It's hard to believe these guys were really serious. It's probably worth a serious reply anyway.
... I think we need a Customs Office.
"Oh you are a tourist senor? Do you mind if we look through your luggage? What country did you say you are from?"
Once you have built your customs office and have it staffed you should then be able to detain, arrest, and control tourists who might need it. ...
Tourists should be controllable just like Tropicans. Throw 'em in the slammer too!
YES! Throw them in the slammer. Then their imperialistic, overfed Yanqui relatives will be forced to come arrange for their release -- For a *modest* fee naturally. They are too nosy anyway. I build a beautiful tropical haven for them and they insist on visiting my mining operations. SPIES, every one of them! ...
Nice touch. - and why not? When they land in your country they land in your jurisdiction. Answering for your acts you can leave up to your diplomatic ministry. ...
I like this. Of course, we would need foreign embassies which our rebels could storm -- might keep them away from the palace for a bit. When the US gets pissy with us and sends that gunship, we could (with the foreign embassy) kick out all the US diplomats! Or throw them in jail and not allow the US representatives to visit them -- we'll say we're conducting an investigation. Yeah, that's the ticket, an investigation.
Actually a customs office is a great idea. As would be detaining tourists -- but you know, do it once and the whole trade would be gone. ...
Finally, the voice of reason. First the tourists quit coming -- one of their concerns is "Crime Safety" and being locked up is not their happy place. Then the Marines arrive to rescue innocent U.S. citizens.
I would expect maybe to lose a point or two with your overall tourism rating ; maybe some adjustments by the US too. Just using the evict or arrest edict doesn't affect your tropicans that drastically, so logically it shouldn't destroy your tourist trade if you used it against a tourist, although there should be a penalty of some kind. ...
That's not logic; it's wishful thinking.
After further review, while it is true Tropicans are not affected too much [depending on the difficulty setting] by arrests and (other family members) eliminations, I think tourists would not come too much if you detained some. After all, how many people travel to Iraq [Iran]? ... Therefore, I think the punishment for detaining tourists (especially since we are detaining them to ransom them off) would have to be greater than the reaction of our lovable Tropicans.
I think the effect on family members and bystanders is way under-estimated by most players. This is just another pull the wings off of flies idea by unreconstructed bullies.
