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Tint Laws, Cannabis and Mobile Phones: How Barbados Lost Its Discipline

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The consensus from the establishment pundits suggests the Mottley government has performed well post the so called Lost Decade. Of course this blogmaster is not a member of the establishment thinking and tends to evaluate performance using a holistic approach. Not everything should be evaluated based on metrics determined by economics.

Three exhibits that the blogmaster identifies as institutionalised indiscipline are: the inability of the authorities to enforce the so called TINT LAWS. Prior to December 2025, when the amended Road Traffic (Amendment) Act was introduced, there was strident debate in Barbados about the introduction of a tint policy, a policy which encouraged law abiding citizens to spend hundreds of dollars to remove “non‑compliant tint” from vehicles.

Almost a year later and it is like nothing happened. There is a business‑as‑usual attitude with motorists zooming about, some compliant and some not. The government and the Barbados Police Service (BPS) seem unconcerned after all the tint hullabaloo. One suspects this tint matter will be another “stillborn” affair, not unlike the forgotten breathalyser testing that was first touted in 2017.

The second – is the use of cannabis in public spaces. At last check, the recreational use of cannabis was decriminalised for small personal amounts rather than fully legalised. The Drug Abuse (Prevention and Control) Act states that up to 14 grams or half an ounce is decriminalised. Although decriminalised, if caught with up to 14 grams, the penalty is $200.00, payable within 30 days. If caught with more than 14 grams the usual law applies, which could translate to serving years in prison or heavy fines.

Daily as we move around Barbados, open use of cannabis is observed – people walking, driving or working. There is no fear of being seen or reported to the BPS. One does not have to see the physical act of puffing or eating the stuff; the pungent scent is evidence.

And the third – in 2017 the Road Traffic (Amendment) Regulations Act was enacted making it illegal to hold, talk on, text, or browse on a handheld device while driving a vehicle. Take a bet any day of the week that you will spot enough drivers using handheld phones while driving and you will win.

As we move quickly towards 60 years of independence and 5 years since being a republic, we must ask if we are happy about the current state of affairs in Barbados. The once orderly society that separated Barbados from our neighbours is as dead as a dodo.

Any government that consistently fails to enforce laws will trigger a domino effect in the way being experienced in Barbados. Essentially what we have created in Barbados is institutionalised indiscipline. Many continue to demand that Barbados leverage some best practices from Singapore. Of interest former Governor of the Central Bank DeLisle Worrell recently opined that Iceland should be the preferred model – The Model For Caribbean Is Iceland, Not Singapore. What is obvious is that the success of Singapore and Iceland is underpinned by disciplined approaches. There can be no shortcut to discipline.

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40 responses to “Tint Laws, Cannabis and Mobile Phones: How Barbados Lost Its Discipline”

  1. David Avatar
    David

    Walters: Hold NISSS accountable as well

    THE SAME ACCOUNTABILITY Government is seeking for private enterprises through the Virtual Asset Service Providers Bill, 2026 should be applied to the National Insurance and Social Security Service (NISSS), which has billions of dollars from Barbadians, says Opposition Senator Ryan Walters.

    He found support in this from Independent Senator Andrew Mallalieu, who stated that what’s good for the goose is good for the gander, in relation to regulations governing private and public sector investment entities.

    Walters said yesterday’s debate in the Senate centred on regulation, supervision, transparency and accountability in relation to virtual assets, but there was a much bigger question that could not be ignored in relation to the NISSS.

    Must report

    “The Government is prepared to tell private financial institutions what they must report, how they must safeguard customers’ assets, what information they must disclose and the standards of governance to which they must comply. But what about the National Insurance and Social Security Service? The institution holds billions of dollars belonging ultimately to our businesses and our workers in this country,” he said.

    Walters pointed out that the contributions were not optional as every month, employees and employers were legally required to put their money into the system, but an ordinary Barbadian going to the website to find out how that money is performing found “remarkably limited” information.

