The following was submitted by Amit from caribbeansignal.com. The number of murders increased from 26 to 28 since the submission – Blogmaster
There have been at least 26 murders between January and August 2022. The steps involved in the following analysis are similar to my 2020 analysis.
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Running scared
By Maria Bradshaw mariabradshaw@nationnews.comSome “bad boys” who were being hunted down by their enemies have been running into the arms of the law for protection.
Commissioner of Police Richard Boyce said the already alarming murder rate of 28 deaths so far for the year could have been higher if police had not placed these men in protective custody.
He made this revelation yesterday during a press conference at Police Headquarters, Roebuck Street, The City, which involved Attorney General Dale Marshall and the high command of the Barbados Police Service. It was called in the wake of the recent spike in shooting deaths.
Resources
“You might not know but I must say that persons who have been identified as targets, we too extend tremendous resources in protecting those persons,” Boyce said. “We take those persons into safe custody and keep them safely until things die down. If we were not doing that, mind you, our murder rate would be skyrocketing. But we have a heart; we see them as our brothers and sisters and we put the resources to protect them.”
He acknowledged that some people would ask why protect a bad boy but he said: “We don’t see it that way. We embrace them, we nurture them, we protect them.”
Marshall also disclosed that one of the four men who was recently gunned down was being investigated for at least three murders.
Furthermore, he said, all of the deceased were associated with groups which have been warring among themselves.
As he sought to assure the public of their relative safety, Marshall said: “Of the four that met their unfortunate death in the last three days, each of them was known to the police and at least one of them was under investigation for as many as three homicides. They are all known to have associated with groups which we spoke about.”
Boyce confirmed that the gun-toting men were known to each other.
“They are persons who would’ve gone school together or as people would say, persons who pitch marbles together. So these are the persons who are against each other and the thing for them is to acquire a firearm. It gives them that Dutch courage to get out there and want to do things with a firearm . . . .”
He said police had also found out that family members were aiding and abetting in the movement of firearms into Barbados.
“What has been discovered is that family members of persons who reside in the island are getting on board now and facilitating the movement of firearms from one jurisdiction to our jurisdiction, and that is some concern to us. That is something that must be called out and action taken against because once we identify those persons, our partners would work with us and we will bring that situation under control.”
Firearms
The Commissioner also said some people were taking home firearms and leaving them in full view of family members.
“What we have noticed is persons bring home firearms from fetes and are leaving the firearms in the living room, dining room and parents tidy up the house, sweeping and dare not touch those firearms,” he said, as he advised family members to have the courage to say “not in here”.
The top cop pointed out that police were aware that some people were also involved in the trading of firearms.
“Whether it is lending, whether it is selling and buying, there is a market for them and we have to dismantle that market,” he said, while calling on law-abiding citizens to “come on board and partner with us and make sure we get this situation under control”.
Acting Assistant Commissioner of Police David Griffith, the person in charge of managing crime, also made some revelations about the recent spate of shootings.
He disclosed that 14 of the 21 people who were gunned down this year were on bail for various serious offences, including murder, use of a firearm, possession of a firearm and serious bodily harm.
“When we look at it in relation to those persons who were on bail, one can see from our investigations that these persons are affiliated with certain groups in Barbados, and it is no secret these groups are warring against each other,” he told the media.
Griffith noted that in one case, one of the men who was killed was on bail for three murders. “One would expect that along the way he would have created several enemies,” he added.
“From our investigation it is very clear to us the majority of these murders are persons affiliated with these groups and they are exacting their own vengeance.”
While he did not disclose the areas where these groups exist, Griffith said they were not new, and the warring was confined to within these particular groups.
Source: Nation
“From our investigation it is very clear to us the majority of these murders are persons affiliated with these groups and they are exacting their own vengeance.”
Well, that’s very reassuring to know. I can now watch television with my door open again without fear as I’m not a member of a gang and I can walk freely with my family on the boardwalk because none of us are out on bail. I don’t even have to worry about being shot by accident as I sit at my widow because “I ent got nuh murdah raps gainse my name.
