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62 year old Diane Davies the day after her alleged attack

When one of the leading daily newspapers in the UK run a story penned by a leading journalist, it translates to ‘widely read’. When the story is about a 62 year old who claims she was raped in Barbados while on vacation, it translates into bad news for Barbados. Right at the start of the main tourist season to boot, this does us absolutely no favours at all if the allegations are correct; if true Barbados is seriously at fault.

Barbadians are left to wonder this morning what the hell is going on? Why are we playing boo peep with our number one foreign exchange earner? Why have the authorities i.e. Attorney General, Barbados Police Force and by extension the government not given this matter the attention it merits? Why do we allow bureaucracy and officialdom  perhaps pride to ferment this matter?

BU has blogged too many times about the need to revamp our court system to ensure justice is seen to be done and also for the Police Complaints Authority to do its damn job. How can we be serious about tourism and continue to retreat behind statistics. Barbadians on the ground know that serious crime is trending upwards and to be honest the business as usual approach by the authorities is not cutting it.

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188 responses to “Rising Crime + Tourism = Bad News”

  1. Fortyacres and a mule Avatar
    Fortyacres and a mule

    I have read the story in the UK mail this morning. The comments were mostly negative about Barbados. I know a lot of the people commenting are just overreacting. It never seizes to amaze me that whenever a crime against tourists happen in the caribbean it becomes front page news and we are vilified to the point where some people believe that this sort of thing only happen here. Nonetheless, Barbados needs to protect their bread and butter industry and tourist market. The Police need to more sensitive in these matters and bring the perpetrator swiftly to justice.

  2. islandgal246 Avatar
    islandgal246

    INCOMPETENCY at the highest levels. Have we no SHAME? Stop putting plasters over the sores. It is not solving our problems in this so called PARADISE. YES we have a serious problem when dealing with people we sadly lack inter personal skills. We are a bunch of gruff billy goats trying to exist in positions that are way over our heads. I have heard a policeman telling a tourist that her “bag has not been the first one stolen and to stop complaining.”

  3. islandgal246 Avatar
    islandgal246

    Now if that happened of one of you, will you keep your mouth shut?

  4. Amused Avatar
    Amused

    This is disgraceful. The police involved ought to be summarily fired and the UK Foreign Office should deal very sternly with the British High Commissioner – no “having the honour of an audience with Her Majesty upon relinquishing his appointment” – just OUT!

    As for the justice system, what can I say that I have not already said? Lazy good-for-nothing leeches on the taxpayers’ pocket.

    So the lady didn’t get either proper treatment, sympathy or justice in Barbados. And she has certainly paid us back in full measure and more. Let there be no doubt that, because she was denied basic decency and humanity by our system, she has RIGHTLY cost that system tens of millions of pounds. In other words, a few jackasses, one of whom had as her overriding ambition the purchase of a T shirt and another with her “schedule – both women and both disgraces to their sex, have cost the country about $100 million, at a time of severe financial constraint where tourists are making absolutely sure that they get the best value for their money……and for many readers of the Mail on Sunday, Barbados will no longer be their country of choice.

    Don’t get me wrong, rapes happen all the time in all countries. But when they do happen, the authorities do not conduct themselves with this total lack of any kind of human decency and feeling. For which, we are now paid back fulsomely. Serves us right! For just letting this nonsense in our Police and Justice System proliferate, instead of making it crystal clear to those in office that we will NOT put up with it.

  5. islandgal246 Avatar
    islandgal246

    correction…..I meant to one of you

  6. lemuel Avatar
    lemuel

    To FortyAcres:
    Hawaii was the “rape”, and still is not far from it, of the world. You noticed that the same brit papers have said nothing. They are cousins. Need I say more. Most people are still dying to go there to be rape. Crime has gotten so bad on these large cruise ships that they have put in police stations. You heard any cry out about cruise liner crime.