    “So the question is, why should a person who voluntarily puts $10 000 into a private investment fund have access to more timely information about the performance of those funds, compared to a worker who is compulsorily contributing to National Insurance for 20, 30 or even 40 years? . . . . This is no small fund.

    “The IMF [International Monetary Fund] reported that dividends in National Insurance could be around $4 billion at June 2024,” he told the Upper Chamber.

    At the point he referenced the 2018-2019 debt restructuring of around $1.3 billion at the agency, President of the Senate The Most Honourable Reginald Farley reminded Walters that while there would be times and places for the full dissection of the NISSS, the present debate was not that place.

    Virtual assets

    Walters later said the Bill was about creating

    extensive regulatory architecture to protect Barbadians who chose to invest their money in virtual assets.

    “Surely, we should have the same energy and we should be demanding similar for those who are compulsorily putting their money in investments, which is managed by an entity called the National Insurance Scheme . . . . It is critical because there is a lot of moving parts within that social system,” he said.

    Mallalieu, speaking right after Walters, said he agreed that when there was legislation passed which held the private sector accountable for many things, “we should also be holding the Government sector to that same standard”.

    “I completely agree with you and I think that the senator was actually meaning to join with me in calling for the proclamation of the Integrity Of Public Life legislation as an example,” he said

    of the Bill. Meanwhile, Mallalieu said he did not know if it was intentional, but in the schedule in Section 2.1, there was a new definition on the threshold for a beneficial owner and the 20 per cent threshold had been removed.

    “Whereas in the previous Act, before this was removed, there was a specific percentage that would help you to define if someone was acting or could exert control. In this particular one, in this section on Page 40 of it, it removes that. Now it only defines it as someone who ultimately owns or controls the legal person.

    “And in a pure application of that, that means all owners now are covered. So even if you own one per cent or 0.1 per cent, you are now covered under this. That is a substantial change in my reading to how beneficial owners previously acted,” he said. ( AC)

    Source: Nation

  2. David Avatar
    David

    NATION EDITORIAL

    Be more clear on ganja

    PERHAPS, IF EVER so often authorities have to remind Barbadians that marijuana is still illegal, then consideration should be given to re-examining the messaging that has been put out there in order to correct it.

    This renewed communication must heavily rely on science-based and nonjudgemental messaging and that robust education programme must also lean on showing the impact of cannabis – positive and negative.

    For some time, residents and members of various social, religious and community organisations have been expressing concern about the seemingly prevalent use of the drug as an everyday activity.

    The smokers, while affecting their own health, do not realise or probably do not care about the effects of their repeated action on non-smokers.

    Under the Drug Abuse (Prevention And Control) Act, police officers have the authority to issue fixed penalty notices to individuals possessing small amounts of cannabis, defined as 14 grammes or less.

    On Monday, Director of Public Prosecutions Alliston Seale criticised what he described as the laissez-faire attitude towards marijuana, stating that some people were under the misguided belief that Government had relaxed the policy to such an extent that the drug was legal.

    Rather, explained the island’s lead prosecutor, even though law enforcement officers won’t charge you for a certain amount and ticket the users instead, the drug was still illegal.

    “People are walking around saying that marijuana has been legalised and every place you pass the ‘chronic’ knocking you down. The smell wants to kill you. Everybody smoking dope,” Seale said.

    In the past, Senator Reverend Canon Dr John Rogers urged the Government to review its marijuana policy, concerned that unchecked potency levels could develop into an opioid crisis for the country, meaning widespread increase in the overuse, misuse or addiction of drugs. At the time, the Anglican priest was sounding

    an early warning as he questioned who would be around to repay all the loans the country was obtaining on the international market if, at a cursory level, the relaxed policy was leading to more drug use and the potential for a section of the population to become zombie-like.

    The health authorities have never really delved into the issue of the potential harm based on Rogers’ observation. What are the potency levels of the 14 grammes that could attract just a ticket rather than a criminal charge?

