Exactly right!

Ouch!

This headline basically says, "**Bahamian constitution now meaningless**" Bahamians, along with many others, have virtually no rights anymore. Despite what our constitution says. These changes were made mostly by lawyers who are trained to use language to deceive.
Read the frigging Constitution of The Bahamas.
It doesn't say anything about a group of people rescinding our most important rights under the guise of fighting crime.
This country is lost.

In my world, there would never be an attorney allowed in political office.
Haven't we watched enough damage done by the barristers?

Hey Simon,

You say, "While voters are amused by the hubris and sometimes stupidity of our leaders, while reveling in their eventual fall from power, it is these very same voters and the country that pays the ultimate price for the delusions of political power."

Perhaps, but ultimately, once armed with this same knowledge, we would treat these politicians in the same way we treat those high on narcotics.
If we mind Lord Acton's observation that "Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts, absolutely.", we would couch understanding of politicians actions with the need to limit and decentralize power, along the lines of our supposedly democratic values.
We have already agreed that most people have personal difficulty handling power. We accept this as a given. This should be our starting point.
Our goal in a post modern society should be to deconstruct power bases. All. Political, religious, economic. All power bases must fall. This is not in contradiction to freedom and fairness, but as a tangible solution to what is tacitly agreed to in your editorial.

And dear Simon, please elaborate further on "Party supporters and advisers, many of whom are dependent on the patronage of the prime minister, tend to blow smoke in certain anatomical directions."
As these anatomical directions increase in size year after year, is there a point at which this smoke permeates the entire area rendering the arse unable to distinguish the arse from a hole in the ground?
The answer to the perennial question of what to do about the human weakness and seemingly ubiquitous problem of not being able to handle power seems to be to seriously, significantly and continuously breaking down power structures, disallowing most of us who are thus affected by this human frailty even the opportunity to become characterized by the failings you so aptly describe above.
This must be an ongoing community effort, as history has shown the difficulty of shaking the euphoria of this elixir on one's own.
Some days Simon, the blown smoke is so thick that it is near impossible to distinguish arses from arses.
And yes, even in opposition, certain anatomical directions tend to coagulate, giving a perfectly reasonable and well understood thesis for your editorial.

It would sure seem that in a Christian nation quality health care would be a human right.
Funny how we have to play mental gymnastics to justify the rotten situation we currently champion.

Well thought out and accurate comment Island Warrior.
Thanks for posting.

An excellent example of why The Bahamas needs to focus on education.
Perhaps one day, we could find a reasonable, educated, and decent Prime Minister.
It might be awhile, but judging by what we have today, it will be worth the wait.

Does this article, and the comments, not prove that we have a few generations of much needed higher education to solve the least of our problems, let alone the more urgent? Without, for sure, of the needed time to do so.
Becoming a lawyer does not mean becoming educated. It means job training. Nothing more. This country is lost, ignorant and corrupt to the core. We get the politicians we deserve.

Absolutely correct. We speak of education, but as the Front Porch articulated yesterday, we go for job training, not true enlightenment. There is a difference.
Equality, well that's another matter altogether. Maybe next century.