You make be misidentified, as is often the case. Most criminals are not very smart. And if this happens , the shooter will be eliminated and the contract or beef revisited. A chain of murders aided and abetted by innocence.
Toronto Sun August 5, 2022
” Toronto homicide unit has ‘incredible’ 82 per cent murder clearance rate
33 of the city’s 40 homicides so far in 2022 have arrests.
The current metro area population of Toronto in 2022 is 6,313,000
I doan have to read and spell fuh wunna.
@ Pacha
The current strategy by law enforcement is obviously mutual destruction.
Peace
Skinner
All these systems have reached their outer limits.
Being mutually destructive was always unavoidable, given time.
Men are stupid. Young men are even stupider.
Of course it is also the desire for quick money, it is drugs, it is guns, it is dysfunctional families, it is male abandonment of their sons.
But when all is said it is because men are stupid and young men are even stupider.
What a stupid woe-man!
Add one more after tonight it seems
Politicians mekking mock sport at we.
https://barbados.loopnews.com/content/blp-calls-ag-go-gives-him-failing-grade
https://barbadosunderground.net/?s=december
It was interesting to compare your January 1 to August 31, 2022 figure with that found in the link above.
St Michael had 20 murders in 2021, but already has 18 in 2022. It is not unexpected that St Michael leads the way in both 2021 and 2022, but I was unpleasantly surprised at the number of murders in St Lucy at the end of 2011 (3).
The 2021 numbers for both St Lucy and St Phillip were alarming, but the numbers for 2022 show a definite decrease. Perhaps, one could attempt to find the reasons for this decrease in these and other parishes apply or maintain elsewhere.
On the whole, residents of Barbados (with the exception of St Michael) should be more relaxed in 2022 than in 2021.
Hi Amit,
If I could make a few comments
(1) Perhaps you could try to introduce a search function on you page
(2) Perhaps you could have section on your page (crime, gas prices …).
(3) I like your August figure. Excellent. Just fantastic. Suggest having both end-of year 2021 figure and 2022 figures side by side.
Just tossing some thoughts out there.
👍
@cuhdear
You rail against men and give women a free pass.
Allow me to make 4 small points
(1) I suspect both men and women commit crimes
(2) You cannot blame the misbehavior of all children on their parents (note I said parents). Some children who are raise in perfectly good homes step out and do ‘nonsense’
(3) Show me a man who gave birth to a child all by himself.
(4) Some women seek out the bad boy and the bad boy turn out to be a real. Blame the women for their poor choices and division
It is not my intention to enter “your war of the sexes” on one side or the other. I would just like you to be fair.
@Pachamama September 3, 2022 9:23 PM “What a stupid woe-man!”
Not so stupid though that anybody could persuade me to be complicit in a murder.
TheOGazerts September 3, 2022 10:27 PM @cuhdear
You rail against men and give women a free pass. Allow me to make 4 small points
Theo: (1) I suspect both men and women commit crimes
My response: There are more adult women than men in Barbados, yet only one female has been charged with murder so far this year. And most years are similar.
Theo: (2) You cannot blame the misbehavior of all children on their parents
My response: Zero murders have been committed by children this year, and most years are similar.These murders are being committed by grown men/bigable hard backed men/adult males/MEN, not children.
Theo: (note I said parents). Some children who are raise in perfectly good homes step out and do ‘nonsense’
My response: Murder is not in the same category as ‘doing nonsense’. Doing nonsense is doing 100 km on the ABC instead of 80. Murder is the worse thing one human can do to another.
Theo (3) Show me a man who gave birth to a child all by himself.
My response: I can’t. But I can show you many, many, way, way too many who ignore their infant sons, their toddler sons, their elementary aged sons, their teenage sons, their young adult sons. Treat the little boys as though they are l’il pickney in massa’s “N” yard, treat their own flesh and blood as though they are somebody’s else’s responsibility.
Theo: (4) Some women seek out the bad boy and the bad boy turn out to be a real. Blame the women for their poor choices and division.
My response: True that some women make poor choices in who will be the father of their child/children. But we can’t shift the responsibility from the MAN who actually pulls the trigger and kills another man. And in the Barbados context that “other” is a poor black working class man just like the shooter.