    There was no discussion on where the drug was coming from since trafficking and supplying are still crimes unless the parties have the relevant authorisation.

    Rogers’ points are valid in that if drug users do not know the potency of the substance being inhaled, aren’t users greatly risking their health and that of others who accidentally inhale sidestream smoke?

    The streets will certainly have no regulation when it comes to potency.

    The National Council on Substance Abuse, the Government agency charged with preventing substance mistreatment, regarded it as dangerous and widespread the misunderstanding among Barbadians that recreational cannabis use was legal. That misinterpretation was contributing to increasingly open use of marijuana in public spaces, it found.

    The Government cannot remain deaf to these alarms that are being sounded, including from one of its own agencies.

    The pleas of leaders and ordinary Barbadians should be enough impetus for there to be a re-examination of the impact of the relaxation and a prescription to remedy the concerns raised.

    That misinterpretation was contributing to increasingly open use of marijuana in public spaces . . . .

    Source: Nation

  3. Bush Tea Avatar
    Bush Tea

    Management by intuition!

  4. Pachamama Avatar
    Pachamama

    Pacha will always be an oppositionist to the school master’s general disposition of the writer of the above, Bajans generally and people like Bushie in particular on these matters.

    For these are the conservators of a cultural regime which selectively chooses certain perceived right-norms to enforce obeisance while otherwise they engage in mental gymnastics as they pretend these to be acceptably social standards.

    Like house niggers, they world is always threatened by any collective disobedience from elements of the mass even when the slave drivers fail to enforce their imposed standards, anathema to the popular will of a critical but silent set of actors.

    We never hear these scribes lament the failure of government and the police to enforce the hundreds of slave codes still on the law books. For example the prohibition on beating drums in a public place, and many others.

    We never heard these conservators of a bygone era and White sensibilities appealing about the hundreds of times successive governments have broken social contracts with the people of Barbados, even as they continue to make new contracts, just to continue this acceptable law breaking. They have never, for example, drawn the attention of the police to this law breaking and demand the arrest of a government.

    The world from which their narratives were spawned is dying. And doom may it be!

  5. NorthernObserver Avatar
    NorthernObserver

    “President of the Senate The Most Honourable Reginald Farley reminded Walters that while there would be times and places for the full dissection of the NISSS, the present debate was not that place.”

    I would have asked Sen Farley WHEN? For it seems the last time the NISSS was discussed, far less dissected, in the Senate, it was the NIS, and it was Sen Walcott explaining how monies redirected to the Consolidated Fund, under direction of the now Senior Minister of Foreign Affairs, were being replaced in the NIS via a new Series J Bond issue.

    There are certain topics, and the NIS is one, best left alone. It cannot end well.

  6. Artax Avatar
    Artax

    “Any government that consistently fails to enforce laws will trigger a domino effect in the way being experienced in Barbados.”

    @ David

    I’m trying to understand exactly ‘where you’re coming from.’

    Who has responsibility for ENFORCING the law, government (i.e. the political administration that creates and passes or enacts the legislation), or BPS, which ACTIVELY enforces the law?

    The smoking of marijuana in public spaces is DEFINITELY a MATTER of CONCERN, especially when smokers believe they have the right to ‘light up and smoke’ anywhere, with RECKLESS DISREGARD or an extreme lack of consideration for the safety, rights, or well-being of bystanders, especially more so those persons who may be suffering from a respiratory ailment.
    Additionally, the ‘pungent scent’ you alluded to, also emanates from vehicles as well, thereby indicating that persons are driving and smoking.

    The problem is, ‘in these times,’ people are scared to report such matters to the police because they fear retaliation or perceive such matters as trivial.

    You mentioned that any day of the week one will witness persons driving while using mobile phones, which is true.
    However, surely you have to ask yourself if the police OBSERVED those persons VIOLATING the law, since people committing a crime typically react to seeing the police by making sudden, panicked reactions to HIDE the device.

