Comments on: Police Identify Victim: 22-Yr-Old Jason Smith

By: Jessi Stirling

Jessi Stirling — Tue, 17 May 2011 22:44:02 +0000

To the one who blathered about opinion vs. fact, as if everybody agreed it was a threat, please consider this viewpoint. And about 10 more from different angles.

By: Chioke Simmons

Chioke Simmons — Sat, 14 May 2011 21:55:17 +0000

Those persons are probably here right now. Look at all the unsolved murders. They probably hit and leave. And what about this mystery list of the guys who are on the hit list. You check it out they know were you live , where your girl lives and where you work/

By: arrogance is bliss

arrogance is bliss — Wed, 04 May 2011 00:32:05 +0000

last statement should have been believe not belief

By: arrogance is bliss

arrogance is bliss — Wed, 04 May 2011 00:00:41 +0000

PPL put their beliefs in EVERYTHING that they say and do in REAL LIFE, regardless of whether or not the same belief is held by the person sitting next to them or not. That is why some ppl will jump out of an airplane believing that the parachute will open for them and others will not, believing that the parachute is unreliable. EVERYTHING WE DO AND SAY IN real life is based on what we belief!

By: arrogance is bliss

arrogance is bliss — Tue, 03 May 2011 23:51:30 +0000

I’m not upset that you dont believe. I’m simply responding to your comments. I’m well aware of the vast amount of religions in the world. Man knows that there is a God, they know that there is a creator, someone bigger than themselves. You have called people who believe in the God of the Bible “simple folk” and related them to children. Well i’ve compiled a short list of ppl you probably have heard of who also belive in the God of the Bible. Please reviwe and then tell me if you think that these ppl fit your description of simple and child like:

BARACK OBAMA (PRESIDENT)
LORD KELVIN (FAMOUS SCIENTIST…ABSOLUTE TEMPERATURE ETC..)
MICHAEL FARADAY (FAMOUS SCIENTIST)
ABRAHAM LINCOLN (PRESIDENT)
TOM LANDRY (HALL OF FAME DALLAS COWBOYS COACH)
DEION SANDERS (FAMOUS NFL AND PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL PLAYER)
JAMES PENNEY (FOUNDER OF J.C. PENNEY)
SAM WALTON (FOUNDER OF WALMART)
RONALD REAGAN (PRESIDENT)
ZIG ZIGLAR (WORLD FAMOUS MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER)
GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER (FAMOUS SCIENTIST & INVENTOR)
ISAAC NEWTON (SCIENTIST, INVENTOR NEWTONS LAW)
DONALD TRUMP (FAMOUS BUSINESS MAN)
DR. BEN CARSON (FAMOUS NEUROSURGEON)
ROBERT BOYLE (FAMOUS SCIENTIST BOYLES LAW)
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER (FAMOUS BUSINESS MAN)
BILL CLINTON (PRESIDENT)
H.G. HEINZ (HEINZ KETCHUP CO.)
T.S. ELLIOT (FAMOUS POET)
S. TRUETT CATHY (FOUNDER OF CHIK-FIL-A)
DAVE THOMAS (FOUNDER OF WENDY’S)
TED KENNEDY (SENATOR)
TONY DUNGY (NFL COACH SET RECORD FOR CONSECUTIVE PLAYOFF
APPEARANCES)

AND THE LIST IS ENDLESS

By: LOL (original)

LOL (original) — Tue, 03 May 2011 20:37:44 +0000

Yes I agree people are pushy as I stated before as a Christian I have a duty to inform that is all the choice is up to those who hear the message. As far as he is not saving anyone we will only ever know that at our end then ultimatly we will know who was right and who was wrong if infact it did even matter any more.

LOL Peace

By: BABY JESUS

BABY JESUS — Tue, 03 May 2011 18:09:51 +0000

@Lissa! Nothing is traceable to the garden of Eden because it never was. Find it for me please! I need a location.

By: Bermygurl

Bermygurl — Tue, 03 May 2011 17:14:17 +0000

Don’t forget the 6 officers, with a paddywagon, I saw just in the vacinity of the Dockyard ferry yesterday (Monday). We must have them there to make sure too many tourist aren’t getting on the bus or ferry I guess.

By: SOMERSET OG

SOMERSET OG — Tue, 03 May 2011 14:17:30 +0000

LOL. I never said that I don’t like Christians. I just think they are lost in the sauce. Religion caused more deaths in this world than any little gangsters will.
If you read my reply to Cedar Beams you would see that there isn’t one question in there. Dispute those 20 points!
Hit me with your science questions again. Science! Ah yes! Science, that thing that is totally missing from the bible.

