Comments on: The Island’s on the Map & Filled With Courage http://raulcolon.net/island-does-not-exist/ Finding Practical Solutions for Complex IT, Business, and Personal Challenges. Wed, 16 May 2012 21:58:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Prometeo http://raulcolon.net/island-does-not-exist/#comment-1469 Prometeo Sat, 28 Jan 2012 11:13:00 +0000 http://raulcolon.net/?p=5671#comment-1469 There are some thins she wrote that are off the mark such as those referring to race and color. But I have to agree with her on others. Truth hurts, but sometimes one needs to get a slap on the back of the head to react. Our island is dormant and thinking only about how we are today without thinking the consequences.  Like you I also keep my faith that this will get fixed sometime but faith is really hard. Keeping my faith on this island is what has kept me here.Maybe she didn't offer solutions but she certainly started a conversation and that's a good start.  There are some thins she wrote that are off the mark such as those referring to race and color. But I have to agree with her on others. Truth hurts, but sometimes one needs to get a slap on the back of the head to react. Our island is dormant and thinking only about how we are today without thinking the consequences. 

Like you I also keep my faith that this will get fixed sometime but faith is really hard. Keeping my faith on this island is what has kept me here.Maybe she didn’t offer solutions but she certainly started a conversation and that’s a good start. 

]]> By: Rick Lipsett http://raulcolon.net/island-does-not-exist/#comment-1467 Rick Lipsett Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:41:00 +0000 http://raulcolon.net/?p=5671#comment-1467 Okay, let me start off, by saying I admire the way @trix3L:twitter writes. Even though offended, I enjoyed her style and her way of telling a story. What can I say, my artistic side is always present.Besides that, I found a lot of what she said to be true. As I told you yesterday on Twitter, what dissapointed me about the article was her strict focus on the negative aspects of our "Isla del Encanto". She lacked a positive horizon. Something that would tell the casual reader, "Hey, not everything's lost! I found this and this organization that's making a difference..." What worries me the most: • Is this the picture Tourist take home with them when they visit us? • Is this the only thing casual readers will learn about us? Will they investigate a little in search of a beacon of hope? Will they jump to the next article with a defeated vision of what we are? I fear the answers to these questions. It is irresponsible to write bad things about a place you visit. Without looking for something good to say, you're just showing one side of the coin (this saying sounds better in spanish). As my Mom would say: "If you don't have anything good to say, don't say anything at all" Her views are limited to the PR relations she had with the taxi driver and her general impression, maybe, from our newspaper's front pages. But, will casual readers remember that she was here for a mere few days only? I fear not. Okay, let me start off, by saying I admire the way @trix3L:twitter writes. Even though offended, I enjoyed her style and her way of telling a story. What can I say, my artistic side is always present.Besides that, I found a lot of what she said to be true. As I told you yesterday on Twitter, what dissapointed me about the article was her strict focus on the negative aspects of our “Isla del Encanto”. She lacked a positive horizon. Something that would tell the casual reader, “Hey, not everything’s lost! I found this and this organization that’s making a difference…”

What worries me the most:
• Is this the picture Tourist take home with them when they visit us?
• Is this the only thing casual readers will learn about us? Will they investigate a little in search of a beacon of hope? Will they jump to the next article with a defeated vision of what we are?

I fear the answers to these questions.

It is irresponsible to write bad things about a place you visit. Without looking for something good to say, you’re just showing one side of the coin (this saying sounds better in spanish). As my Mom would say: “If you don’t have anything good to say, don’t say anything at all” Her views are limited to the PR relations she had with the taxi driver and her general impression, maybe, from our newspaper’s front pages. But, will casual readers remember that she was here for a mere few days only? I fear not.

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