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Johan Bjerkhamn

On behalf of the BU household we express our deep sadness at the unfortunate death of 11 year old Luke Bjerkhamn. Luke  was allegedly shot by his father Johan Bjerkhamn a couple weeks ago at his father’s residence. This is a matter which BU has been reluctant to offer public comment in deference to the the grieving family. However, in light of the recent development that Johan Bjerkhamn evaded police questioning by waltzing out of Barbados on a private jet yesterday, we have been driven to comment on the matter.

Firstly, there is the erroneous position which has been propagated by the traditional media that Johan  Bjerkhamn has been under 24-hour police guard at the Bayview Hospital. Our source indicates it was his doctor who played a pivotal role to keep the police from questioning Johan  Bjerkhamn. It has been said that his doctor kept him heavily sedated. Keeping him in a drowsy state the doctor was able to feed the Police the story that Bjerkhamn was not medically fit to give a statement. Why the Royal Barbados Police Force would leave  Johan  Bjerkhamn unguarded at Bayview Hospital is highly questionable.

The breakdown in communication between Commissioner Dottin and his Deputy over the recent Movada Kartel Show merits probing questions about Dottin’s competence to manage the Police Force. We suggest had the alleged perpetrator of this incident been Black the statement would have been taken and the charge laid in quick time.

Interestingly, it is Sir Richard Cheltenham who is at the forefront of this matter. Didn’t he successfully keep Jippy Doyle out of prison for almost seven years? It was reported by the media that Sir Richard accompanied Johan Bjerkhamn to the private hangar at the Grantley Adams Airport yesterday. Again, isn’t it amazing that in a very high profile Police matter we are witnessing such a  high level of incompetence by our Police Force?

We are left to speculate about what happened two weeks ago at the house of Johan Bjerkhamn. What we do know from our source is that the recent incident of gun play is not the first to have been heard by neighbours. There is the unconfirmed report that Luke was the victim of a family squabble. The question now remains, will the Royal Barbados Police Force ever get the opportunity to interrogate Jonan Bjerkhamn.

An upset BU commenter posted the following comment on the matter:

Now I shifting from BFS to Barbadians in general. I am writing this article as a chance to vent before I BLEVE . Them corrupt, nasty sorcerers who are in charge of law and security in this country , Responded to a suspicious call about a rasta man ‘in quick time’ resulting in him ending up over a cliff on sharp rocks to die some moments later.

This same security dept. took a subtle and ‘hands off’, luke warm approach to deal with a shooting death of a little boy. Questions I must ask myself,What if Mr. Bjerkhamn was driving the crash tender and his service number was 109, would he he be dragged violently from behind the steering wheel by police?

Would Mr Bjerkhamn be treated with the same ROYALTY if he was a black rasta whose son was shot? Why was he discharged and the police not notified by the hospital pending an investigation? Who gave the order to withdraw police presence creating that window of opportunity? Why is it that someone from the  health care profession not wearing HMP silver bangles? And the list goes on. My conclusion is that commissioner Dottin is a Mock face , hard face ass and he need to be removed from office like yesterday.

The white people in this country are more powerful than Castro is in Cuba. We have two laws in this country, the extreme one which serves the blacks and not so fortunate and the other customized “we would make up as we go along one” which serves the whites and people from higher echelons. Where are the Hamas and Hezbollah when you really need them?


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995 responses to “One Law For The Medes And Another For The Persians: The Johan Bjerkhamn Affair”


  1. @the hood

    “And, this seems to have been the case since mankind was able to fashion a weapon (starting with a simple thing like a club!) that could be utilised against his fellow man….”

    You are taking this for a given. I am not so sure about that. Maybe that is what European history has taught us, but that was their beginning and not necessarily the beginning of the African or Mayan, etc. societies. When Europe was going through its stone age, Africa had already developed societies and empires. By no stretch of the imagination did societies begin with the European man.

  2. Michael Haynes Avatar
    Michael Haynes

    @the hood
    i like this comic relief here, well to be honest, how can you compensate for what has happened in the past, i have no answer to this.


  3. OK, Mike let me know when you get it figured out. BTW I hope I have not misled you or anyone else into the belief that I am bajan black. 🙂


  4. @Technician

    Should add that there is probably not a solution to the questions you asked, we need more to chart a roadmap to determine how we move to a better position.