@Observing September 3, 2022 10:09 PM “Politicians mekking mock sport at we.”
Don’t know why we seem to think that politicians can help us to raise our children, when some of the same politicians show little or no interest in raising their own children.
Effects of gun crime run deep in society
Crime has been on the lips of almost every Barbadian this past week when four shootings claimed the lives of four people while some others were left nursing gunshot injuries and being treated at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
Editor-in-Chief Carol Martindale talks to Professor of Management and Organisational Behaviour of the University of West Indies Dwayne Devonish about the issue of crime and the impact it is having on our society in this Sunday’s Q& A.
The issue of crime has been a hot button topic in recent months given not just the number of crimes, but I believe the nature of the crimes.
Given your expertise and area of study, what is the likely sociological impact of these crimes on the society?
The sociological impact on gun-related crimes is multi-dimensional in nature. The impact clearly goes beyond the psychological and social trauma experienced by immediate family and other close ones of the victims and offenders. Some of the most serious and visible social effects of gun-related crime include general increased social anxiety and fear i.e reduced sense of safety in the public among affected communities and the wider public.
A major 2018 study (among 1 500 Barbadians) I did with a team of researchers revealed that more than 60 per cent of Barbadians sampled have experienced moderate to high levels of anxiety, especially when attending places of entertainment, walking the streets during the night, and even socialising outdoors with family and friends. This social anxiety was much higher for women relative to men. I imagine if this study was done today, these levels of social anxiety would surely be higher.
Then there is increased stigmatisation of affected communities. It is evident that most of the gun-related crimes are observed across a number of (so-called) at-risk communities in the country. My prior research has shown that residents of these communities have faced increasing levels of stigma from other members of the public.
Then, there is a lower quality of life in affected communities: From my research, there have been notable declines in the quality of life among many members of crime-afflicted communities.
Some may say that a number of these crimes are targeted at specific people, and therefore the public in general, while concerned about what is taking place, need not fear. How do you respond to this?
While I agree that a number of these crimes seem to be retaliatory in nature and targeted (to specific people), I do not believe that other members of
the public are safe and secure and should not worry. Recall that a lot of these attacks have been committed in broad daylight and in public spaces in which other people gather and frequent. We have heard of reports of people being shot at in public transportation vehicles or in shopping malls; bullets entering homes occupied by innocent people. Hence, my grandmother would say ‘a bullet for one person could be a bullet for anyone’. The more reason we need to aggressively crack down on the gun violence to curb these reckless and careless attacks in the public domain.
Crime is nothing new. There have been times when we record more gun-related crimes especially, than other times. What do you also think is responsible for the crimes, especially gun-related crimes we have been seeing in recent times?
I have always said that there is a mix and confluence of factors responsible for this recent spate of gun crimes. Essentially, there is increasing frustration and aggression occasioned by social and economic unrest affecting several categories of people, including young men in certain unfortunate conditions, mixed with a greater availability and access to illicit firearms in this country. We are seeing firearms being easily accessed and handled by those who see these devices as incomebearing opportunities or as instruments to afflict harm on aggressors or others who have slighted them. Outside of the obvious community-based interventions, we really need to deal with the procurement and passage of illicit firearms via our ports of entry, as well as the ‘easy’ access to these firearms locally.
Do you believe the types of crimes we are seeing taking place are different compared to before?
I do not believe the types of crimes we are observing are different in terms of their material nature. Perhaps, the differences lie in the nature of the causes (or intensity/ aggravation of the risk factors) and the types of tactics being used by offenders. I do believe the causes might be more heightened or inflamed due to the current external conditions of the country and the tactics used to perform these crimes might be different – especially, in terms of how perpetrators are committing them – almost fearlessly – and with increased access to certain types of weaponry.
We have heard the Commissioner of Police call on the public to help them bring some of the perpetrators to justice, asking them to come forward and give information on crimes committed. It is a plea that has been made time and time again but how do you get the public to come forward?
