And you thought it opportune to repeat this unconfirmed rumour, because...?

Show some respect, FFS!!

Their attitude is not "SMUG". I certainly would not discuss anything with you. Who are you? You are not a party to the transaction.

Your argument is with the "vendor", and that presumably is the Government of The Bahamas. They are the ones getting the money. Because, and this might come as a shock to you, Carnival will be paying with "money". You know, the stuff paying off the debt of the Bahamas?

If you don't want private islands, no problem. Persuade the Government of the Bahamas that the money offered does not compensate for the loss of habitat, pollution, whatever. But don't attack the buyer. He is simply knocking on the door and saying: "Would you like to sell us this for that price?" No one is holding a gun to the Government's head and forcing them, are they?

Surely, sterilisation would be quicker and much cheaper?

I wish that it were true that there are hundreds or thousands of qualified Bahamians just waiting to take the place of some expat worker...but it just ain't so. Sure, they are willing to take the salary, just not willing to do the work that would justify that salary. Let us at least look the truth in the eyes and stop deluding ourselves.

Debt is debt and that IT could not care less which government the "people" elect or how much less money they will have in their pocket. You could elect Jesus as PM and have all the Apostles as Ministers with God as Governor General and still nothing would change. The amount of debt would remain constant and the repayment date would remain the same.

What I am trying to say is that electing a new Government does not change any of the facts on the ground.

We have been raping and pillaging this country for 50 years. We took Majority Rule as an excuse to dip our hand in the till and have been doing it every year for 50 years. Now the bill has to be paid. plp, fnm, dna...it matters not. No 3 letter acronym is going to change a thing.

The facts remain: $7bn debt, yearly budget deficits, unemployable population because of lack of skills & education and a dependency culture ingrained into the collective psyche for the past 50 years. In short, we are in a massive hole. When in a hole, the first thing you should do is: stop digging!!

A responsible government would start by eliminating the annual deficit. That is stopping to dig. We can argue till the cows come home whether they should do it by lowering expenditure or increasing income (more taxes). It should be a bit of both. Which is what they are doing, I guess.

It's gonna get bad. There will be less money. People will lose their jobs. But what did you expect? You live by stealing for 50 years and all of a sudden you elect a new government and all is now going to be fine?
Unfortunately, it will not be bad for a short period. It will be bad for decades. But it is the road to true responsibility and long term success. First step is always the hardest.

I am not saying that you are right or wrong, I am saying that I am highly dubious of your claims until you offer some evidence.

International regulators, imho, have never even heard of the web shops and have no idea or opinion of them, one way or another. As far as they are concerned , they are simple gaming industries, like casinos or sports betting firms. In addition, they are tiny by world standards. They are so tiny, they only register on a rock such as this one. Anywhere else, the amounts of money involved are so small as to be irrelevant.

As long as Bahamians offer proof that all they do is some domestic harm, no one is going to give a shit. We can kill ourselves as much as we like, just as long as we don't spread our viruses to civilised countries.

So, some proof of what you endlessly repeat, please? Or is it that a lie endlessly repeated becomes the truth?

It is not buggery that it is the right, the right is not to be beaten to a pulp by retrograde cretins whose consciousness still does not understand that what two consenting adults do with their butts and bits in the privacy of their own home...is not anyone's business. Not even some God's.

And the response will be the usual: "Urca off and call my Daddy. He is the PM."

Yes, we should ask the Bahamian people. They have such an excellent record of getting things right.

*Falls off his chair in stitches*

So there are black facts and white facts? Britain was just more efficient at trading, that is for sure.
Your assertion that it was an economic decision is refuted by all available facts, be they white or black facts. Ever heard of Wilberforce?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_W…

Ending of slavery was so un-economic that it had to be enforced for nearly 100 years by the Royal Navy blockading a whole continent. It was so en-economic that the Americans, those bastions of non-market forces, continued with it for another 50 years and fought a civil war over it.
It was a 100% moral decision which was campaigned for for decades and made it through Parliament solely on moral grounds in the teeth of opposition from planters and merchants.
Refuting facts does not help anyone. It just becomes a crutch which supports and justifies today's failures (and they are massive).