  7. Amused Avatar
    Amused

    @Le Mule. The complete idiocy of your comment makes me wonder if you sired those two jackass police women.

    We are not interest in the injustice systems and police systems of any other country but our own. And if you have a look at the comments on the Mail on Sunday, you will see that none of them are either – and those WERE potential visitors that Barbados has just lost, along with their foreign currency. So you just continue to bury your head up your backside and display the same sort of stupidity and lack of any Christianity of the RBPF, particularly those two disgraces to womanhood.

  8. islandgal246 Avatar
    islandgal246

    For those of you like Le Mule et all …..

    .We as a small and I mean small island have more to lose on when incidents like these rears its head. The industry is a fickle one and bad news travels fast especially when 95% of our Tourist comes from the UK and when 95% of the UK citizens read the Daily Mail. Yes crime will happen, BUT how we treat the victims will have far and long reaching effects on this small island. We have got to treat people in a more humane manner, if we are not capable of this we are doomed! There should be a special victims unit in the Barbados police force to investigate crimes like these. The officers in that unit should be trained at the highest level and be evaluated on a regular basis to ensure that the standards are at an acceptable level.

  9. Adrian Loveridge Avatar
    Adrian Loveridge

    islandgal246,

    Some very good points.
    I think the Special Victims Unit is a great idea. I am sure those of us in tourism would support such an idea and just maybe the British High Commission would help fund it to get the right training, as they have supported so many other projects in the past.

  10. lemuel Avatar
    lemuel

    To Island Gal and Amused:
    I wonder now who are he botsy lickers for the tourists that come here. Tourism has been in Barbados from the days of slavery; it is not a new fickle thing. That is propaganda. Furthermore, I was simply pointing out the hypocrisy of the british and american media when it came to covering tourist destinations. Hawaii still remains one. I have always had a difficulty with how we bend over backwards and go cap in hand when something happens to a tourist in barbados, but when something happens to bajan tourists in new york or london there is no out cry. Because you and amused and the captain fear you may not get your little visa or have your green cards nullified. Things happen in tourist destinations and they shall happen here. With all that has happened so far by your response the tourism should have shut shop ever since. Your point of views are not the only ones that are valid in this instance. By the way Amused don’t call people stupid; it seems that you have not looked into a glass lately.

  11. HAMILTON HILL Avatar
    HAMILTON HILL

    Word to Lemuel….Prudence tells the following: When ya get stuck in a hole STOP DIGGING.

  12. lemuel Avatar
    lemuel

    To Hamilton:
    Thanks for the good advice, but this time I am digging a good hole. A hole that is bereft of old fears and cap in handism, something we in Barbados are very proud of. I am very well aware what tourism means to Barbados.

  13. David Avatar
    David

    Sometimes it is not the act itself, in this case alleged rape, more so how we respond as a nation, as a people. What has separated Barbados from other countries up to recently has been our Idyllic and relatively crime free island. To compare Barbados with other places around the world bears no response. It has been the same MO the COP has been using to satisfy Bajans in the face of rising crime. To be dismissive of this case is not sensible. Even if it is propaganda as Lemuel opines the damage is done.

  14. Anonymous Avatar
    Anonymous

    What happened to the rape victim is inexcusable and everyone of us must share a bit of blame. On the other hand this story was milked by the victim many times. Her pain cannot ever go away and the heinous crime hurts every proud bajan. The Commissioner of Police went to great lenghts to give full details of the investigation of this rape and the one where the British lady was friends with her Verdun inmate rapist. Heart wrenching ordeals but the perpetrators of both crimes are behind bars one sentenced to 34 years. The police did a commendable job in catching the two despicable crimminals. The police need to get in touch with the Mail and explain again how they work and the massive effort they put in to keep the island a relatively safe place. Everyone should be deeply sorry about what happened to the victim but it appears she is hawking her story to the tabloids for a few pieces of silver then again its her right to do so.