Well, definitely this is the elephant, or two,
in the room. My research, and others’, have clearly revealed that many members of the public are very reluctant, even resistant, to come forward to report observed crimes, obviously due to fear of reprisals and a lack of trust in the police. I think the Police Service needs to work harder to rebuild trust and hope in affected communities as well as restructure and strengthen their community policing programmes to better appeal to and enhance relationships with key members of the public in the reporting of crimes. Programmes, like Crime Stoppers, which offer greater anonymity and security need to be expanded to assuage the anxieties of community members and others in reporting crime and incentivise people to report the crme. However, this disinclination of reporting crimes is an enduring issue and will always remain a challenge if not properly addressed by all stakeholders.
The Police Commissioner continues to say they have crime under control. Some members of the public disagree and constantly ask what is being done to stem the scourge. Do you believe the situation is under control? Do you believe it is getting out of hand? And how do we address it?
I do believe that the Police Service is doing its best to investigate, apprehend perpetrators and tackle the emerging and increasing crime in the country. However, I do think we are seeing too many gun-related events that have led this issue to become a national concern and an emerging public health crisis. I have said before that we cannot leave this fight to the police alone; this requires a whole-ofcountry approach. I know this sounds cliche but it is more relevant and accurate now than ever before. All parties of the public must work together and do their part in curbing crime, especially gun-related offences, in the society.
What is the impact of these crimes on our psyche as individuals?
I do believe crime, especially the type we are experiencing in our country today, has a significant impact on our psyche. There is a myriad of psychological and social injuries facing our people ranging from increasing anxiety and fears among members of affected communities and even the wider public, heightened frustrations and aggression being expressed against the perpetrators and the Police and Government; increased expenditures on security devices and other forms of crime prevention technologies and equipment in residential and commercial spaces; growing mental health concerns such as depression, trauma and hopelessness affecting close family and friends of victims and perpetrators; to actual intentions and actions of people seeking to move out of the country.
How can we the public play a greater role in reducing crime in our country?
We all have our roles to play. I believe that the Police Service is heavily reliant on public reports of crime – especially recognising this essential
service is in dire need of key resources. The public, including households, families, schools, the private sector, and other NGOs – really everyone can lend a hand. They can also assist in supporting and participating in communitybased education, training and other forms of programming and preventative interventions to tackle the diverse causes, risk factors of crimes in various at-risk communities and support rehabilitation-type efforts for prior offenders. I particularly think we need to do a better job in those areas of rehabilitation and reintegration programming involving individuals re-entering society and are at risk of recidivating. Opportunities need to be created to divert these people from a life and career of crime to more productive spaces and avenues to gain legitimate income and contribute positively to society. We must seriously tackle this pandemic of stigma faced by these people and their communities because of high levels of crime and even higher levels of public ignorance concerning its causes and effects on these people and communities. Otherwise, we help perpetuate a cycle of offences. We then are all culpable.
How does crime affect our international image, especially with tourism opening up again and visitors coming to our shores?
Clearly, crime attracts attention from outside of our shores. We have seen that tourism, especially from my recent research in 2018, can be grossly affected by violent crime in the country. Violent crime affects a prospective visitor’s decision to travel, gradual decline in tourist arrivals and receipts, loss of business and related economic opportunities for small and struggling entrepreneurs in these industries; actual business closures; loss of income, underemployment and unemployment in the sector and growing social and economic devastation of the most vulnerable
in our society. This is the proverbial domino effect of crime.
How does it affect investment opportunities which is something Government seems to be pushing forward on?
Indeed, crime can severely hamstring the most noble efforts of Government to attract investment opportunities, from both local sources and those abroad. We know of the Welcome Stamp Initiative – which relies on people moving and working here and contributing to the social and economic landscape. If we want similar opportunities to prevail, we need to tackle crime. We want foreign investment to build new and thriving businesses, create jobs and employment and contribute to our economic recovery and growth efforts; however, foreign business investors also make their decisions on the basis of the increased social quality of life in any country and crime has the potential to corrode that reality.
Source: Nation
Death of the village, death of a child
If it takes a village to raise a child, what happens when the villagers are only interested in raising the dead, raising hell or raising capital?
It not only takes a village to raise a child. It also takes a child to raise a village. Just about everything in the universe is cyclical, spiralling and tending towards expansion and growth and decline.
