But coaches are already encouraging their runners to do this when their bodies give out and they are thisclose to the line. Most professional runners that have commented have stated this. They are also saying that this method also slows the runner down, and that makes sense. Not to mention the fact that they would be gambling with serious injuries. For all of these reasons, I highly doubt that athletes will be coached into making diving finishes.

This provision was instituted for a reason, probably due to someone outstretching an arm, leg, or finger and claiming victory. These things will happen and not always in the US favor as in 2008. They need to get over it.

Some of you have to be blind or knee deep in denial to insist that the high birth rate among Haitians is not part of the problem. The problem is people, not just single women, having more children than they can afford and this is certainly a problem in the Haitian community in the Bahamas.

Haitians have been complicit in clogging the system so that The Bahamas will one day be cornered into extending citizenship to all illegals regardless of where they were born. Now a member of the Haitian government is boldly trying to call the shots as to what needs to happen in The Bahamas? Instead of reaching for the victim propaganda card again, he needs to be honest and urge his people and his government to do better. They don't have one year to get their documents in order, they have 18 years to do so on behalf of their kids that were born here. If they have money to remit to Haiti, they have money to acquire the needed documents by the time their children are 18. And the fact they have to go to Haiti to obtain a passport, lays with the Haitian government. If they made any effort to comply with the laws even while dodging it, they would not be in this predicament, but this is exactly they kind of "dead end" that they have been working towards.

The faux feminists are being willfully dense, as if he proposed kidnapping and forcing single women to undergo an unwanted procedure. Yes, he should have thought his comment through to address how penalties for having more children than you can afford would be realistically implemented and to include ALL who have more children than they can afford, regardless of gender or marital status. Instead of the usual placating of these culprits as heroes who deserve more and more handouts at the expense of crumbling schools, continuously declining quality of healthcare, and skyrocketing national debt I agree that these professional procreators should be called out and held accountable in some way.

Perhaps Bernard Nottage can copy and paste the US advisory and send it to all Family Islanders. It might actually calm their fears, because from my experience, they believe Nassau is worse than described in the US advisory.

With all this blurring of gender lines and identity, I agree. Say all

I was being sarcastic because of the way it was received by some of the same media outlets, who throw in useless statistics to undermine the point of BLM. The advisory was short and diplomatic, and more importantly, reiterated the need to act responsibly.

They are called travel advisories for a reason. I understand The Bahamas is not on par with the US, and are reliant on them in many ways, but it is also a mutual relationship as John pointed out. The memo was very simple, and we should not have to present it in code. Although they responded in a petty manner in my opinion, no lies were told. I doubt they perceive this as a throwing down of the gauntlet, or the start of cold war between The Bahamas and the US.

I respect that person's point about Cuba's self reliance, or any proactive response over these doomsday predictions. If we can't appreciate our own basic rights as a country, we might as well shop around for a well respected colonizer to do the paperwork on our behalf.

The only thing that ThisIsOurs and others have summed up perfectly is that for the forseeable future we will continue to be more concerned with keeping up appearances and doing whatever it takes to stay under America's foot, even when right is right. Even if the advisory from the Bahamas was motivated by politics, this is the least of what The Bahamas could speak on regarding The United States. A mere squeak because we have never had the courage to speak up when shouting is warranted. They could have let this one slide.

No it was not. It was issued to all Bahamians, "young males in particular." The same media that discredits the BLM movement are the same ones who misconstrued the message as a warning to black males to beware of white killer police officers.