  15. David Avatar
    David

    The fact that this woman still feels aggrieved means that the forex we pay our people at the High Commission and all others is a job unfinished. This woman should have been pampered to death given the ordeal she experienced in Barbados. In fact nothing we can do as a country will remove the hurt and shame it has brought. To say the perps are in prison is BS. This is not not what Barbados about.

  16. pjs Avatar
    pjs

    It saddens me that nothing is ever done to protect the tourist. Last year there were two rapes on the west coast just days apart. A couple of years ago the murder of a Canadian women. The police and the government try to sugar coat a serious issue. I was attacked myself and when I reported it and pressed charges I was made to look like the guilty one. What has happened to society. Barbados you can protect your own, BUT the criminal minds that are allowed to mingle with your much needed tourist dollars is going to hurt you.

  17. ac Avatar
    ac

    O.k. let cooler heads prevail here For one our little country has never had to deal with the skyrocketing crime over the years. Barbados was always said to be a safe place to visit. However as of recent years the crime keeps going up . Now what is needed is for our government to spend more money in training of its police officers in how to deal with these problems. Most of the time these police are just doing what they know and unfortunately it is not the best Proper training and investing dollars in the RBPF is what needed. Crime is going to to here and shouting and blaming is not the answer meaningful solutions is what we should be talking about.

  18. lemuel Avatar
    lemuel

    To David:
    Then david let this outrage be about crime generally and not about specific crimes on specific people. The lady and her daughter in Cane Garden were traumatized too.

  19. Fortyacres and a mule Avatar
    Fortyacres and a mule

    Barbados will survive. This too shall surely past. That is why it is imperative that we diversified our tourism market.

  20. islandgal246 Avatar
    islandgal246

    “I wonder now who are he botsy lickers for the tourists that come here. Tourism has been in Barbados from the days of slavery; it is not a new fickle thing.”

    Barbados has always licked the White man’s Botsy since slavery and that is nothing new. In order for Tourism to thrive we do have to do some botsy licking. It is how far up we are prepared to go.

  21. Pearl Avatar
    Pearl

    What a disturbing and horrible story.
    @lemuel ‘then david let this outrage be about crime generally and not about specific crimes on specific people. The lady and her daughter in Cane Garden were traumatized too.’

    I agree with you the issue of crime in Barbados will need to be continually addressed and regardless as to whether you are a tourist or someone living here you should be treated well and with respect by RBPF and associates. The ‘T’ shirt purchase sounds comical, I’d hate to believe it is true. We have to be thankful (if the story is true) that the Police Woman didn’t ask the victim to buy it duty free for her!

    In addition not saying at all that it is this victims fault but tourists and locals alike need to keep their wits about them. Barbados comes over as safe place with friendly smiling happy people, so you relax let your guard down. Some of the people tourists talk to if they saw them in the UK or wherever they would cross the road, hold onto their handbags like no tomorrow, maybe even run. Despite that Barbados is still safer than some other parts of the world, UK, US etc.

    Perhaps the NCC, BTA, RPBF etc. also need to look at the safety of the accesses to the beach. In the UK you are advised not to walk through alley ways because it can be dangerous ‘flashers, thieves etc. Take the access to the beach close to Beachlands/The Regal Hotel in Holetown. Thankfully now there is a sign up saying it is closed although I have seen someone still go down it. It does not look clean it’s dark dreary and scary looking during the day. I wouldn’t go down it even if I ran it, so why do tourists and alike think it is safe to go down? (mind you I can never understand why tourist like to walk the streets barefoot, when most people living on the island wear shoes?) Or is it that the next access maybe a good walk away?

    If we are to continue with tourism as our main industry we need to not just get them on a plane but to do everything we can to make the island safe for the tourists and residents alike. Make the investments where they are needed.