    Do you have any statistics relative to the number of persons who were fined under the Road Traffic (Amendment) Regulations, 2017?
    We should be reminded that, because cases were not reported in the media, does not necessarily mean people aren’t being charged.

  7. Bush Tea Avatar
    Bush Tea

    When foolish laws are passed – just to provide talking points for politicians, people naturally are inclined to ignore such trite.
    The attempted Airbnb ‘kite’ was a classic case in point.

    The Tint Law is a stupid, knee-jerk, intuitive ‘plaster’ for a bad sore, which actually requires proper scientific medical intervention… (still absent)

    The ganja law is almost funny.
    It merely removes the ILLEGAL possession below a certain limit from clogging up the court, BUT it has been touted as a ‘legalization’… and treated as such by smokers and therefore by SUPPLIERS…
    … who are banned from the LEGAL banks and Credit Unions…
    … which then leads to the need for ‘protection services’ from private gunmen
    … which then CREATES a market for illegal guns
    … and an UNDERGROUND justice system for this new business – one that condones the death sentence for almost ANY shiite.

    Management by intuition, and by trial and error…

    When the head is bad, there is no hope for the rest of the body.

  8. Bush Tea Avatar
    Bush Tea

    “…these are the conservators of a cultural regime which selectively chooses certain perceived right-norms to enforce obeisance…”
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Another Pacha strawman – which will now be destroyed in the famous mushroom cloud…
    You fail to see that the baseline from which Bushie (and right-thinking Bajans) operate is called the MORAL HIGH GROUND that is defined as ‘doing unto others what you yourself would wand done to you if in their shoes.

    Wheel and come again friend…

    Lotta shiite Pacha!

  9. Pachamama Avatar
    Pachamama

    Bushie

    Weeee see you have your feckless gallery of voters, as if the proverbial politician and supplicant voter. Right thinking Bajans? We’re surprised to be informed that any such animals exist.

    Are these the same right thinking Bajans who thrice voted for a dictatorship and then blamed a feckless opposition when there has never been any differences?Are these the ones who allowed the country to gallop to perdition while they continued to enjoy the ride until doomsday? Are these the ones who witnessed all manner of official illegal activities and did nothing?

    Are these the same people who have no problem using public services but if you had to tell them anything about socialism or communism, or even democratic socialism, which they have long enjoyed, they will be repel

    These notions of yours are no better than that famous fictional tale supposedly located 6000 years ago, a time when you still believe that everything happened!

  10. BAJE Avatar
    BAJE

    THE DRUG LORDS GOT WHAT THEY WANTED WHEN INVITED TO PARLIAMENT.

    ONLY THE FOOL BOUNTY NOT ENJOYING WHILST BEING IN DODDS PRISON.

  11. David Avatar
    David

    @Artax

    Yes some anecdotal evidence but we live here, and we know. The horse has bolted?

  12. Bush Tea Avatar
    Bush Tea

    “Are these the same right thinking Bajans who thrice voted for a dictatorship and then blamed a feckless opposition…”
    ~~~~~~~~
    Shiite!!!
    Yuh got muh dey Pacha!!!

    Murduh!!!

  13. David Avatar
    David

    @Bush Tea

    What was/is the alternative?

  14. fifth amendment Avatar
    fifth amendment

    It’s a good job that that lady in the photograph is the Barbados Prime Minister and not “David” or “Artax” as it it would be open season on the party hearty posse.

    I could come out with a strong argument why they are so wrong, but why bother let them stew in their grumpy old pain bodies, I plead the 5th.

  15. Pachamama Avatar
    Pachamama

    The British author Sally Rooney cannot sell her books in Britain for fear that the publishers would be charged under the fascist anti-terrorism laws on account for her support for the Palestinian people amid a genocide.

    Three decades ago this writer concluded that all these so-called Western democratic countries were fascistic by name and nature. Even as most around the world are now seeing this reality of existence there seems to be an inertia amongst most publics to declare war against the powers that are.