  5. @ ROK

    Goes as far back as the first human family. Remember Cain & Abel? 🙂 That was for economic gain too, you know.


  6. @ ac…

    These are some of the reasons why people see nothing wrong with slavery, as one US president called it ‘a necessary evil’.

    http://www.slaveryinamerica.org/geography/slave_laws_VA.htm

    @ MH….

    I always heard this argument that blacks enslaved blacks as a retort by people on the issue of slavery. Can you tell me in which country or on which continent this was happening?
    Can you also tell me what rights did these slaves had, compared to those who made the trip across the Atlantic, after the were dispatched to the respective colonies?
    Were the degrading laws and customs I have linked above, applied to these slaves that were enslaved by blacks also?
    Can you explain or describe to me, the conditions of the black enslaved slaves and the conditions under which they existed, what rights they did or did not have etc?
    I am curious because everyone who I have heard made that statement, seem to have great difficulty in answering my follow up questions. Seeing that you are educated and bright, it is my turn to learn something .


  7. David // May 3, 2010 at 8:26 PM

    @Technician

    Should add that there is probably not a solution to the questions you asked, we need more to chart a roadmap to determine how we move to a better position.

    To this I definitely agree!!
    Where will we start?

    There is a song by Everton Blender in which he states…’ To liberate ourselves, we must eliminate a few’…..truer words have never been spoken.

    Pull up this one for me selector Kiki.


  8. @ROK
    I would like for you to firstly point out one statement I have made that had the aim of creating division! Please do! You see ROK we have no chips on our shoulders unlike you… I have simply laid the facts on the table and every time I have done so you have called me a racist instead of refuting my facts which you claim are untrue, with your make up stories…
    Unlike you ROK I do not generalize therefore I do not persecute BU because a poster such as yourself has made blatant racist comments… Please be more specific by “can’t do at them”… If you are insinuating that I speak on a different thread then you are very mistaken as I have only ever spoken on this thread… I even pointed out in an earlier post that I found this thread by accident and saw the atrocious lies you were spewing! Again , another lie… I never generalize… I never said you all were ignorant and uneducated… I only said you were! You are just proving my point… Spewing lies!
    He is not asking you to put her hands at your side… Just to reply to what is coming at you! You are not responding to the statements or the facts I have given you but instead each time decide to call me a racist instead or you just pick out a spelling error…
    “Furthermore, a lot of white people stand on the side and say they are not racist and that they are not for racism… but you know what? They enjoy the benefits; even against their poorer clan. Not only that, I am not seeing them joining to say that they are fighting injustices. It just so happens that they remain privileged so long as we remain underprivileged.” That is an ignorant statement! You only want to live in a socialist society! So what do you propose? That those white people should give their money over to underprivileged black? Money that they worked for? Just because their forefathers centuries prior did things that at the time were legal? Man you are only fooling yourself… you sound like someone who would buy lotto tickets and not go out to work cuz you expecting to win! You keep going back to past while we are trying to deal with the present and you keep wrongfully generalizing! Its ignorant what you are doing! It wouldn’t be interesting for you to dialogue with white because you have already generalized and you opinion of them would already be that they are wrong, racist and know nothing of hardship! Which is wrong!
    “I was in Canada and also in Europe. In Canada, my girlfriend cuss me for giving a poor white man on the street a quarter. In Europe, one day after a meeting we were walking to a restaurant to get lunch; and this was December last year. I watched a line of about 30 NGO leaders walk right past a woman (young teenaged woman) on the sidewalk begging. These are all social and community leaders; white and black and none of them gave the woman a cent. Well I waited back until I was last in the line and gave the girl a Euro.” What’s your point or is that the black men in the line had no money and that the whites were rich and should have given generously? Because that’s all it seems that you think…
    No that doesn’t prove that you don’t have a chip on your shoulder… just shows that you know not to break the law… You seem also to be terrified of the truth cuz you trying you best to avoid it…