From your DNA right back down. Members of the village see in children hope for a new cycle of growth. They are the future, the reason for being, the reason for being a village. The village exists to keep on existing. That continued existence depends upon the welfare of the village children. That is, unless the village is a village of wannabe immortals.
In villages where death is respected and accepted as a part of life, children are prized because through the child the villagers have extended life. A village of immortals has no need for children because the future does not rest on them. If you have everlasting life, then living on in the form of your children is overkill. Lust for everlasting life means loss of respect for new life. Likewise lust for life after death.
Lust for everlasting life
When it becomes clear that death cannot be avoided, the lust for everlasting life does not die.
It becomes the lust for life after death. Villagers focused on life after death will lose some interest in life after birth. When life in a hereafter becomes the focus, there is less focus on life right here. But it soon becomes clear that any hereafter which may exist is difficult if not impossible to verify. Belief in a hereafter requires a faith which is visually impaired. Not being able to see
a stairway to heaven, the disoriented believer can only resort to raising hell.
When the spiritual promise of life in the hereafter is no longer a comfort, the village then seeks comfort in the material promise of the here and now. Silver and gold, food and pleasures of the flesh are all that is left. The villages first adopt the philosophy, “eat, drink and be merry for tomorrow we die”. But even pleasure dies after a time and the lust for something eternal, something enduring is born again. The village, which used to invest its desire for continuity in its children, now seeks to build monuments, buildings, pyramids, churches, towers, which will last beyond several lifetimes. Eternal life is sought in the material things which we leave behind after death.
Empires expire
But because everything in the universe tends towards cyclical, spiralling, expansiveness, villages do not suffice. Villagers want more.
Villages become cities. Cities become states, states become empires. People die. But we no longer invest hopes in mortal humans or any dream of immortal humanity, but in the immortal work of human efforts. The hope becomes that the sun will never set on the empire.
But even empires expire. Seeing this, the wise realise that all is vanity. They try to convince others of this fact, but the wise live and die just like the fool. And so too their message with them. Raising capital and building wealth become the primary purposes of life. Raising children secondary. In some cases, raising capital becomes a substitute for raising children.
Even when they know that they cannot live forever, the former villagers seek
to extend their lives and their youth for as long as they can. A cult of youth emerges which worships youth but sacrifices the young. Former villagers care less for raising children or avoid raising them altogether.
The culture of nurturing child care is a casualty of the cult of youth. Villagers cannot find great hope and joy in the lives of their children anymore when, in the cult of youth, children are reminders of ageing.
Adrian Green is a communications specialist. Email adriangreen14@gmail.com.
Source: Nation
We make the same mistake when there is a spike in violent crime. The police, authorities (government) have a job to do but we often forget the family unit (parenting). A holistic approach to nurturing a wholesome society is required.
“Skinner
All these systems have reached their outer limits.
Being mutually destructive was always unavoidable, given time.”
keep repeating it, some might actually get it one day…..
Mutually Assured Destruction is a real thing…
Pacha….actually had to tell some on another forum yesterday to SHUT UP, enough with the STUPID TALK SHOP and yap yap already…………LOOK at this…. and showed them proof…
.giving them a week to let it sink in fully and then watch the impact….will let you know….
@ Pacha@ WARU
Sophisticated administrative gangsterism.
That’s all it is, and the sooner people recognize that, the sooner they can save themselves. There is not a law on earth that says you must follow or listen to any of them……only sheep follow.
David
When are you going to grow the balls to locate this so-called “crime and violence” to empire and capitalism.
Barbados is not uniquely crime riddened or violent. Everywhere this writer goes the same patterns of crime and violence which have their genesis within capitalism. and America more immediately, keep appearing in place after place.
Maybe Colombia could be a case study for the globalization of crime and violence.
All the elements are there – drug chains supplying empire, CIA trained paramilitaries aimed at keeping an oligarchy in power, an industrial proliferation of guns a nascent civil war now barely under the surface, the deportation of American gang members, divide and rule imperial strategems, the impact of the IMF and so forth.
