http://ominousrabbit.com/2010/02/hello-luxury-goodbye-paradise-part-3/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hello-luxury-goodbye-paradise-part-3 Online News Journal of My Very Small World Wed, 12 Oct 2011 00:29:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://ominousrabbit.com/2010/02/hello-luxury-goodbye-paradise-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-131 Dad Wed, 24 Feb 2010 17:48:26 +0000 http://ominousrabbit.com/?p=2824#comment-131 Dear Q, The usual justification advanced for projects like these, that it "helps the local economy" in actuality plays out more along the lines of "we had to destroy the village to save it.! Which, come to think of it happened to my own one-time Paradise in the States, Boulder, CO, which I once thought I would happily live in forever. Colonialism is, unfortunately, not a distant memory--(the Royal) "we" still think we know what's best for "them" (the rest of us). Dear Q, The usual justification advanced for projects like these, that it “helps the local economy” in actuality plays out more along the lines of “we had to destroy the village to save it.! Which, come to think of it happened to my own one-time Paradise in the States, Boulder, CO, which I once thought I would happily live in forever. Colonialism is, unfortunately, not a distant memory–(the Royal) “we” still think we know what’s best for “them” (the rest of us).

]]> http://ominousrabbit.com/2010/02/hello-luxury-goodbye-paradise-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-129 Ominous Rabbit Wed, 24 Feb 2010 05:50:14 +0000 http://ominousrabbit.com/?p=2824#comment-129 Thank you, B Berensen. I will miss Sayulita if Punta Sayulita becomes a reality. Thank you, B Berensen. I will miss Sayulita if Punta Sayulita becomes a reality.

]]> http://ominousrabbit.com/2010/02/hello-luxury-goodbye-paradise-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-128 B Berensen Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:16:58 +0000 http://ominousrabbit.com/?p=2824#comment-128 Well put. That sums it up. Well put. That sums it up.

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