    @David
    I would like you to answer this question! Have you never seen or heard of racism towards white people by black people? “Yes there is racism still practiced in Barbados, it can be seen in how the White group play sports, do business, spend leisure etc.” Well you obviously are unaware of the facts that black people practise the same things…
    @Anonlegal
    “He said that about 11% of Barbadians are upper class (this statistic may be off so someone can correct me if I am wrong) and 4% of Barbadians are white. He asked me the question: “who do you think makes up the remaining 7%?” (Of course the rich white Barbadians are much richer that rich black Barbadians but I still acknowledged his point).” That is a great point! Since there are made middle class and lower class whites then it is obvious that there are more rich blacks than rich white in Barbados…
    1. I am unaware of the Charles F. Broome reasons as I was sent to a catholic school and I was unable to choose my primary school since I was so young… I believe in respect to primary schools parents normally send their child where they went to school or where they family or friends are going to school and I will not try to hide the fact that those are normally St. Garbiels, St. Winifreds and St. Angelas… This also ties back to the fact that most white bajans are catholic or Anglican!
    In respect to Combermere… I had chosen to go to my secondary school because in the list of secondary schools it was listed higher than Combermere for entry and I was one of the top boys at my primary school… Therefore I chose the school with a higher entry and one that my friends all agreed we would go to… When choosing secondary schools parents have a lot of input since at that time you are only ten or eleven years old… Therefore since most fathers of white boys today went to either Lodge School, Harrison College or others which are now no longer open, then they would normally encourage their child to go to the same school! I also know of a mullato girl who went to Combermere, however she took more after one parent and came out very white… Even whiter looking that some children with both parents who are white… Anyway she was given a very hard time at Combermere for her skin colour, when her father would come to pick her up they would ask if it was her driver… She was called racial slurs for the entire period she was at Combermere, until she finally left the school. I think the fact that most white children do not put Combermere down on their choice sheet for secondary schools and since at that age you want to be with friends you don’t do it either… Not because of racial reasons…
    2. What does it matter what University white bajans attend? Nobody said it did not offer a quality education… The reason why most do is because they obviously have not enjoyed the ‘present day’ racism they have had to endure throughout the education system in Barbados. Every single white Barbadian does not have the money, but the ones who do most probably would like their children to experience life outside of Barbados as most people would like to! UWI is always an option as I assure you that most white bajans apply to UWI as well as to the foreign universities… Another point I add is that education at least in my family is of utmost importance! Therefore if my parent enjoyed the experience of education in a foreign country then the goal would be to give their child the opportunity as well! Might I point out that the experience of going to University in another country such as “Canada” and “England” is educational in itself (a learning experience)!
    3. When it comes to number 3 I would like to know where you got that idea from as any lawyer who I have heard associated with the white people I know have been black… Actually a good example is the case in which this thread is based! Johan Bjerkhamn is a white bajan and both of his lawyers are black are you aware of that? Even though his family is one of the richest in Barbados…

    @ROK (again)
    There is more likely to be a large poor black population since black people make up approximately 85% of the population… Why don’t you think of the statistics instead of the numbers since black people out number white people in any category in Barbados as they are the majority… You need to realize that more than just the distribution of wealth has changed in Barbados ROK!
    Are you trying to say that a white man without a job would be any different? I want to make it clear that white people in Barbados do not have money trees and there are no old safes inside of the old plantation houses where white people can sneak in and get more money! I say “sneak in” as a well known black bajan is known for having the goal to prevent white people in Barbados from ever owning a plantation house again… Now whether or not a plantation house is a icon of ‘racism’ or not, that is deprivation of heritage in my opinion! How do you know that white people are also not poorer than you believe? And are also too proud to say so…
    You said “Can we step back a bit to the motive?” but your already far back I don’t know if you want to start talking about the evolution of man…
    @ac
    “@ac…
    I think and this is my thought so please don’t tar and feather me ok, that maybe it is because of the fact that having slaves was lawful and permitted, that makes this whole issue difficult to be resolved.
    After the abolition of slavery, segregation was also lawful. Maybe these are the points that makes it hard for the oppressor to even think of justice, as they seem to think they did nothing wrong.”
    I agree with the above statement but as it has been pointed out, should the son of a criminal be liable for his crimes? No, then why should the son of someone who committed something that is only now a crime be any more liable?
    It seems ac that you are now talking about countries being liable… You seem not to be able to make up your mind, or you are just blindly blaming everyone you can…


  9. @the hood
    “Goes as far back as the first human family. Remember Cain & Abel? 🙂 ”

    I am very sorry, but again this is belief. By the time these stories came along Africa had gone through at least three empires (thousands of years). That was not these ancient people’s beginning and it was them that started the society. You are therefore embracing relatively modern beliefs. Remember that man’s sojourn on earth is something like 500,000 years.

