I personally found the rant went beyond my comfort level (which actually says a lot) Sure, Pete started his diatribe with a "I say this tongue in cheek" disclaimer, but I was shocked by how incredibly condescending his tone was, how utterly belittling.
Despite making many valid points, I still think some of the comments were out of line. Ok, the Bahamians are aggressive drivers, but the choice of words "stop acting like animals when you're driving" was poor. The whole "stop putting your infants in cardboard boxes on the side of the road" followed up with someone else's joke "Are you sure they're not trying to sell the baby?" , was so insensitive to the reality of the situation. I can already hear the rebuttal, that the parents were going for sympathy, but knowing the poverty levels in the Bahamas I honestly doubt it.
If you don't like a place by all means say it! out loud! using any media you want! But for heaven's sake do it in a way that puts weight behind your arguements, not in a way that frankly makes you look bad.
"Stop selling crap!" "Stop trying to cram 27 people into a van that's suppose to seat 8!" "we don't want to be confronted by abject poverty!" Throw all the above together sprinkle it with all the disparaging adjectives and a huge degree of attitude, and what you have is the ugly American tourist personified.
Call me PC or overly sensitive, but in the end I was a little ashamed to have giggled at some of the comments. I even left a voice mail, my own overly verbose and too-long rant. But after I listened to that part of the podcast a couple of times (mostly because I didn't want to misquote any of the above) I don't think I'm the one out of line. I feel the rant was disrespectful, and I actually think less of the Diz team and the show in general as a result.