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Originally Posted by yal
The island would still have to be monitored. Whats to stop these bastards from organizing building a sea worthy craft and getting off the island  (Can you say Kurt Russell )
What made Australia so viable in this regard was its distance from "civilization" way back then. How far are these modern deserted islands he writes about from current civilization? |
Yeah, you're right. There's no way you could just leave them there and hope for the best.
I never saw the book and he didn't elaborate on how far some of the islands were away from everything else. The best scenario would be if one was relatively close to another island so the guards could have somewhere to live. The whole idea is probably impossible. If the island was too far away from everything else, getting people to work the monitoring detail would be tough
and expensive. If it was close to civilization, the island would be in demand for other uses.
Bottom line, you'd need to have lookouts 24/7 that could see all sides of the island to prevent escape or accidental landing by innocents, especially females, who would be set upon with ferocity, no doubt.