    We cannot go forward on the basis of indoctrination, socialisation or belief. We can, however, go forward on studying the effects of these.


  10. You cannot choose who has to compensate for slavery especially since it has already been pointed out on this thread that “there are no pure white or pure black bajans” then i guess we will end up compensating ourselves… Might i also add that slavery was put in place by the british governement and unlike enacting slavery, not enacting it could have resulted in serious consequences!


  11. SMD wrote “Johan Bjerkhamn is a white bajan and both of his lawyers are black are you aware of that? Even though his family is one of the richest in Barbados…”

    How many white criminal defence Lawyers practice in Barbados?

    just asking.


  12. I do not know, but are you trying to imply that he went to these lawyers as a last resort?
    Why don’t you answer the question of how the statement “3. In the legal sphere, white Barbadians tend to take their conveyancing and non-contentious commercial business to white attorneys (not all the time but very often).” has come about?


  13. SMD, Teacher, Michael Haynes:

    Yawnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn


  14. the hood
    Hi baby babes. Still keeping the faith? Good to know you’re still around n kicking.


  15. @ROK

    “We cannot go forward on the basis of indoctrination, socialisation or belief. We can, however, go forward on studying the effects of these.”

    I agree with your statement whole heartedly, it is mutually beneficial, forward looking and most importantly doable. However i am at a loss as to your position on the matter. Because as you have written this statement, i still hear your previous arguements ringing in my ears. I.E. “Imagine he say he feel racism. He mean he feel the backlash.” Obviously you dont agree with your sentence, or have you gone soft on us and had a change of heart?

    “Prior to and during the time of slavery, countries were looking for riches.”
    Sir, im afraid that i have to disagree. Slavery has existed as long as man has, do not falsely presume in naivety that Africa was the end all and be all of it.
    -Slavery does not only have roots in conflict where prisoners of the losing side were generally forced into slavery but also in peace. And conflict as we well know has existed since the dawn of man.
    -Indentured servants and ‘peasants/serfs’ in European society were forms of slavery long before the Portuguese first began taking slaves in Africa for the European powers.
    Specifically with Africa as it is most relevant to our current topic there are several facts that must be made clear.
    – The first colonial powers to commercialize african slavery were the Portuguese.
    These slaves many a time were sold to them by warring tribal leaders, who would sell their enemies,captured in war, to the Portuguese who shipped them to modern day Brazil.
    Being a citizen of said country (Brazil) and having lived there for many years i can tell you that i have never heard a Brazilian speak with contempt of Portuguese, nor of Brazil’s white populace. In fact there is a strong kinship between all of these parties, which in itself is quite surprising.
    Brazil’s history is much the same as Barbados’s. It was a colony of a European power, it did have many slaves imported (far more than Barbados by a factor of almost 20x) for sugar plantations and it is independent; to name a few similarities in order for you to further understand the value of the points which i put forth.
    -Europe did trade in slaves, african being a few of them while its own citizens made a large part. However in now way were they the only to do so.
    In fact the central and western asian countries were huge slave traders also. Taking many tens of thousands of them from Eastern and Northern Africa.

    Funny how noone seems to remember that.

    In fact these Asian countries and particularly the middle east and northern africa were responsible for selling slaves to great empires of their own times. Carthage, Rome, Mussulman and Ottoman empires, etc.

    “it seemed that they had no care for natives and soon crushed them to extinction in a lot of cases”

    The only races that were crushed into extinction were the Aztecs and Mayans ( In fact there are still a few descendants from the Mayans living in Bolivia). These were not crushed into extinction on purpose. In fact if you new your history, South American Natives were actually wiped out by European diseases such as Smallpox. In no way can this be called a purposeful attack to wipe the natives out. (also i will have you know that many commanders of expeditions into the Americas were ordered by the Reina Isabella II to treat the natives with respect and care; Columbus himself was jailed on several occassions for mistreating the inhabitants of Hispaniola).