Unless you come to dispense of your well-worn rose-colored glasses and religious belief in a fraught standard you will never make the essential link between the crime and violence which is the war making essence of capitalism, and the West and the fallout which will continue to manifest itself on the streets of Bridgetown.
@Pacha
You have been consistent pointing out local problems are located to global. One surmises it trends rising political apathy and cynicism.
” We have seen that tourism, especially from my recent research in 2018, can be grossly affected by violent crime in the country. Violent crime affects a prospective visitor’s decision to travel, gradual decline in tourist arrivals and receipts, loss of business and related economic opportunities for small and struggling entrepreneurs in these industries; actual business closures; loss of income, underemployment and unemployment in the sector and growing social and economic devastation of the most vulnerable
in our society.”
One paragraph jumped put at me and that is because it crystallized a thought I had in mind. A blogger brought this idea to the forefront yesterday when he pointed that tourism continues to thrive in Jamaica despite the volume of reported crimes.
Taking the above statement and the one made yesterday, one can say that crime impacts on tourism. This is especially true if the victim is a tourist as the story often will make international news and may be accompanied by countries issuing warnings to their citizens on foreign travel. However, this impact is greatly reduced or non-existent if tourists are not involved.
This leads to citizens becoming second class in their own country. To maintain the tourist industry countries crack down very hard on crimes against tourists. There is added urgency to solve the case. when the victim is a tourist.
Kill wunnah sellf tourist will comme
Kill a tourist, de travel done
Once politicians words and actions are NOT in SYNC and they NEVER ARE…..no one should listen to any of them….they have lied to, manipulated and misdirected people for far too long, that’s why the EARTH is in this colossal awkward humanitarian crisis that is EXPANDING EVERYWHERE….
i see Pakistan seems to be sinking under the sea…. but with all the long talk about climate change this and that, what do they propose to do about it to save the lives impacted..
.,,the murder rates are in the stratosphere everywhere…..not a finger is being lifted to change the trajectory……because someone(s) is benefiting and getting WEALTHY…
all we have ever gotten from those GANGSTERS since we took our first breath is long talk and nefarious motives…..but even though born into it….we DO NOT HAVE TO ACCEPT ANY OF IT..,,only fools would and then try to justify all of it..
Being held up by a quaker is pretty slim on the island ,they know who the bad guys are, you just have to really want to stop them
I see Typo Sunday is here
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Going to bite off more than I can chew, but I am greedy
Pacha has a good view of things, but I often wonder if after making an excellent case if his conclusions are just too broad..
If I saw a car careening down the road, I would first think the fault is with the driver and not the make or engine.
My simple conclusion is that it may be the society that we created … cronyism, scams at high levels, a slow injustice system, a misdirected education system ……..; with the higher-ups determined to enrich themselves through various schemes, the example is set for the small man to do the same. He has no account to finagle and must resort to criminal activities.
We have a local band of demons that will thrive and reproduce themselves under any ..ism. This fish rots from the head … and will rot under any system
We have to encourage relevant family units with supporting structures.
We have to ensure our economy is the best it can be to ensure people have opportunities to support themselves.
We have to ensure law enforcement and relevant laws are always fit for purpose.
There is no cookie cutter solution.
@ Theo
How does all of these positions mesh , when the COP and AG are saying they know who the perpetrators are and they are actually protecting and “ nurturing” some deviant elements.
So what in fact they are really saying is that they know the problem . They also said that these elements are wiping out themselves.
It is called mutually assured destruction.
Peace
The islands of the carribean were a mystery, sun sea and sand for most tourists, well the mystery is gone you have come to us ..I can go and get roti, jerk etc many places in my town now, rum at any bar or liquor store I think we play more west indian music up here than you do on the island. So what differentiates you from the rest , Well I always thought it was the safety and the friendliness of the people not so sure anymore. Evertime I go to the airport to come down, our plane is blue hairs and walkers the plane to jamaica is young partiers . You better get the safety part under contol old people like safety and will pay extra for it.
David
Political apathy and cynicism are the opposite side of the same coin of imperialism, capitalism, crime and violence.
Would it be tooooo much to assume that the human as a generally considered sentient being, in spirit and innermost truth, is able, as a means of survival, to determine that all these environments are meant to destroy her.