  22. Amused Avatar
    Amused

    @ac | November 27, 2011 at 11:32 AM | With respect, it is not a matter of training that is missing here. It is a question of simple humanity and empathy. No human being ought to be subjected, whether raped or not, to being displayed to all in a police station yard for 45 minutes in a police car. No victim of any crime ought to be examined for 5 ½ hours without some form of refreshment being offered and, if the victim is in pain, some effort not being made to obtain their pain killers and, when in pain they complain, they should not be told not to complain because the examining officer has to go on duty afterwards. And that is not a question of police training, it is a question of common humanity. And that it comes from a female police officer towards a female rape victim, makes it a million times worse. Then, no victim of crime should be taken for medical treatment and deserted by the officer who takes them for this treatment, so that that officer can go and have a conversation with their friends. And on driving them back to their hotel, no victim of a crime should have to sit in a police car, the object of the curious, while the female police officer who is to deliver that witness back to their hotel goes on a shopping expedition. Also, the transparent and baseless response to the lady by the Police Complaints Commission is an insult to the intelligence of all.

    And if you wonder how this could occur in Barbados, simply read the comments of Le Mule on this thread and you will see the perfect example of the culture that gives rise to these casual acts of inhumanity.

    @Islandgal. I am honoured to be cited along with you by a mule. And I withdraw my speculations about these female police officers being sired by Le Mule. I had forgotten that mules cannot breed. Even the ones with Forty Acres.

    @Adrian. Constructive. However, whether the UK will assist financially with a Special Victims unit or not is completely irrelevant and I suggest that such a unit is needed REGARDLESS. Along with a few lessons in basic humanity.

  23. Sid Boyce Avatar
    Sid Boyce

    In years past Barbados was known as a largely crime free and relaxed holiday destination and was so reported in the press abroad – largely in UK, the USA and Germany.

    Crime has increasingly blighted a growing number of Caribbean islands and the foreign press are only saying what’s true.

    I’ve known Jamaicans in the UK who have said they wouldn’t ever revisit the island and chose Barbados instead.

    Now even Barbadians abroad are voicing whether Barbados isn’t on an inevitable trek to a similar state. Harmonising on crime seems to be the one achievable goal.

    The lack of interpersonal skills is so evident, from the time people reach the airport until they leave and causes visitors to regard themselves as an unwanted nuisance.

    I’m sure if Hawaii is the rape capital of the world there are many other pluses that still attract visitors and they don’t feel they get abused or raped at the point of entry to the country.

  24. Whitehill Avatar
    Whitehill

    There was a time when I enjoyed hanging out in rum shops and other local spots, especially this time of year when the cold is approaching in other parts of the world. Unfortunately, after many encounters with schmucks like
    Lemuel/Le mule I had to give that up.

  25. ac Avatar
    ac

    @ Amused
    AS an officer of the Justice system i am surprised at the one sided way in which you would got on such a limb. i am in one way defending one side or another . as only one side 0f the story has been told and that is of the woman who said allegedly that she has been raped. The officers in question have not said anything to defend or corroborate what the lady said about her treatment after the rape.. I only can suggest that proper steps and training be taken by the govt and RBPF to combat these issues.as you readily did agree in to your last post to Adrian

  26. JUST ASKING Avatar
    JUST ASKING

    HAVE we checked the veracity of this claim ?
    HOW does this woman describes ‘rape’
    DOES she mean that she told the guy-“no , not now” but because some women say no when they mean yes, the guy continued –and she enjoyed or did not enjoy it ??

    I AM,
    JUST ASKING

  27. Amused Avatar
    Amused

    @ac. You are making an assumption as to what I am. Or are you saying that YOU are an officer of the court? Yes, I know that I am taking the victim’s word for it. Prejudging, in fact. But frankly, you know Barbados, you know the RBPF and its officers. To anyone else, what the lady has said sounds far too far fetched to be true. To a Bajan, we all KNOW it is true. We can actually see it happening as it is described in the Mail on Sunday. We can see the officers, hear their stupses and imagine their indifference. There is not a single thing in the report that we do now know, as Bajans, actually must have happened. Because, unless you have actually experienced the RBPF, you just would not have the imagination to make it up. And as the lady pointed out, her complaint to the Police Complaints Commission elicited a reply that is pure shite. She asked them to investigate the conduct of the police officers and how in hell that could be seen to impact on the criminal prosecution of the perp I cannot imagine. The one has nothing to do with the other.

