egovenatus
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Honestly don't care why the looting and behavior happened....it's irrelevant, it's debate for no reason. The fact is it DID happen and many of the people there showed their true colors. I, in the profession I am in deal with bad people all the time and am in situations that are "hazardous to by health" frequently and have been in bad areas all overt the world and I am telling you that many of these people would be happy to slit your throat and take whatever you own, storm or not. It was far beyond the tribal and cultural posturing I have seen in the world. I have learned over the 18 years I have been in the military to recognize bad for what bad is. You can love the islands and the diving, but you are fooling yourself if you think the people there are all great people. Stress tends to bring out people's true colors, whether it be violence or otherwise. There is a reason that in training and selection we put people under massive amounts of stress that they are not used to....it's because it lets us see a number of things, one being who they really are.
I loved it there, till the locals went stupid....I met many good people there who are local, and I liked it so much I am seriously looking at moving to the Pacific region sometime in the future and will most likely look at going back to Chuuk next year, but there are many things I will change about my next trip and I'll take more precautions before I go as well. It's simply prudent, you are welcome to do whatever you wish. Enjoy your trips and please try to add to the discussion rather than nah nah nah I'm going again and you're not...it's juvenile at best and I know you have much more valuable information to offer.
I loved it there, till the locals went stupid....I met many good people there who are local, and I liked it so much I am seriously looking at moving to the Pacific region sometime in the future and will most likely look at going back to Chuuk next year, but there are many things I will change about my next trip and I'll take more precautions before I go as well. It's simply prudent, you are welcome to do whatever you wish. Enjoy your trips and please try to add to the discussion rather than nah nah nah I'm going again and you're not...it's juvenile at best and I know you have much more valuable information to offer.
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