Discipline and abuse are two separate things.

Throwing shoes, pots and pans at a child and beating them with a hanger are abuse. Asking the child what they did, inquiring why they did it, explaining why that's wrong and deserving of punishment then delivering a punishment without anger, even if it includes spanking, would not be abuse.

The problem is what most adults refer to as discipline from their parents was actually abuse delivered by angry and frustrated parents who didnt have the right tools to deliver discipline. That type of treatment can create aggression

That said, I think our dismal economic climate may be a much bigger trigger for aggression. The treatment as a child might be a happy (sad?) coincidence. The study would have to eliminate all these other triggers then make a conclusion

No numbers on underemployment. The Bahsmas has an NA next to its name on the global boards. I don't know if that means not available or not applicable because everybody needs to learn to do less with less... unless you need a 1.5 million dollar elevator, 200,000 dollar car or 2.5million dollar plane.

Between discouraged workers and underemployment it's better than zero activity COVID but not a pretty picture

**Bahamian tours are a scam and the MOT needs to do something about it**. I met someone who came into town a week ago who told me they skipped a Clifton tour because the taxi driver wanted to charge each person in their group two hundred and fifty dollars. each person. Same car, same gas, same time, same route. These rates and routes need to be regulated. Taxi drivers are not entitled to high wages, theres no obligation for the govt to ensure they earn 1000 dollars a day off the backs of unsuspecting tourists. It is completely ridiculous. This is why your tourists arent returning, they're paying too much for a tour past run down Bay St with a stop to buy a cake, what is that? I feel cheated paying 20 dollars for a lunch meal that tastes terrible and I make a mental note never to return.
imagine them.

On the other hand they spoke very highly about Graycliff... because it was quality, their exact words, *you cant get this experience anywhere in the world*. Tourists arent afraid to spend money but they just like us, they dont want to waste it on poor experiences which our taxi and Surrey ride scams offer in abundance

The grapefruits and limes have mold over them and the cucumbers and tomatoes have been on the shelf so long theyre liquefying. Even in liquified state, they're still listed at full price. I wonder if you took that liquified cucumber to the cash register if theyd actually check it through... hmmm... Do you know how long a cucumber and tomato have to sit to liquify? Nobody noticed? The avocados are browning and soft. Apples sometimes not possible to tell from the outside. The peaches are soft and mushy as are the land paper grapes... it's just unbelievable that this state was allowed for over 4 years now.

I recall one day walking into the foodstore on the hill and it was like christmas, after months of spoiling offerings everything was colorful and bright, leafy greens were full and deep green, fruits and vegetables were large and firm. It was an eyeball eutopia.

I remember saying, finally a new shipment, the end to the COVID scraps. But was it really possible that no shipments were brought in for over a year? Or had the policy changed such that the higher end location was getting the fresh offerings and their spoilage was being sent down to other locations? I dont know, but it's the most logical explanation I could come up with for months of spoilage.

I'd long stopped buying meat there, after the stinky chicken purchase, too risky

Was Brave Davis an outstanding athlete? I honestly dont know

Ive bought spoiled juice, milk and parmesian cheese from a major food store before realizing that theyd actually sell it near expiry at full ridiculous price. It wont kill you, but the taste is off. Yes I now pay closer attention to the dates. I stopped buying carnation cream as that's an item that should last quite a while but upon opening for use I'd find the cream curdled. This is a **major** foodstore. I've developed a fear of cutting into fruits only to find them black/blacjening and spoiled inside. These issues were not the case historically, this is a new COVID era, price garbage exponentially, phenomenon.Something is wrong in the industry and the consumer is not being protected

As said when the PM had the Big and Bold crime launch, the people they need to go after arent living in Englerston. And as long as the commissioner continues to regurgitate Saturation Patrols under new names this will continue to happen. Nothing new here, we've had incident after incident where multiple persons were shot by multiple gunmen shooting into a crowd of people, they were just lucky not to die en masse.

"*Commissioner Fernander described the incident as "very bold" and said that the perpetrators "don't care*"

The perpetrators know what every Bahamian knows, people in authority don't care either. Because someone in authority in the love of money, is shielding the drugs, the guns and the human trafficking. Some possibly by making criminal cases disappear. And if the *respectable* people dont care as long as they making money, why should the "known" criminal?

Its apparent to me that the drug culture of the 70s and beyond has had a much more devastating impact on our community than addiction and overdose. It has completely destroyed any semblance of order. It brought in decades of noninsightful, unintelligent, unethical, by any means necessary, corrupt men and made overnight perceived financial successes of them. With their finances came elevation and power and they were then able to attract and promote people like themselves (this a good time to use "*men of their ilk*") to top positions. Mediocrity had power over excellence. The treasury became a money pot and Good ideas and ideas to root out corruption and implement cost controls were out the window. This pattern repeated itself throughout the economy, because who was on the receipt end of corrupt treasury practices? Medicocrity and corruption elevates its own. Service quality, value for money out the window. Infrastructure collapse.

The concept that money is the objective, anything is ok if it gets money and unqualified people can have control has taken root everywhere.

The 15year olds can see. They know the way to *success*. And we back in the church parking lot

Ah I was just about to say the same, have been saying the same for years.

This technology is designed for remote areas where noone is around for miles. Those vendors and whoever got the millions in finders fees had to know this was completely useless in the inner city. Why the police continue to make the statement "*alerted by shotspotter*" is baffling.

"*there are a number of security cameras and that the police were “relying heavily” on camera footage for the investigation*"

This on the other hand is useful. Had they designed a system that could integrate shotspotter with cameras years ago we might not be in the church parking lot