    And I am curious about why she has not been asked to identify the perp. I know that the prosecution has DNA evidence, but I have to say that failing to obtain an indentification from the victim is highly unprofessional on the part of the police and akin to malpractice on the part of the DPP.

    But what gets me most is the information that our police facilities do not have the internationally accepted standards for police lineups. That they have no one way glass window to separate the witness from the people in the line up. Idiot that I am, I assumed, seemingly incorrectly, that with all the rubbish our elected and non-elected civil servants spend our money on (like first class flights, 5 star hotels and top of the line restaurants) they might have got around to the purchase of a bit of one-way glass.

  28. Amused Avatar
    Amused

    @Just Asking. Unfortunately, it is very apparent (and it shames me) that you (like me) are male. But there the similarity ends. I now leave you to the far from tender mercies of the ladies of the BU family. Your comments really are not at all funny or cute, you know. They are deeply offensive and denigratory to women, particularly those women who have suffered rape. Maybe one of these days you will have the experience of a little stay at Dodds and this will, one hopes, give you a whole new insight into the subject.

  29. islandgal246 Avatar
    islandgal246

    JUST RASTOLE ASKING……..you are a one SICK individual! I agree with amused that you are OFFENSIVE your lack of BASIC HUMANITY is so evident. YOU ARE A PUTRID EXAMPLE OF AN NON HUMAN.

  30. millertheanunnaki Avatar
    millertheanunnaki

    @ lemuel | November 27, 2011 at 10:49 AM |
    “I have always had a difficulty with how we bend over backwards and go cap in hand when something happens to a tourist in barbados, but when something happens to bajan tourists in new york or london there is no out cry.”

    Can you cite one case where a ‘bajan’ tourist was a victim of a sexual crime in London or NY and was treated in such a manner?
    London does not depend on “bajan tourist dollars”. We vitally depend on UK tourists and this negative publicity will be to our detriment, not London’s.

    What would be your view if a British male homosexual was sexually assaulted and “invaded” by 2 bajan males? Would you support a similar approach as alleged to have been meted out to the British female victim by the local authorities? Would you suggest that “he was asking for it”. How dare an “English batty man come here parading “he bulling ways” knowing full well we don’t like that kind of behaviour in this morally upright Christian paradise and that is why we have laws which will never be changed. Cameron Aid or NO Aid(s)!

  31. islandgal246 Avatar
    islandgal246

    My dogs have more humanity than you …JUST RASTOLE ASKING

  32. Amused Avatar
    Amused

    @Islandgal. I see that Le Mule has just defecated. I suggest we all just step around it and ignore it (not him, for we all know a mule cannot breed). We will leave it to the oblivious Just Asking to step in the shit.

  33. islandgal246 Avatar
    islandgal246

    Amused….LOLLL Many here are defecating on themselves and rolling in it.

  34. lemuel Avatar
    lemuel

    To Amused:
    Stop hiding behind this story to attack the police in barbados. Out of all the threads here yours breathes of an axe to grind, even when your good friend AC attempts to placate. By the way this is one Mule that can propagate. But I am very positive I would not sire a JACK ASS such as you. Go and look in the mirror and re-read your thread there. Dainty language can, ill afford to hide such bias and gross stupidity , be it amusing or not.

  35. millertheanunnaki Avatar
    millertheanunnaki

    millertheanunnaki | November 27, 2011 at 1:33 PM |
    @ lemuel | November 27, 2011 at 10:49 AM |
    ‘How dare an “English batty man come here parading “he bulling ways” .

