactly where to go and where not to go.

[rogue yam]

So it's only the "gay" part of the attack they decry ... not the "hate whitey" part.

Absolutely. Hating whitey is noble. Hating gays is evil. Get it sorted.

[Krankor]

It appears the thugs never used the term gay- it’s in parentheses. Apparently, the victim assumes the attack was an anti-gay hate crime.

[EDINVA]

They better not rent a place in Riyadh.

[goodnesswins]

HAHA

[Jack Hammer]

The Caribbean islands are a wonderful place to vacation, provided one doesn’t leave one’s high-security, well guarded resort hotel. As for living there, be sure you have bars on your windows, solid doors with heavy locks, and don’t go out at night.

[wac3rd]

Three gay guys partying on vacation in the islands...wow, I’d hate to be their chambermaid (ugh).

[wac3rd]

Three gay guys partying on vacation in the islands...wow, I’d hate to be their chambermaid (ugh).

[hattend]

I know the minute my wife and I got off the plane in St. Lucia we announced to the people that we were NOT gay...just so they would leave us alone.

The love that dare not speak it’s name nowadays can’t keep it’s mouth shut... expect repercussions.

[hattend]

Dittos. We were there twice 2004 and 2005. A wonderful people and a beautiful island.

[hattend]

Funny you said that. We took a tour of a cocoa bean plantation while at St Lucia. Part of it was a 3 or 4 mile walk to a waterfall. We had a couple of locals guiding us (about 15-20 tourists) and they were carrying these big huge machetes.

We laugh about it now...we could have all been cut to pieces and left for dead and nobody would have known where to find us...we were that deep in the forest. Good thing the guides were honest.

[Jack Hammer]

I used to live in the Caribbean; I know whereof I speak.

[kabumpo]

I went there and thought it the most apalling hellhole if an overgrown banana plantation I had ever seen. Abject poverty, with otiose tourist enckves set here and there.

[Red Badger]

I think I'll open a Gay Travel Agency!..............