By: SOMERSET OG

SOMERSET OG — Tue, 03 May 2011 14:09:47 +0000

LOL maybe I’m dissing something that I do know about. There is an answer for everything. I have an answer for you, you have answer for me. We’re right, we’re wrong! I’m not the only one dissing it. It’s cool for a christian to say ONLY GOD CAN SAVE US but it’s not cool for me to say HE’S NOT SAVING ANYBODY! Maybe if people left their beliefs out of conversations about real life we wouldn’t be ranting at each other.

Cool!

By: Lissa

Lissa — Tue, 03 May 2011 13:46:47 +0000

http://www.beyondtheshadesofgray.org/

The Father Wound is so named because of the fact that this type of wound is almost always inflicted upon us at the hands of our fathers, or by a significant, male role model. Our mothers can of course also wound us in similar ways, or they can further deepen the father wound. But this happens far less frequently.

A father wound cuts deeply into the soul of a child, and it hurts deeply. And then it continues to hurt us in ways that are more dehabilitating to our adult lives than we ourselves usually recognize. And so people don’t realize that homosexuality is a very real symptom of their hurt and pain, rather than the solution that they so often embrace homosexuality to be.

As children, our fathers are usually the first and most impressionable role models of any image of God that will ever be given to any of us, apart from Jesus Christ. And therefore these significant, male role models have within their power the ability to free our hearts to rise to our true image in God’s likeness, or to deal our hearts a crushing and crippling blow. And they also have the ability to clarify or distort the image we’ll have of God as the Father, apart from eventually coming to truly know God’s character toward us.

We’ve all heard the childhood saying, “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never harm me?” Well, perhaps not physically. But I think we’ve all probably discovered how deeply words can cut us in other ways that have a very lasting effect. And so a father wound need not be something physical for it to become a festering wound of the soul.

When a major blow or a whole series of lesser wounds is dealt, this psychological and very spirit-felt “father wound” affects both boys and girls throughout their lifetime. It can manifest itself in many different ways, to include homosexuality. Other effects are bisexuality, sexual promiscuity, trans-genderism or gender confusion issues, rebellion, resentment, street-gang or criminal activity, alcohol and/or drug abuse, and also suicides, just to name a few.

This emotional wound is carried especially deep within boys, however, who then have a tendency to grow up into fathers who inflict an even deeper “father wound” upon their own sons and daughters. And once started, this troublesome cycle often repeats itself over and over again, from one generation to the next. It’s a trend that is readily visible in our world today, and it is destroying one of the core foundations of our American society: the Family. And recognizing this trend sheds new light in understanding the Biblical passages that tell us that the sins of the fathers are visited upon their children. Those passages are not saying that God is some ogre who is punishing children for what their parents did. What they are saying is that we do this to ourselves, whenever a parent unknowingly allows their own internal suffering to affect their parenting, and thus they pass that internal suffering on down into the souls of their own children.

In little boys, the wound strikes deepest and hardest at our sense of strength, which is at the core of our heart, in our true identity as men created in God’s image. And while little boys are left wondering, “Do I have what it takes,” the deep question of a little girl’s heart is, “Am I lovely?” And she wants to know, “Will you pursue me? Do you delight in me? Will you fight for me?” But the father wound says to her in its own devastating way, “No, you’re neither desirable nor beautiful. And no one will pursue you or fight for you.” In fact, these two very common, engendered voids are both traceable clear back to the Garden of Eden.

By: LOL (original)

LOL (original) — Tue, 03 May 2011 13:35:50 +0000

You see what you want to see and are taking things out of context. Here’s an idea ignore it. Every one here gets you don’t like Christians so don’t talk about it as it forces interaction with those you do not like. An as an aside you have never proven what you are saying with academic sources and still have not answered my science questions. I am getting tired of answering all you questions and debunking your statements and yet you have not answered one question posted to you. Answer my Science questions and I will continue to due the same for you if you are interested even if you just want to see if you can trip me up.

LOL need me to post them again I will just let me know. ie one was about the big bang and the other was centered around the complexity of the composition of atoms to for things such as us just to jog your memory.

By: Lissa

Lissa — Tue, 03 May 2011 13:33:25 +0000

and some parents are afraid of their children…

By: LOL (original)

LOL (original) — Tue, 03 May 2011 13:27:22 +0000

No Man did all of you above rant. God gave us free will. He wants us to chose him but the choice is ours. Dude for everthing you try to suggest there is an answer but I am starting to relise that you do not think of yourself as having any responciblity in it at all do you. Please stop dissing something you do not know about. You have brought it up in almost every thread. Those who suggest pray aren’t talking to you. For you replace pray with meditation or to ponder for a long time on the problem. K

LOL note I never dissed you or your belief. I am guilty of being a bit defensive but I do get where you come from as I said been there done that.