  16. Bush Tea Avatar
    Bush Tea

    The alternative is the Way, the Truth and the Life… as prescribed by the Creators.

    However in a world that has converted to ‘brassbowlery’, it would be easier to pass a camel through a needle’s eye…

    The fact is that we ALWAYS reap what we sow.
    We have swallowed the globally adopted folly – that the pursuit of money, material possessions, and power over other humans, is the goal of our short existence.

    This in a world where the DESIGNED REALITY is really about spiritual awakening, community-focus, and the development of righteous CHARACTER.

    What other outcomes are possible in these circumstances, than chaos, misery, and death?

    Mark Bushie’s word that when SHTF, the MOST misery, chaos and death will be among the materially ‘wealthy’…

    What an upside down situation!

  17. Pachamama Avatar
    Pachamama

    Bushie

    The constant refrains with the only narrative which continues to twist your mind only serves to bore readers because of your constant trite, or shiiite!

    But that is precisely the basis on which that propaganda project was designed to do – keep beating us over our heads with ignorance – so that sooner or later, if all else fails, Bushie’s foolish message will be fielding at first slip to catch fools with nonsense in the name of somebody called a Boss Man.

    Not Pacha though!

  18. Bush Tea Avatar
    Bush Tea

    LOL @ Pacha
    Like Gravity, Light, and ALL the other unchangeable aspects of Nature, Bushie’s Truth is indeed boringly monotonous.

    It may sound like trite to the uninitiated, but, like gravity, it will pull your uninitiated donkey into the bosom of Hell … UNLESS of course you repent of your brassbowlery…

    In your particular case, you may need to repent TWICE – given your repeated propensity to abuse of the Lord’s anointed bushman.

    Bushie cannot wait to witness your Damascus moment…
    Yuh betta invest in a good pair of dark shades – cause that ‘blinding flash of light’ could ‘out yuh lights’ for three whole days…

    These days are funny nights hear..?!!!

  19. Artax Avatar
    Artax

    “It’s a good job that that lady in the photograph is the Barbados Prime Minister and not “David” or “Artax” as it it would be open season on the party hearty posse.”

    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

An "INTERNET TROLL" is defined by some sources as someone who deliberately post offensive, provocative, inflammatory, or off-topic messages in online communities to start arguments, disrupt conversations or derail serious conversations by spewing insults, in an effort to upset other people. 

That term accurately describes your actions in this forum. 👎🏽👎🏽

You come to the BU using a multiplicity of pseudonyms to make snide, senseless attacks on contributors, WITHOUT MAKING any VALUABLE, MEANINGFUL or EDUCATIONAL contribution to the discussion. 😱😱

That's what you do best! 

And, to MAKE MATTERS WORSE, you've 'pleaded the 5th amendment' on a Barbadian blog. 🤣

I HAVE to agree with Bushie that David 'should definitely BAN your donkey.' 🤣🤣
  20. Guest Speaker Avatar
    Guest Speaker

    Tint.
    Weed.
    iPhone.

    Psst..
    Do you really think that the police should waste scarce resources enforcing shite laws passed by stupid politicians, who have demonstrated time and again that they are enemies of the people they claim to serve?

    Must be great to living in the Barbados where bread is buttered on both sides and tint, weed and cellphone laws are foremost in the minds of overworked, underpaid and neglected law enforcers.

  21. first amendment Avatar
    first amendment

    Perhaps you have got sensitive skin old man / old goat.

    1st amendment is free speech / 5th amendment is the right to remain silent

    The Herb has been freed to smoke wicked away

    A smoke has been driven, so drive them away
    As wax melt before the fire, so shall they melt away.
    Melt away, melt away, melt away Like ice cream

  22. Artax Avatar
    Artax

    “1st amendment is free speech / 5th amendment is the right to remain silent.”