    “This period was born out of violence”
    Sir, with respect i do not believe you can name a year or day in history when there was no violence somewhere in the world. As long as man has existed there has been violence, and where there was violence some form of slavery was very likely to occur. With respect to your arguement your basis is flawed.The african slave trade was however very important in history. As people became more civilized they realized what wrong they were doing. And as a result it was abolished.
    First by Britain
    Followed by other European nations
    (By the way the Asian countries did no follow suit for many decades)
    All thanks to the efforts of people like, but in particular a certain William Wilberforce.


  16. Yeah Bon, I still here, still your ole faithful bruno. 🙂 I was trying to get ROK to tell you hello for me but he too jealous (or frighten!) to tell you. 🙂


  17. @SMD

    As it relates to your answers 1 and 2, the points are taken. I just asked out of curiosity.

    However you said:

    “When it comes to number 3 I would like to know where you got that idea from as any lawyer who I have heard associated with the white people I know have been black… Actually a good example is the case in which this thread is based! Johan Bjerkhamn is a white bajan and both of his lawyers are black are you aware of that? Even though his family is one of the richest in Barbados”

    I don’t think the Johan Bjerkman case is a good example to rebut my point. In my post I said “Conveyancing and non-contentious Commercial business”. I would agree with you that Black attorneys get a lot of business from white Barbadians when it comes to contentious court matters. That is because, from what I can see, there are only a few white trial Lawyers (Alair Shephard and Barry Gayle being the most notable. And of the two only Alair does criminal law). The advocates in Barbados are generally Black.

    Two Black attorneys with whom I did some legal work told me that they never get conveyancing work from white Barbadians (and both are Queens Counsel). They thought it was racial.
    I figure I would get the perspective of a white Barbadian. So, I asked you the question.


  18. @ SMD……

    ‘“@ac…
    I think and this is my thought so please don’t tar and feather me ok, that maybe it is because of the fact that having slaves was lawful and permitted, that makes this whole issue difficult to be resolved.
    After the abolition of slavery, segregation was also lawful. Maybe these are the points that makes it hard for the oppressor to even think of justice, as they seem to think they did nothing wrong.”

    In all fairness SMD those comments were mine, not ac.

    I have experienced racism and racial slurs at Foundation as a black person. When I was there it was about 40% white students but to be honest, after a few blows in the bathroom from me to them it soon stopped.

    You stated…’I believe in respect to primary schools parents normally send their child where they went to school or where they family or friends are going to school and I will not try to hide the fact that those are normally St. Garbiels, St. Winifreds and St. Angelas… This also ties back to the fact that most white bajans are catholic or Anglican!

    Would you ALSO, agree that this too, was also a form of segregation in early Barbados perpetrated by your fore-parents and the trend continued through generations?

    Remember that in the early days the Catholic church and by extension the Anglicans preached that blacks were inferior.

    You also stated…’should the son of a criminal be liable for his crimes? No, then why should the son of someone who committed something that is only now a crime be any more liable?

    What you fail to grasp is that it is not individuals that are being blamed here personally but the Collective Establishment that refuse to even accept that what they did was morally wrong because as you so politely explained ( and reinforces my point)…..someone who committed something that is only NOW a crime (emphasis added).
    Do you see your way of thinking here and how it could be misconstrued as trivializing the issue?


  19. @SMD

    You said:

    “I do not know, but are you trying to imply that he went to these lawyers as a last resort?”

    I made a similar point to Hants. So I think I will respond to this question. I think that we all can agree that that Johnny Cheltenham and Andrew Pilgrim would never be anyone’s last resort when it comes to a criminal case. Mr Bjerkman chose two of the best criminal attorneys in Barbados.


  20. So true Anonlegal.


  21. @Anonlegal
    Sorry, yes you did say that. I believe that most of the time white attorneys are chosen by other white bajans because they are probably from the same inner circle of friends or even possibly family in some way… But to be honest I do not believe that it is racist, because at the end of the day you want someone who will represent you well regardless of race.
    I thank you for asking my opinion instead of jumping to conclusions.

    @Technician
    I know those were your comments, that is why I put quotations and said I agreed with the statement. Sorry if I did not reference you properly, my mistake. The matter of schooling at those schools mentioned was based on religion and
    I agree that there was segregation even though the Ursuline Convent (to name one) was established in 1890 long after slavery was abolished. But to bring you back to the present for a second, I have recently this year visited the Ursuline Convent and there are now equal or more blacks attending the school than whites…
    Sir, most white people will not refute the fact that slavery was wrong, just that it was not their fault… To be honest most white people would even avoid the discussion of slavery since that is such a sensitive subject in Barbados and they would be afraid of being persecuted for their words…
    Are you aware that most bajan whites are in fact not the descendants of planters?

