tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498961727602805543.post3685520847936706608..comments2024-02-18T04:34:40.897-04:00Comments on Living in Barbados: You Make The Best Of What You Have. But Never Throw Your Friend Under A BusUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498961727602805543.post-82512755548244413212009-08-12T16:45:46.084-04:002009-08-12T16:45:46.084-04:00@Sargeant, I remember DH's words well, and I l...@Sargeant, I remember DH's words well, and I look at the hands holding the shovel. I see a range of controversial issues discussed, of which, cricket was written about. Is the spade heavy? I wont go to dead sheep and their savagery.Dennis Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07500715553200132089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498961727602805543.post-61961477927068607172009-08-12T16:38:29.080-04:002009-08-12T16:38:29.080-04:00In your words “They talked freely about a range of...In your words “They talked freely about a range of controversial issues, including Crop Over voting, immigration, economic policy, West Indies cricket”<br /><br />Remember Denis Healy and the First law of Holes? When you’re in one stop diggingSargeantnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498961727602805543.post-10596192971801834612009-08-12T02:19:11.517-04:002009-08-12T02:19:11.517-04:00Sargeant, you noted "How is that not a tease?...Sargeant, you noted "How is that not a tease? Why would I not expect much more? No Clico;Immigration; Economy; Eleven Plus; CSME; Obama; Land Reform; Tourism; Transparency and Integrity in Gov’t, ABC Highway; Ramphal; Land Reform; NISE<br />And the list goes on and on.." I do not know if the few I met, in a short time, and all essentially a first real contact basis, would be willing to let forth--in the same way you are hesitant until you know the person better. Or maybe the few I met are not among the some who would let forth. But your reaction is so intriguing in that you would expect the 'big' people--who have more at stake, I'd argue--to speak and yet 'ordinary' people don't. There's a disconnection there? Or, maybe the reprisals idea means big people can better protect themselves?Dennis Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07500715553200132089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498961727602805543.post-84097613723976815792009-08-12T02:14:30.637-04:002009-08-12T02:14:30.637-04:00Drey, that is too long to go without good food. Th...Drey, that is too long to go without good food. The PC can give the goods on both.<br /><br />But, where ignorance is bliss, it's folly to be wise?Dennis Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07500715553200132089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498961727602805543.post-61295328692957418312009-08-10T20:56:56.814-04:002009-08-10T20:56:56.814-04:00D, you know you are my boy. I want the recipe for ...D, you know you are my boy. I want the recipe for guava duff. Please. I had it once on a Bahamian calendar I got from a friend, but that went missing a few years ago. <br />Had some a long time ago, too long ago. Tasted so good. Also had some conch fritters at Bahamian day a few years ago at UWI. Tasted great too.<br /><br />As a friend of mine says; ignore the haters then they will go away. Can't please everybody all the time, so it is always best to please yourself.Dreynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498961727602805543.post-61446674200937914442009-08-10T16:05:42.584-04:002009-08-10T16:05:42.584-04:00DJ, keep on keeping on. These people seem either w...DJ, keep on keeping on. These people seem either wilfully dishonest with themselves or they have been totally brainwashed into thinking that Barbados is in the forefront with the rest of the world in tow. It's so pathetic. Anything that sounds critical? Go long! Hopeless bunch. I've seen you doing a bit of summer school teaching on BU. They pay you for teaching the kids that need a leg up? You're brave. Not me!Sparkynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498961727602805543.post-48705174570344183282009-08-10T15:02:39.904-04:002009-08-10T15:02:39.904-04:00Sorry to say it 'heaven' getting rid of th...Sorry to say it 'heaven' getting rid of the people who say things you don't like is not the answer, because you still have the things they talked about. No one is saying that other places are precious or perfect, though many people here seem to jump to conclusions that do not fit the words written or said--as if they do not matter, unless they are nice. As people are saying, RPB won because he gave people a sense of "feeling good", without having to deal with any difficult issues. So, the people have chosen to turn a blind eye to dealing with difficult stuff.