    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    It’s clear YOU’RE the “sensitive old man / old goat,” who should’ve definitely “remained silent.” 🤐🤐

    I made a sarcastic comment about you invoking the 5th amendment on Barbados Underground, and the irony went right over your head. 🤣🤣

    So, I’ll explain. 😉

    To actively assert protections guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights, which DO NOT have any legal jurisdiction in Barbados, is essentially the “epitome of ignorance.” 🤣🤣

    The last words are yours.

  23. Moving Deeply Into The Now Avatar
    Moving Deeply Into The Now

    Self Identification as a nationality of Barbadian in small place called Barbados on a random Barbadian Blog means you do not know your true identity as an individual.

    When you die you will lose these collective identifications. There is no need to attach yourself to them to uphold and strengthen the illusory sense of self.

    One you have learned this basic dysfunction of false self there isn’t really much you have to learn or understand.

  24. Weedin the Bible Avatar
    Weedin the Bible

    Re: Bush

    God gave man (and woman) the Herb

    my cup runneth over.

    Check out the first book of the bible and then the second book of the bible as written by Moses

    ◄ Genesis 1:12 ►
    ◄ Genesis 1:29 ►
    ◄ Exodus 3:2 ►

  25. Negro Problem Avatar
    Negro Problem

    “Reefer makes darkies think they’re as good as white men. The primary reason to outlaw marijuana is its effect on the degenerate races …

    trumpeted one such article—adding that, under the influence of cannabis, these black men would seduce white women.

    Or, even worse, “marihuana causes white women to seek sexual relations with negroes!”

    In 1930, when Harry Anslinger was appointed the first head of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics (known as the FBN, which later became the Drug Enforcement Agency, or DEA), most Americans were not terribly afraid of drugs. However, they were remarkably susceptible to racism,

    “The Negro population… accounts for ten percent of the total population, but 60 percent of the addicts,” he said at the time, pulling the statistic out of his ass.

  26. Observing Avatar
    Observing

    @David
    What is obvious is that the success of Singapore and Iceland is underpinned by disciplined approaches. There can be no shortcut to discipline.

    Discipline usually starts from the top. Lack of discipline ALSO starts from the top.

    @Pacha
    ‘Thrice voted for a dictatorship and then blamed a feckless opposition…’

    Nothing more needs to be said! lol

    @BAJE
    Bounty paid the price for another’s success. iykyk.

    @Guest Speaker
    ‘shite laws passed by stupid politicians’
    Clearly two things can be both true at the same time

  27. Hants Avatar
    Hants

    https://nationnews.com/2026/10/18/barbados-still-on-tier-2-watch-list/

  28. David Avatar
    David

    @Observing

    Where do we go from here?

  29. a tissue Avatar
    a tissue

    Comments can be like disposable tissues which are thrown away after use.

    It seems like Mia responds to praises and is less open to criticisms.

    So perhaps people should butter her up and speak about good times living in the present now.

    Everything comes to an end and old age may defeat her before any opposition do.

  30. Artax Avatar
    Artax

    @ David

    Tint, cell phone and marijuana laws exist and are vigorously enforced in other countries, yet we’re referring to them as ‘shiite or knee jerk laws’ when introduced in Barbados.

    Singapore, for example, is often used by BU as the benchmark to measure or judge Barbados.

    That country “enforces strict zero tolerance cannabis laws under the Misuse of Drugs Act, classifying it as a Class A drug – with penalties including up to 10 years’ imprisonment with a maximum fine of S$20,000 for consumption, and the death penalty for trafficking, import or export over specified thresholds.”

    The reasons why they have strict laws against the trafficking, possession, consumption, and import or export of illicit drugs, including cannabis and cannabis products, is that cannabis is both dangerous and addictive, and there isn’t any scientific evidence of the safety and efficacy of its raw usage.

    They are against decriminalisation and legislation. That examples taken from other countries clearly indicated “a permissive attitude towards the use of cannabis exacts a high cost on society.”