    Sorry! The word that was to be used is Bullying as in Cameron’s perceived -by the likes of you- bullying of bajans to change law or else no aid.

    No offence meant in the first usage! Just a typo error!

  36. The Scout Avatar
    The Scout

    Just Asking
    Whether the lady changed her mind or not, the point is,this report was made and Barbados stands to be “blacklisted ” by many pourists. Already our figure are down, we are not attracting the type of visitors we used to before. Even at the famous Sandy Lane it is not unusual to see tourists coming across the road to the “food lady ” by the hotel to buy their lunch, With crime on the increase and the authorities sweeping it under the carpet, Barbados is still investing its money in the tourist trade, it is time we look at an altenative industry if we cannot control the crime industry.

  37. Are the aliens here or not Avatar
    Are the aliens here or not

    Amused | November 27, 2011 at 1:23 PM | Maybe one of these days you will have the experience of a little stay at Dodds and this will, one hopes, give you a whole new insight into the subject.

    Your comments really are not at all funny or cute, you know.

  38. lemuel Avatar
    lemuel

    To Whitehall:
    Any one drinking rum in a local shop with you would obviously be just like you. I maybe a Mule, but I am surely not a drunken Mule who hangs out in rum shops to socialize when it is cold up north. By the way were you buying? Fellows in the rum shop only get pissed off if you you are sponging off them. Whitehall, stop sponging and buy a round next time. Then you would see how sociable those fellows can be. You obviously would have to be first cousins with Amused. Wow the power of genetics.

  39. ac Avatar
    ac

    i refuse to get into a debate on what a person perceived to be a basis of forming a conclusion as how the officers might have handle the situation because of what officers might have done before. each case should be judge on their own facts and not innuendo or here say i prefer to deal with evidence than assumption or emotion. No i am not an officer of the court. having said that your legal verbose gives a hint as to that area of expertise.

  40. Hants Avatar
    Hants

    To the Idiots here blogging.
    This is 2011. News travel by Internet. Fast.

    When people read these stories they see a grandmotherly woman who was raped and then mistreated by Police officers.

    Most normal human beings become instantly enraged. They don’t go looking for a Police report.

    The damage is done. A couple more incidents like this and all of you living in Barbados will feel it in your pocket books.

    Barbados currently relies on Tourism and Financial services for a large part of its economic activity.

    Barbados must always be seen to protect the people it invites to spend their money on its shores.
    Some of you need to differentiate between service and servitude.

    Just so you know, Jamaica limits Tourists to gated hotels and secure private beaches.

  41. millertheanunnaki Avatar
    millertheanunnaki

    @ JUST ASKING | November 27, 2011 at 12:46 PM |
    HAVE we checked the veracity of this claim ?
    HOW does this woman describes ‘rape’
    DOES she mean that she told the guy-”no , not now” but because some women say no when they mean yes, the guy continued –and she enjoyed or did not enjoy it ??”

    I believe ever person is entitled to another chance. Would you please withdraw those comments and apologise to all victims of rape?

    If you refuse to retract those statements it would be seriously sad reflection of us as a society when it can produce “educated people” with such a mindset after 45 years of ‘independence from Britain.

  42. David Avatar
    David

    What has become starkly apparent in a today Barbados is that even as those planks upon which our governance system has been built, and which have served us well up to now, many Barbadians continue to ignore the stench emanating from said systems which indicate a decaying state.

  43. lemuel Avatar
    lemuel

    To Miller:
    Caribbean women are routinely raped while in the hands of the immigration in the US or Britain. Because they have no rights and are deported it is swept under the carpet. I know of what I speak the only people who have said something openly are the Mexicans. There were even instance where sexual services could be exchanged for entry. But with the usual story we talking about the niggers so no one wants to hear. We like the Amusing nuisances of this world.

