@ moncurfool,
I suggest you look up Webster’s definition of discovery, as for the Europeans keeping many in slavery, I would suggest to you that our own black government of the last half a century hasn’t done that badly in that regard either.

Can't argue with that sort of "logic"....... mamma always told me never argue with an idiot, they'll drag you down to their level and beat you with experience. You win da one!

What is happening in the USA now and what has been happening there since the abolition of slavery has little to no bearing on this country which achieved majority rule half a century ago.
Are you suggesting that our black peoples are still subservient and inferior in some way to the white massa after all this time?
If such is the case how do you explain the success of this proud black nation?

Columbus did discover this part of the world so far as Western Europe is concerned and it is a fallacy to suggest otherwise.

No one is disputing the fact that there are bad apples in our law enforcement agencies or that some of them are involved in criminal activities. Like it or not they are the ones who are the first level of defense between the other criminal elements and the public so if you are a supporter of the theory that defunding and dismantling the police force in favor of " Social workers, health professionals, mental health experts, community workers and other underfunded and high-demand practitioners becoming first responders as they are trained to properly assess situations, de-escalate as needed," as Ms Wallace is suggesting, and that vigilantism is the answer then God help us.
Me, I'll stick with the evil I know rather than the devil I don't!

Bahamians, in general, give little thought to conservation despite the efforts of organizations such as BREEF and the Bahamas National Trust to further educate our youth.
After all why we worryin' 'bout couple birds when big money on da table.
This is the same mindset that prevents any progress where the preservation and management of conch populations and other marine assets are concerned, greed and money will always trump conservation in this country.
The lack of concern for the coral disease that is decimating our reefs even as I write is a typical case in point.
Let us continue our rush towards the Great Empty where our children's children and their children will only see pictures of what once was.

@porcupine,
Like you, I am well aware that correctional services in many countries, the United States in particular, is big business and I have long advocated in my posts to this site and in many letters written for prison reform in the Bahamas. Lack of vocational education has been one of my pet peeves. I've long been of the opinion, where first offenders and petty drug possession is concerned, that enrollment in vocational training and strict attendance should be mandatory rather than incarceration. If we have to pay to feed them we might as well pay to train them.
Crime has always been with us in some form since men walked upright, and not always the result of socio-economics, while some people turn to crime out of necessity many others see it as a profession.
Prison reform in the Bahamas should be high on the list of government priorities especially given the rate of recidivism, however, defunding, demobilizing or otherwise demoralizing our law enforcement agencies is not, in my opinion, a sensible solution to the problem of police misconduct or crime.

Thank God it's not a Rohdes Scholarship, what with all the tearing down statues of philanthropic benefactors whose legacy has lifted and further educated numerous people of all races, she might never have been able to benefit from all of her hard work.
Well done young lady!🌞

Bodie,
You need to sit small and shut up!
While the competent authority has made many missteps and while ALL of us have had to endure the restrictions, the Bahamas has on the whole come through the first asult with flying colors.
All one needs to to do is compare what our situation is as opposed to what is happening in places like Florida, Texas etc.
The fact that there is no vaccination is of even more concern given our people's propensity for slackness.
No facemasks, crease up together like sardines in a can and in your learned opinion we should be opening up the country to that market?
Man, those Brave fumes must be halusogenic.

Ms. Wallace,
Your views on policing are seriously out of kilter.
Yes we do have some neanderthal types on the force but to subscribe to the lunacy which is overtaking the US and the UK to some extent is simply that, lunacy!
As a parent I have never had to discipline my children with threats of taking them to a police station. The lunacy of defunding and abolishing police forces is nothing more than an invitation to anarchy.
Do you and the other idiots think that the criminal elements will simply cease and disist in their activities?
Do you honestly believe that social workers, Healthcare specialists and mental health care workers can protect the law abiding members of society when they have a 9mm or AK47 in their face? Who you going to call, mummy, Grammy, your phyciatrist ?
People like you must live in a bubble as you obviously have no concept of how many Bahamians live in fear day in day out under the influence of the gun.
Take away the police and the threat of their guns, who then stands between us and chaos?
There will always be police misconduct and even brutality but in the final analysis what is the lesser of the two evils?