    @Anonlegal (again)
    “I made a similar point to Hants. So I think I will respond to this question. I think that we all can agree that that Johnny Cheltenham and Andrew Pilgrim would never be anyone’s last resort when it comes to a criminal case. Mr Bjerkman chose two of the best criminal attorneys in Barbados.” – (reference) Anonlegal
    Your statement is what I am trying to point out exactly! He chose the best regardless of race!


  22. @ SMD….

    I do get your point but what I am trying at lengths to get you to see is that it is not so much persecution of particular individuals but more so the Institution. It is the same way that when you say blacks I wouldn’t think you are singling out particular individuals but more so the Institution….follow?


  23. @Tchnician
    “Remember that in the early days the Catholic church and by extension the Anglicans preached that blacks were inferior.”

    Sir, i think you may be confused. The catholic church never preached that blacks were inferior to whites. What you may be referring to are stories that were told of some priests and bishops and one pope who may have said so unofficially.

    However as an organisation, the Roman Catholic Church has never said that blacks were inferior, and therefore never preached it as such. In fact the Church itself had a lot to do with the abolition of slavery. Many popes, cardinals, priests and bishops were very outspoken against slavery.


  24. @ John….

    My information was in fact about some priests and a Pope, they represented the Catholic church, which, maybe in retrospect, I should not lump them with with the Institution.

    As to the Catholic church fighting for the abolition of slavery, they did extensively BUT it was not for ordinary slaves, only for Christian slaves.
    Ordinary non-Christians and Muslim slaves did not benefit from the Catholic Church’s abolition fight.


  25. I should add, they did not benefit in the initial stages of the Church’s protest against slavery.
    Eventually sometime later, this cause then covered all types of slaves.


  26. And to make matters worse some institutions to get around the laws against hiring people because of their color are now looking at a persons name in determining color in making hiring decision.


  27. @ac

    You keep making all sorts of allegations but not once have your provided proof… Try to start talking facts! That’s what we are doing in this discussion…


  28. @SMD
    Keep living like an ostrich having your head buried in the sand. Unlike you I read all kinds of articles on matters related to black people . Do you? maybe you can visit some websites that publish books or articles on black issues . It is useless to discuss such things with a person who have absolutely no knowledge of what they speak. For you to be asking of proof of things they are common knowledge to any black shows what littlte you know of blacks and their history.


  29. @ac// May 4, 2010 at 5:39 PM

    You said:- ** And to make matters worse some institutions to get around the laws against hiring people because of their color are now looking at a persons name in determining color in making hiring decision.**
    ………………………………………………………………………………………..
    Surely you can’t really believe such. How would it be possible to determine someone’s race or complexion with a name like “King” or “Thorpe” or many others too numerous to mention here. I have to agree with SMD on this one………….sounds a bit farfetched to me.


  30. @Hood
    The above comment from ac to SMD is also meant for you!


  31. Sorry hoodie, but I outta hey.

    @David
    Keep up the good work. I am always an e-mail away.


  32. Ok, ROKie, I am going to do the same. We will catch up again soon. I always enjoy sparring with you. 🙂


  33. @ David

    I like I sensing a conspiracy somewhere by somebody against the “ROK” with that BlogWatch posting. I would say that most if not ALL of the comments posted there from ROK’s comments here were taken completely out of context. Any thoughts from you?


  34. @Hoodie

    ROK should be aware by now of the game being played.

    Thanks for raising it.

    Unfortunately ROK has allowed himself to be browbeaten into a position where he feels he must retreat, regrettable but his decision to make.

    BU tries to be civil to ALL but some believe the only way to communicate is like ‘cat and dog”, what are we to do, be Joe Clarke?


  35. @David,

    I wonder if he’s aware of this particular salvo? You think an e-mail from you to him is suggested?


  36. @the hood

    He should be now, thanks for caring.