    Why would you think that I would want someone to attack a homosexual or anyone visiting Barbados. You are better than that Miller. have some very good friends who are homosexual. Believe it or not. Al I am saying is to treat crime the same across the board, if not you shall develop to approaches to crime here: the tourist protection and the local protection, and that does not make sense.

  44. Colonel Buggy Avatar
    Colonel Buggy

    We always wait until the shit hits the fan to start pulling our hairs out. For the longest while we have had tourist harassed on the beaches and in the streets of Bridgetown by street characters who should be put away in Jenkins, and we sat back and do nothing. The same way we did with the ZR Vans and Minibuses,and like that street vendor who recently set up a counter and show case by Bussa roundabout,and the other vendor who was reported to have said, “move and go where?” They all know that given time , a few days, things will blow over and the authorities will once again sit back and do nothing. We make all sorts of laws and regulations, but cannot be bothered to police them.
    We are a sorry bunch of people (not my first choice of word) , from top to bottom ,who are only able to operate with some degree of efficiency only when a big white man/colonial power is wielding power, if not a big stick , over us, and I make no apologies to no one.

  45. millertheanunnaki Avatar
    millertheanunnaki

    @ Hants | November 27, 2011 at 1:51 PM |

    Excellent warning given to the bajan ostriches like lemuel!
    A word to the wise is sufficient!
    If things continue like this all will be left will be sea water but no sand since with the destruction of the coral reefs the sand will disappear. The wish of the boys on the block would be fulfilled. Only the strong will survive in the resulting dog eat rat social environment.
    Remember the earlier warning given by the Mighty Chalkdust!

  46. David Avatar
    David

    @lemuel

    Do you appreciate your comments are being read by all and sundry – read, all over the world?

  47. millertheanunnaki Avatar
    millertheanunnaki

    @ Colonel Buggy | November 27, 2011 at 2:00 PM |
    True!
    But be prepared for some flack from the jingoistic apologists!

  48. Amused Avatar
    Amused

    @Le Mule | November 27, 2011 at 1:41 PM | Well, we can see that you cannot breed, otherwise you would know that a mule (you) is the result of congress between a donkey (jackass) and a horse, so it would be impossible for mule (you) to breed any kind of jackass. And no, I have no personal axe to grind with the Police. Do you seriously think that if I am what many (most notably @ac) think I am that the Police would put themselves in the position of handing me an axe to grind?

    @Are the aliens here or not | November 27, 2011 at 1:47 PM. I merely meant that it would open his mind, along with a few other things. And I was speaking literally, not trying in any way to be funny or cute.

    @Hants | November 27, 2011 at 1:51 PM. Thank God you have turned up along with Islangal. The denizens of the Bat Cave were becoming tiresome and noxious.

  49. lemuel Avatar
    lemuel

    To David:
    My concern is when people try to tell me that I should have an opinion because that opinion hurts the sore on their feet.

  50. Sargeant Avatar
    Sargeant

    I thought I should read about Travel Advisories to Bim from the Canadian Gov’t. There is no Official warning for the country ( Exercise Normal Security Precautions). The following is under Safety and Security:

    : The decision to travel is the sole responsibility of the traveller. The traveller is also responsible for his or her own personal safety. The purpose of this Travel Report is to provide Canadians with up-to-date information to enable them to make well-informed decisions.

    Petty crime is common and incidents of violent crime occur. Crimes against tourists, as well as incidents involving firearms, have been reported. Foreigners have also been the target of rape. Visitors are cautioned to avoid unattended or isolated areas, including beaches, at any time. Travellers should be particularly vigilant when visiting Long Beach, where incidents have been reported.
    Travellers should arrange completely secure living accommodations and are advised not to carry large amounts of cash or jewellery. Personal belongings and travel documents should be left, where possible, in safety deposit boxes and hotel safes. In case of an emergency, dial 211 for the police and 511 for an ambulance. Delays in police and ambulance response can occur.

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