<br /><br />I know that by implcation Barbadians are flocking back as soon as they can get seats on planes. Or is that not happening?Dennis Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07500715553200132089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498961727602805543.post-70534765874266603542009-08-10T14:33:38.199-04:002009-08-10T14:33:38.199-04:00I have one thing to say to all the people who have...I have one thing to say to all the people who have issues with Barbados and Bajans, leave. But they can't or won't because their precious,perfect, countries are too dangerous for them to enjoy the lifestyle they have here.heavennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498961727602805543.post-42852825144589327322009-08-10T13:24:13.041-04:002009-08-10T13:24:13.041-04:00They talked freely about a range of controversial ...They talked freely about a range of controversial issues, including Crop Over voting (NL is an RPB fan and entertained no argument that has man was really the winner. He said that there was no cheating as far as he was concerned and that he does not believe there were any leaks earlier in the competition), immigration (you may need to read between the lines), economic policy (tourism is a key sector and NL did not add anything new in terms of BLP positions on the issue and his previously expressed views on his successor), West Indies cricket (you got that, and mangoes). The previous week, I also had a chance meeting with a former PM and we talked for about an hour over a few mangoes (you got that and cricket).<br /><br />Now, you might have expected them to have said controversial things about controversial issues. But mainly they did not, perhaps fearing that I would write it and then they would not look so good.Dennis Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07500715553200132089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498961727602805543.post-69938199985599851742009-08-10T13:04:21.353-04:002009-08-10T13:04:21.353-04:00Do you want to revisit what you wrote in the other...Do you want to revisit what you wrote in the other blog?<br /><br />• Totally by accident yesterday my path crossed those of two former BLP Cabinet members, one of whom engaged a current DLP Cabinet member on the phone with me. I also met the head of an international organization whose recent comments have annoyed some people. Each was informed who I was and I also explained that I write my blog, and put them on notice that I may write about them–though I promised to not do that today, which is one reason for not posting yet. They talked freely about a range of controversial issues, including Crop Over voting, immigration, economic policy, West Indies cricket. The previous week, I also had a chance meeting with a former PM and we talked for about an hour over a few mangoes. He also knows me for what I write. What does that tell me? <br />Some important political decision makers here at least are not afraid to express themselves openly on a range of issues, even when it is known that their words may be used by a writer over whom the have absolutely no control.<br />How is that not a tease? Why would I not expect much more? No Clico;Immigration; Economy; Eleven Plus; CSME; Obama; Land Reform; Tourism; Transparency and Integrity in Gov’t, ABC Highway; Ramphal; Land Reform; NISE<br />And the list goes on and on..<br /><br />Instead we got cricket and mangoes<br /><br /><br />“What do they know of cricket who only cricket know?”Sargeantnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498961727602805543.post-71125003173145311072009-08-10T12:45:33.049-04:002009-08-10T12:45:33.049-04:00I did not tease. You clearly made an assumption ab...I did not tease. You clearly made an assumption about the nature of the conversation, and it was wrong. If cricket is not controversial in the region then let's all relax while WICB and WIPA knock each other about.<br /><br />But being realistic, what conversation would you have had with a former PM on first meeting?<br /><br />I did not offer to teach anything about "Bajans supposed antipathy to Bajan citizens who marry Jamaicans". Your already being aware is not the issue. The Bajans being elected is also not the issue. The fact is that the antipathy is real, not supposed, and it has its effects, which may not be seen or known or felt by those who practise the antipathy.<br /><br />The piece morphed for sure. I wrote as I said I do.Dennis Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07500715553200132089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498961727602805543.post-88140580920184833522009-08-10T12:08:17.017-04:002009-08-10T12:08:17.017-04:00First of all let me say that I respect you for ent...First of all let me say that I respect you for entering into some controversial topics under your own name. Many of us ( including yours truly) opt to say the politically correct thing in public but only confide our true feelings when we are among those we trust or when we can hide behind a pseudonym. But to tease us in the other blog and say you had a conversation with a former PM and then it turns out that the conversation was about cricket, why heck anyone can have a conversation about cricket, it’s a safe topic. That politicians on the opposite sides talk to each other nothing new there, but I suppose that we learned that Lynch likes RPB, heck 90 % of Bajans like RPB.<br /><br />I didn’t learn anything about Bajans supposed antipathy to Bajan citizens who marry Jamaicans, do you think if Bajans cared about that, that Sandiford or Arthur would become PMs?<br /><br />The whole piece was a justification of your perambulations through the Jamaican/Bajan social scene but then again in your caveat in the other blog you said you didn’t write it for a mass audience- that I agree with- you wrote it for yourself<br /><br />Have funSargeantnoreply@blogger.com