Zanshin said:
On the VHF radio net here in St. Martin this morning one of the cruisers told how he'd gotten stopped in his rental car by a roadblock where they'd demanded money to let him pass. Upon refusal, his car was pelted with large rocks that dented his roof and he did make a police report. That kind of treatment by people who live off the tourism sector is certainly going to backfire.
IMHO,
I was and still am one who believes the French have totally legitimate gripes, and apparently a lot more than I thought and was aware of, and I fully 'get' their peaceful demonstrations and roadblocks.
This story and others along the same line reported yesterday afternoon and this morning take the situation to a whole different level.
The government needs to get this under control and quickly, and while I don't think the majority of the people with real grievances are involved in it, those resorting to violence need to be dealt with swiftly and appropriately along with those trying to collect ransoms for access.
This is a huge black-eye to all of St. Martin and the government needs to take swift and appropriate action. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" />
