It is proven that after the age of 30 that it is more difficult for the brain to learn new things. I applaud her for sticking with it no matter the setbacks or academic difficulty.

I encourage all adults to not be stuck in your career domain, as was said above there is much to add to the intellectual repertoire over a period of time even if you have not intention of going into that field full speed ahead.

I applaud college level adult continuing education courses. I'm over 30 now and in an established field, but I definitely plan on taking a course here or there in fields I've always wanted to study or to increase my depth in certain areas.

Education liberates populations and can save countries. As the female Pakistani teenage activist, Malala Yousufzai, said, "I don't mind if I have to sit on the floor at school. All I want is education. And I'm afraid of no one."

Once again, Bahamians believe rules and laws are just suggestions. If I'm not mistaken the fee is only $35 per week.

I'm glad that some reinforcement of regulation was done.

Here I will say again, a country like the Bahamas should be mostly powered by solar power. I guess the government is refusing to do this because they need to figure out how to make a profit off of that.

This should be a government led effort. We get sun the majority of the 365 days a year. It is unreasonable that in this age we are still not thinking of how technology can help us and dualy protect our Earth. Instead we think of stupid ideas such as drilling for oil in our pristine waters.

This is contradictory in that you are saying that people's right to play should be limited based on a salary. You can't tell a person they can gamble then tell them how much they can play. They are adults not children right? That goes against the freedom to choose whether to gamble or not as you so eloquently stated. I'm not for gambling, but I can't follow this justification you have presented as a means to protect the poor.

Mr. Turnquest is absolutely correct. I'm appalled that they ordered him silent and that his related statements were expunged from the history books.

This is reiterating the point that the government, and yes that includes the office of the attorney general, failed to inform the public of the ramnifications of either vote.

Its unfortuante that politics prevents people from taking responsibility for failed actions.

Please refer to this well written unbiased article by a Bahamian.

http://www.thebahamasweekly.com/publish…

Awesome stuff!

I do not think it's fair to say that in comparing them, its potatoes and tomatoes. If you want to talk about public safety let's extend it to a public health issue as public safety is a part of that umbrella.

Gambling leads to addictive behavior, as it is an industry that depends on human addictive behavior. It leads to folks spending their entire salaries on it and neglect of the family. This neglect of the family can lead to eviction, starvation, unpaid bills/school fees/healthcare and overall destitution. The destitution leads to depression, which can create homicidal, and/or suicidal thoughts, which also results in death. I mean the list can go on.

I would venture to say that gambling was made illegal during the days of Pindling. It was made illegal after a committee convened by Pindling summised in a report (1974) that "...gambling is bad for the country as it preys on the poor classes of society and the vulnerable." I do not possess this report, but it would be interesting if we could read its contents in their entirety and who made up the committee.

Also, I'm sure that there are many laws that some of us deem are wrong, once again this goes back to my comment on laws being applied in an individual fashion. However, there is a protocol to go about amending them or throwing them out altogether, and I hardly think that openly defying them is the way to go. I'm sure some of you may compare this to the fight of MLK and the civil rights movement, but gambling is hardly a civil right.

Also, another line I will borrow from a great source, apparently released from a Las Vegas report on gambling, "...that for every dollar they get from gaming they spend 10 on the direct negative effects from gaming and advises any country against creating this industry."

I appreciate an article like this, giving us pictures and quotes to increase the sympathy that obviously everyone must have for their fellow man, no matter how you voted. I do pray that they do eventually find legitimate gainful employment.

I maintain this does not make it right to be employed by an illegitimate business. This is being paraded in our faces because of the length of time and the mass number of people that have chosen to be employed as such. I understand that the argument remains that some people do not have a choice particularly in these hard economic times, but what about the employee who states that she has been employed since 2005, long before the crash of the economy.

I maintain that if we are to be a country of laws and democracy we must as Bahamians stop looking at laws as suggestions. Otherwise, how do we expect to live in a peaceful society where laws are open to individual interpretation, we would be demoted to a society of lawlessness where everyone runs amuck. A society that in my opinion would be hell on Earth.

I suggest and hope that these workers use this time that the injunction has granted them and find other means of legitimate employment. Use this time as a blessing before you are without a job and no back up money.

I will leave with what John F. Kennedy said, "We must not ask what our country can do for us, but what can we do for our country." Bahamians stop expecting the government to take care of you, or the MP, get up and be creative.

You know, the PLP and many PLP supporters I know believe that the Tribune is an FNM paper, and tell me they only read the Guardian. Well, I guess they have nothing to read now because the Guardian is supposedly against them too. Gone are the days of Sir Lynden Pindling when the media had to write something positive about the current government, Hubert A Ingraham emancipated the media and I for one am very happy about that.

So what if the Guardian gave an opinion that they endorse. It is their paper and they have a right to endorse whatever or whomever, many reputable papers do it all the time.

As far as Mr. Christie demanding a response/explanation for why they endorsed NO, how dare he! Not one person in the Bahamas thinks that you didn't have a horse in the race, and your comments were entirely inappropriate leading up to the referendum. So you need an explanation because they endorse NO and you wanted YES. You should sit in the corner quietly, please and thank you.