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Originally posted by honeychile
James, the key phrase that is in your statement is "a total stranger". Natalee left with three total strangers. A key phrase that's missing from your statement is "While in a foreign country". I don't care that Aruba is Where Happiness Lives!
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Why does it matter that she was in a foreign country? I wouldn't do what she did in my own hometown--Mayberry on the Gulf of Mexico. You don't go off with strangers
anywhere. True, her guard should have been up considerably in another country, but a young woman should be careful at all times.
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Originally posted by cash78mere
i really don't understand why high school seniors need to go to aruba as a senior trip, especially with only a handful of chaperones. haven't they ever heard of disney world or the beach??
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Like PM Mama said, things have changed a lot. The HS I graduated from just sponsored a trip to Cancun for the graduates--not something that happened for my class! Also, Mountain Brook, where Natalee is from, is the most affluent area of Birmingham. I wouldn't be surprised if all of these kids were all very well-traveled.