  37. @ David

    Just the point I have been making over and over again, David. I have said repeatedly in my comments that there is absolutely no need for all the acrimony and vitriol in the responses to each other from some posters when we are supposed to be such literate people. Are we not capable of using our language skills in peace and harmony to make our points?


  38. @hoodie

    You can’t be naive not to appreciate the blog reflects the society in which we live. It is the nature of man, man :-).


  39. Yeah David,

    Even the politicians who supposed to set a better example as leaders in the country getting on the same way, so what can we expect from others, huh?


  40. This is why we are at the crossroads. Are we going to build out the Barbados we want or be washed away in the sea of globalization and all that it brings with it?


  41. Good point, David. Gotta leave here now, though, catch ya later.


  42. Hey Guys,

    First my decision to stay away has nothing to do with the racists who come here looking for trouble. If we are supposed to be a family but yet some feel that they must always poke insults at fellow contributors, then for peace sake one would have to go.

    As for the quotes of the day, any uninformed reader, taking a look at those quote would see complaints of racism, not racism; that is, provided they have their head on and not one of those who think that complaining of racism is racism itself.

    It seems like it is a crime to complain. I know that we are tired of the complaining, but it seems there are some who would not let us forget and who would go to any lengths to persecute as we now see. See how they have gone to the lengths of creating a virtual space just to show my quotes and they targeted me because I am not anonymous. That is how they play the game. Laughing at us all the way. This was mere sport for them but I just wanted to see what they were up to. The things they think of.

    But you just watch out for my next move.


  43. Anyone with half a brain could see the agenda in those quotes have nothing to do with BU but all to discredit and humiliate ROK because of his position as NGO.
    Not one post by Hopi, Negroman or Technician and I have posted some stuff that are much more hard hitting that those.

    @ ROK.

    Now is not the time to hide or retreat but to stand firm in what you believe, even though it may rock the boat. That is what makes life so unique.
    At least you have the testicular fortitude to speak your mind and not hide behind anonymity. This is the price you will pay for being so open but I am sure that you would have known this from the start.


  44. @Techie

    To add to yours ROK knows he has the support of BU and many of the family behind him.


  45. @ David…..

    I was surfing around on some blogs today, just reading up on some issues. If you read the things people were saying about others it would make BU look like Sunday School.
    When I read some of the comments, Negroman seemed like GP….lol.
    Yet these operatives have the gall to call BU racist….lol.


  46. @Technician: “Yet these operatives have the gall to call BU racist….lol.

    What you have to understand is the MO (Latin: “Modus operandi”) of those who oppose.

    BU is (empirically) the most popular Blog here in Barbados.

    Some don’t like what we are doing here.

    Thus we should expect those who don’t agree with what we’re doing here will do everything they can to stop us.

    I, personally, believe we collectively are strong enough and right enough to stand up to anything. Despite (or perhaps because of) the differences we find between us all.

    To those who disagree with what is happening here, please feel free to “bring it on”.

    But also please be prepared to face what we can do….


  47. @Rok
    I was really concern that you had given the detractors what they wanted,that is for you not to be fortright and honest.Man don’t retreat now is the time to speak out against those who are against free speech !


  48. @ac

    The basis for my retreat was not this thread, you know. This is the basis for my retreat.

    “Georgie Porgie // May 4, 2010 at 12:01 PM – One the subject of protocols and democracy in medicine and healthcare as raised by the jackass of highest rank who brays on BU persistently…”

    I think such insults are unwarranted. Even if I did not respond to him he would continue in the same manner as he does all the time. It became clear to me that if I am the only one he seeks to curse and humiliate, then such behaviour will come to an end if I leave. I am sure that he jumped for joy when I announced that I was taking my leave. See his persistence in his post just after I posted my intention.

    Georgie Porgie // May 4, 2010 at 11:51 PM

    Micro Mock Engineer
    Permit me to respond to a selection of sane sober sensible sayings you have made in the last 4 days or so.

    So saith Georgie Porgie. Very subtle in his humiliation of people he opposes and would probably be proud to be referred to as an assassin with precision. He learned well from the white-washed establishment.


  49. @ROK: “The basis for my retreat was not this thread, you know.

    Oh, come on ROK…

    Pull the trigger on BarbadosBlogWatch.

    Only you can….


  50. @Technician

    The hitting up on BU is personal. We have stated why in earlier comments. It will come to a head eventually.

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