    However, have we, as in Caribbean territories, ever given any clear reasons why such laws are introduced or ‘just following suit?’

  31. David Avatar
    David

    @Artax

    We must be disciplined how we enforce our laws. We need laws to address chaos. If the laws are ‘shite laws’ we need to amend the laws.

  32. too Conservative Avatar
    too Conservative

    These Barbados Underground characters are far too Conservative to debate with.

  33. Exil Avatar
    Exil

    But wait, yuh know that you too foolish to debate with.

    Man, ou so foolish that you ain’t even know how foolish you are.

    Praises to Bush Tea, ban your donkey.

  34. Little Donna Avatar
    Little Donna

    A very thought-provoking article highlighting a serious concern about the state of discipline and law enforcement in Barbados. Laws mean nothing if they are not consistently enforced. The government and the Barbados Police Service must stop making announcements and start taking meaningful action. We cannot continue to allow indiscipline and disregard for the law to become the norm in our society. Barbados needs accountability, decisive leadership, and consistent enforcement — not just words and empty promises. If we want to restore the discipline and respect for which Barbados was once known, the time to act is NOW. Enough talk; we need action!

  35. Man Censorship Avatar
    Man Censorship

    Jesus was almost certainly a cannabis user and an early proponent of the medicinal properties of the drug, according to a study of scriptural texts published this month. The study suggests that Jesus and his disciples used the drug to carry out miraculous healings.

    The anointing oil used by Jesus and his disciples contained an ingredient called kaneh-bosem which has since been identified as cannabis extract, according to an article by Chris Bennett in the drugs magazine, High Times, entitled Was Jesus a Stoner? The incense used by Jesus in ceremonies also contained a cannabis extract, suggests Mr Bennett, who quotes scholars to back his claims.

    “There can be little doubt about a role for cannabis in Judaic religion,” Carl Ruck, professor of classical mythology at Boston University said.
    ==
    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/jan/06/science.religion

  36. Artax Avatar
    Artax

    @ David

    Saw a Facebook post with the marked police vehicle that collided with a motorcyclist.

    Several people were actually supporting lawless motorcyclists ‘wheelieing,’ ‘bobbing and weaving’ through traffic and performing dangerous stunts on the highways, without reasonable consideration for other road users, on motorcycles many of which are unregistered and uninsured.

    The ‘supporters’ described such actions as, “the guys just want to have fun,” and suggested government should build a facility where the motorcyclists could perform their stunts.

    They are essentially condoning criminal behaviour, since operating a vehicle in a way that creates a clear and serious risk to the public is a criminal offense.

    In criticising our stance on this folly, some FOOL may want to convince us that Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a motorcycle rather than a donkey. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  37. David Avatar
    David

    @Artax

    This is simple a characteristic of the lawless society we have become. Is it too late to pull it back? It will take more than leadership from the political class.

  38. Artax Avatar
    Artax

    @ David

    I believe we expect too from and depend too much on the “political class,” perhaps beyond reasonable expectations.

    For example, there’s a video circulating on social media in which three ‘gunmen’ are seen exiting a vehicle at a location that appears to be in Waterford, near the National Stadium. One of the men attempted to steal a motorcycle, while someone could be heard loudly begging not to be shot.

    Someone mentioned in the comments section that Mia Mottley should select a ‘team to catch the criminals,’ which is a job for the police, and not the PM.

  39. David Avatar
    David

    @Artax

    The Barbados landscape has become too complex for SOP to be affective. The time has long gone where more draconian/shock measure must be implemented to arrest the situation in the short term, while medium and long term strategies are introduced in parallel

  40. When Push Comes to Shove Avatar
    When Push Comes to Shove

    The Conservatism in Barbados espoused on the blog is somewhere between Trumpism, Turning Point and GB News Right Wing Podcasts and Propaganda.

    Heavy Handed Policing approach against marginalised youths will result in push back similar to riots in Europe GB and USA.

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