You could ask yourself who makes the guns. Do you presume that guns show up almost everywhere on earth by happenstance? And if you know that answer, why are the gun making corporations allowed to operate in plain sight while flooding the world with the means for us to kill one another.
A sophisticated critique of capitalism and imperialism is required but you may find it better to be embroiled in mundane issues of GDP, economic growth and the like. And it’s clear that that has always been your central occupation even in relationship to levels of crime and violence.
William….also heard the usual normal NEGATIVE lament of “WE CAN’T”…….the “no easy fix” LIE
WHY should the population keep HIRING politicians when they CAN FIX NOTHING… and getting free money WITH PERKS…outside of what they scam and tief……for their disabilities of never bringing anything positive to fruition…..that benefits the majority population…
@Pacha
If what you hypothesize is correct then we have to wait until the system collapses because remediation is pointless.
Theo
The tourist dont Care about “ local on local” voilence. Listen to any local news and You Will hear that we Living with the same thing going on around us .
I talking about the local citiy/county not the big Mass murders etc
CNN now bring over a segment about gun voilence In America
Why do we measure success in crime fighting by what it will do to the tourist sector? We have to do what is best to create the best environment to live in the country.
David
Wrong! Wrong! Wrong!
We could start by recognizing the deeper truths and do somethings about them now. Blinded by ignorance. Like in relationship to Afrika, we wait until the critical point passes.
“ Why do we measure success in crime fighting by what it will do to the tourist sector? We have to do what is best to create the best environment to live in the country.”(@ David)
Well, we seem to measure everything else by it and around it !
Peace
@ WARU
“ William….also heard the usual normal NEGATIVE lament of “WE CAN’T”…….the “no easy fix” LIE”
We have this ability to turn rather serious discussion into the mundane. That press conference was an insult to the intelligence of anybody who can think for themselves.
Peace
David
Hypothesis?
We’re long past that.
Is there not a mountain of evidence in all the environments.
Or is yours a way to run from realities writ large.😃
@Pacha
What we have are observations which on a blog will escape academic rigor.
“That press conference was an insult to the intelligence of anybody who can think for themselves.”
I am beginning to dislike these press conferences.
Lots of phrases that are difficult to understand.
One stance at one moment and the opposite a minute afterwards.
Guys fighting crime and nurturing criminals
A case where “less is more”
Oh David
One foundation of academic rigour is the oral tradition.
We go back to them for historical reconstructions. A function in linguistics.
The blog is no more than that, today.
One hundreds years from now, should we survive, academicians, anthropologists, shall be looking here, on BU, to understand how several bloggers failed to show you the light.😄
leave them let them try running and hiding from reality, it will soon SMACK THEM AWAKE…
..they ran and ran for YEARS while we watched…..they have run out of ROAD, no more running room, and there is NOWHERE TO HIDE..
David January 26, 2016 2:05 PM
@William
The issue raised by you should be of serious concern to Barbadians. What has separated Barbados from Jamaica, Guyana, Trinidad and other islands has been a very low crime rate and the absence of violent crimes. This has changed and we are catching up to our illustrious neighbours. Yet as a society we continue to do the same things all the while expecting a different result.
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William SkinnerJanuary 26, 2016 3:47 PM
@ David,
Our entire island is in a state of absolute denial about everything. Until we discard hypocrisy and political yardfowlism AT ALL LEVELS there really is no hope. We also have to remove those presently controlling the national dialogue. We need new independent voices. The land must be cleared before we plant the new crop.
The more things change………….(4th September 2022)
@Pacha
Oral history like you correctly stated has its place but it is only a resource from which sensible conclusions must still be deduced.
@William
The big issue for Barbados is that the political narrative and that from a few ‘influencers’ continue to successfully lead the masses. Take for example how people woke up to the NIS only after the maximum voice echoed the problem others were doing years ago. This is the challenge for us.
“Take for example how people woke up to the NIS only after the maximum voice echoed the problem others were doing years ago.”
One of your better comments.
It appears that the NIS story may last longer than 5 minutes, but it seems to be fading. It will be a hot story in 2027 and be the story in 2038.
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