Just keeping everybody on their toe's! Different views often make you wonder, and I was just trying to get people see it from a different view point. Let's just be glad this whole mess seems to be over...
 

Good day readers of Bermudaucks.com.

Firstly i would like to express my confussion in the logic of this discussion. Many of this forum's contributers have shared there emotions on a video posted on facebook (and tagge to specific ppl on facebook, not for all to see) that belittles Kieth, who is known locally as a vagrant.  Many of u have shown disgust in wake of this incident, but my question to you is, Is this any worse than a site called "BermudaSucks.com" which is belittling my whole country and its inhabitants with just its title?  If not, i suspect that someone will inform me that "not everything in this site is about bermuda sucking." I advise you ppl to take that same approach while lookin into the life of a good friend of mine, Antonio Belvedere.

I would also like to point out the vicious verbal lashing on Antonio by the person known as "terry cloth."  This person appears to be either the Pope, an Arch-Bishop, or just holier than every one else in this forum.  The attitude you have expressed is not unlike the actions for which you are criticising Antonio.  I would like to remind you to think on your asinine decisions before you jump so dramatically down the throat of another.  Obviously you are a hypocrat. I say this because I know that none of us are perfect, therefore you CANNOT tell us that your life has been without error.  I advise you to think before you speak. How many times has your mother told you not to judge? If not her, than someone has mentioned it to u. We have all heard and said this, "dont judge ppl" yet many of us do not practice this. further more Terry Cloth, you, and others have continued to batter Antonio after his apology, instead of accepting it and offering advice on perhaps a different optionon for ways to entertain ones friends.  Does this make you better than Antonio? You seem to believe it does. Fortunately for the world you are mistaken.  I believe that a person who judges a man based on one encounter is an idiot.

Piglet also replied to someone by saying "are you missing the big picture?" i believe EVERYONE who has contributed to this forum is missing the "Big Picture."  Wat is it really? Is it the fact that Antonio and some friends were disrespectful to Kieth?  No, take another step back, zoom out and look again. The picture is FAR bigger. I present to you a portion  of this picture. There is a problem in Bermuda with vagrancy. There is no doubt that Antonio is at fault for making the video, but he has accepted his responsibility and apologized like a man. This quality is very admirable and hard to find these days. But who is to blame for kieth being a vagrant? It must be realized that no such videos would exist without the subject.  It is Kieth's fault that he is in the position he is in.  We as adults should know to make careful decisions as they are life altering.  Kieth must do as Antonio and accept his responsibility not only in his fault for his life, but also his responsibility in society.  Please do not misunderstand me, i want the best for Kieth, I honestly want the best for EVERYONE.  I would like to take this opportunity to propse a possible solution, or inat least a step towards a solution to the issue of vagrancy.  Someone earlier metioned in what appeered to be a joking matter that the Bermuda Regiment should recruit Kieth. I believe that is the way to go, not only for kieth but for vagrants generally.  They should be recruited and trained to be permanent staff. It would provide them with food, shelter, discipline, medical care and restroom facilities.  These are luxuries they have lost due to thier decisions.

Christ toto/Antonio you really are pathetic... do you really think you are fooling anyone here by logging on with a false persona and trying to take the heat off yourself? You are not the first drip to try that stunt (remember tigga anyone?) you could at least have tried to write in English if you were trying to convince us you were not one and the same person...

You just compounded your guilt...


SevenT

Too fricking right Piglet... I'm gob-smacked that it is being suggested, by people who should know much better, that somehow the victim in this atrocity is culpable for what happened?... is this the attitude that promotes the view that rape victims somehow "asked for it?"

Incredulous attitudes...


SevenT

I've honestly got no idea what this means Rummy - perhaps it might be wise to dispense with the hyperbole when dealing with a serious subject such as this and speak in plain terms...



SevenT

Cush,

Before you make too many statements and judgments about this site - maybe YOU should follow your own suggestion and get all the facts and do some research of the site.

At the end of the day it is admirable that you want to try and defend your friend - but all you are really doing is keeping this story alive - you are giving it the oxygen to keep going. The best thing you could do is stop trying to defend what most right thinking people in Bermuda do not think is defensible.

Only time will change peoples views.

I am sure Keith did not choose to be homeless or have the other issues in is life. By the grace of God we all go and hopefully none of us find ourselves in his situation - through choice or otherwise.

At the end of the day the issue here is about how we treat our fellow humans and how we treat people with special needs - Keith was treated wrongly. It is really that simple.

Issues about homelessness, vagrancy, drug abuse aside - even if someone has all of these things they still deserve to be treated with respect. Keith was not treated with respect.

There are homeless people in every city, town and place on this earth – some have extra challenges such as drug addiction and or mental health issues – they still deserve to be treated with respect.

All the other issues are just excuses and have nothing to do with what happened! When you are wrong you are just wrong!

The picture (big and small) here is simple – treat ALL people with respect and how you would want to be treated.

Piglet

What are we/you doing to help Keith? He does not read this site nor have access. This is garbage in my books.............

How many Keiths are there out there in Bermuda? Answer that..then get back.

Tink about it........realy.............