Not by a mile 

I'm glad this post has cooled down quite a bit. This issue is a serious one. The mistreatment of the Homeless in Bermuda. The mistreatment of ANYONE ANYWHERE is a serious issue as we are all created EQUALLY.  Which means the mistreatment of a homeless person, or the mistreatment of the person who mistreated the homeless, is equally as bad.  I do think that people should be scolded for there wrong doings to an extent. I dont believe that calling them names and other similar forms or disrespect are helpful. As a matter of fact, as someone who has experienced both forms of criticism, I would have bet on a young person to react the way toto reacted.  When you talk with an angry attitude the recipient of those words is more likely to go into a rejective state and deflect the positive underying message because it is covered so thickly in negativity. C-nt this, a$$hole, that, that is the talk that sparks anger in anyone.  I am not justifying toto's responses to many of the comments on here because in truth i would have advised him to respond differently or not at all. But you will surely find that many people in their early 20's are quite rebelious. I speak from someone very much a part of that community as I am 22 years old.  I have learned to take the good from the bad, but it was a consious decision I made. Before this decision, I was equally as likely to respond as toto has to many of you.  I would have also responded to his actions in a manner not unlike the manner that has been displayed in some of these posts.  I now realize this to be sensless. Anger begets anger and anger is a negative, unproductive attitude.  I urge all of you to stand by your ideas, but choose your words more wisely.  We should all work together to achieve a better World. 

Thank you all for reading.

p.s. I actually love the idea of this site. I just really do not appreciate the title. lol. i know you all have heard me say that enough.  I realize that an ex-pat started the sight. It was simply my opinion to what an outsider's first impression would be. Thats what i thought when i first heard this post was on a sight called "bdasucks" I actually thought it was some kind of a joke site.  To be completely honest, it offends me a bit more to know that an ex-pat named the site.  I love Bermuda, and though some of the situations in Bermuda quite rightfully "suck" Bermuda Does not.

As do we all.


As do many of us! Sigh, we're probably stuck with it now - the 'brand' is so well known! I suppose all we can do is say it with an ironic spin - as a place to come and talk about the bad stuff, while still realizing that there's a lot of good stuff.


Hey, that's free speech. Besides, which does it make it worse to have been an ex-pat? They aren't allowed to have opinions, or express them?


I think you'll find almost everyone who posts here either agrees, or is pretty neutral. People who really hate Bermuda wouldn't bother, I suspect... 'life's short, move on' kind of thing.

Noel

Yall need to re-read what you said, and re-think what some of you did. A lot of people over-reacted and got pretty offensive. It might not be as bad as what ToTo did, but it's still wrong. Going on people's facebook and posting that info here and leaving offensive messages is just wrong. You like to talk about the problems with young ppl in Bda, but you don't lead by example. No one here is without fault, no one.

my last 2 cents on this whole issue/bullshit

Most members here have stayed away from the subject as Smokes said, I have also.

Toto let it go and is moving on. Karma too him. I wish him the best. We all make mistakes but in this day and age it can bite you real quick with a keyboard and a TV screen....................

Jokasmoke,

I speak for myself and myself only - I do choose my word carefully and I was not offensive in my replies to anyone.

My reply was to Cush and used his own words which I agree with.... I simply agreed and asked him to reflect on some of the words he and Toto choose to use - which I am not interested in repeating - but did not help to convey their  points.

In order to develop and or mature - it is always a good idea to reflect on what was said, how it was said and look for a better way to do it in the future. The whole point of my post.

Again I have an interest as most of us do about problems in Bermuda - I do lead by example everyday - sure I make mistakes but when I do I acknowledge them, don't blame anyone else for my conduct and move on!

If we all try to do this what a better place this world would be......

I agree time to move on - Toto seems to have moved on - would be nice if his friends did the same?

Piglet