Exactly the mentality of a Fred Smith follower. Disregard the fact that The Bahamas, like any other country, is entitled to enforce immigration laws. Next, compare apples and oranges. The Bahamas, like Canada, should be in a position to pick and choose immigrants and to offer shelter to people from nations in distress if in a position to do so. The Bahamas is in no position to do so, thanks to decades of unchecked illegal immigration by people from Haiti and their enablers.

The article in The Bahamas Weekly is entitled *Minnis: Christie Far Too Slow on Munroe Comments*. It has been about a week since the comments were made. What took Dr. Minnis so long to respond if he felt so deeply regarding what he calls, Munroe's barbaric statement? This is all nothing but political posturing from a man who recently said hanging must be enforced.

Yet Fred Smith defends shanty towns as established communities and he vehemently objects to them being torn down. Is there something in law that prevents Fred Smith from suing the owners of these properties on behalf of his clients? If he can legitimately sue the government on behalf of a man of unknown identity, I am pretty sure he could if he had the will. Instead, he chooses to incite tensions by threatening to bankrupt the entire country, meaning poor Bahamians, if illegal immigrants don't get their way.

The law is subject to interpretation. Fred Smith's every interpretation of the law is not always correct, as some of you seem to believe. If a person is suspected of being an illegal immigrant, the powers, privileges, protections and authorities of a police officer are conferred on the immigration officer and they should be respected as such.

No he does not. The 1980s was a long time ago. Lately, Fred Smith has been threatening to bankrupt The Bahamas and sink the economy with his villain rhetoric, and in so doing threatening poor and disenfranchised Bahamians further into debt and further into conditions much like that of Haiti. Then what? Bahamians and Haitians alike become clients after landing illegally in the US and elsewhere I suppose.

But flogging children at home and in school in The Bahamas is legal. Parents can even take their children to a local police station to be flogged. Where is the outcry on this from the so called humanitarians and opportunistic politicians? How did flogging even make it back on the books, when supposedly we have so many human rights activists and others who are utterly (not to mention, conveniently) aghast at the mere suggestion of flogging.

The outlandish view that illegal immigrants should be flogged is Wayne Munroe’s opinion and his alone. Should tensions between Bahamians and Haitians collide, it will be due in no small part to the actions of Fred Smith and the GBHRA who discourage compliance with immigration laws and those who enforce it. Of course, the PLP and FNM governments are also to blame. I would not be surprised if Fred Smith works to ensure that Mr. Munroe's remarks are perceived by the world as government policy.

If such violence ever occurs, it won't be because of Wayne Munroe's comment. If one comment can push usually unmotivated Bahamians to act, and act with violence at that, it is because the FNM and PLP failed to properly utilize the legal and intellectual resources cited by Mr. Pintard, to keep illegal immigration and other concerns, in check. If no response equals collusion, I hope the official opposition is somewhere on record denouncing Anson Aly's threat against Bahamians or opposing the view that it is ever wise to disobey law enforcement officers.

Sure, let's continue to gloss over his incendiary remarks as if he is not a part of the problem. My perception of him is that he is no different from these attention seeking, money hungry politicians except he does it under the guise of human rights.

The suggestion of flogging for illegal immigration is ridiculous when we don't even flog violent offenders. However, Fred Smith is in no position to talk. This man, who is also a QC, said it is reasonable to resist arrest by running away from law enforcement and just recently, he gleefully commended rogue judges for disregarding penalties that were amended into the constitution to help deter illegal immigration. Fred Smith already tried it with his concentration camp lies to the world, and no deterrent. So again Wayne Munroe is wrong.