By: SOMERSET OG

SOMERSET OG — Tue, 03 May 2011 12:16:52 +0000

@arrogance! So all those starving kids in Africa sinned and that’s why god won’t save them? Makes no sense! Why didn’t god stop the gulf spill? What? Were the fish sinners too? God can do anything right?
Wouldn’t you save your children? You wouldn’t just open your front door and leave them to do whatever they wanted and if they are bad you think they should die. Makes no sense. Your remixed boox is just a form of mass control that can’t control the masses. Prayer won’t work in the streets. Kicking @ss in the streets will!

By: SOMERSET OG

SOMERSET OG — Tue, 03 May 2011 11:41:58 +0000

@Cedar Beams! These sheeple don’t get it.

20 reasons to abandon Chrisitanity!

Christianity is based on fear
Christianity preys on the innocent
Christianity is based on dishonesty
Christianity is extremely egocentric
Christianity breeds arrogance, a chosen-people mentality
Christianity breeds authoritarianism
Christianity is cruel
Christianity is anti-intellectual, anti-scientific
Christianity has a morbid, unhealthy preoccupation with sex Christianity produces sexual misery
Christianity has an exceedingly narrow, legalistic view of morality Christianity encourages acceptance of real evils while focusing on imaginary evils
Christianity depreciates the natural world
Christianity models hierarchical, authoritarian organization Christianity sanctions slavery
Christianity is misogynistic
Christianity is homophobic The Bible is not a reliable guide to Christ’s teachings The Bible is riddled with contradictions Christianity borrowed its central myths and ceremonies from other ancient religions

By: Cedar Beams (Original)

Cedar Beams (Original) — Tue, 03 May 2011 10:15:30 +0000

Christianity: The belief that some cosmic Jewish Zombie can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force form your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree.

Makes perfect sense.

By: LOL

LOL — Tue, 03 May 2011 02:07:23 +0000

@ Unconventional wisdom- Wow out of everything i said you choose to pick apart and attack the very last suggestion. (pathetic) Which if you read carefully instead of running your mouth off you will see i stated they are a waist unless the high definition CCTV cameras are purchased. (Technology enhances daily) Let me put this to you, We currently have CCTV cameras posted in various parts of the island already correct? Why haven’t they been helpful in identifying people an bringing them to justice? Because its a very low resolution used to capture and the captured images still more often times then not create reasonable doubt in jury members minds. I will not slander insults about your intellectually strengths/weakness but you might wanna think before you speak as the same can be applied to oneself.

@ Show some respect to each other says- Thank you very much. I shouldn’t have even responded but some how felt the need to. Thanks for reading and understanding.

By: Cedar Beams (Original)

Cedar Beams (Original) — Tue, 03 May 2011 01:58:37 +0000

I don’t know why my not believing in God should be so upsetting to you. You already know what it is like to not believe. There are approximately 3,000 man made Gods in organized religion and you already don’t believe in 2,999 of them. I just take it one God further. The Christian Bible was written to explain to simple folk where we came from. It has been used to control them ever since – in exactly the same way that Santa Claus (not coming) is used to get good behavior out of children.

By: arrogancwe is bliss

arrogancwe is bliss — Tue, 03 May 2011 01:15:09 +0000

88% percent of the worlds population believe in God. there are 2-3 billion Christians in the world and as far as being able to operate without lights…..when you’re omnipotent and omniscient being able to produce under “less than HUMANLY perfect” circumstances isn’t an issue. Remember, its the blind that cant see and besides…my GOD can see u and I even when we turn off our lights and retire for the night! He knows exactly where u are 24/7. Quit insulting the Lord of Hosts! Even fleshly man was given the wisdom to create night vision….so do u really think the creator of man would have a problem with His own night vision?! IT’s man that requires light to be able to see and man hadn’t been created yet so who cares if He chose to create light on the 2nd day!

By: Cedar Beams (Original)

Cedar Beams (Original) — Tue, 03 May 2011 00:15:28 +0000

@Arrogance. Yes I did. But assuming everyone would catch it would be like getting them to believe a bunch of fairy stories written 2,000 years ago about how a man in the sky made heaven and earth on day one and then made light on day 2. That means he did day one without lights. Brilliant!!!

By: arrogance is bliss

arrogance is bliss — Mon, 02 May 2011 23:35:17 +0000

@ Cedar Beams…..God is a God of law and order and He has set up a system on the earth that HE Himself will not violate. HE responds to the prayers of those who have a covenant relationship with Him and are walking in that covenant. He gave the earth to man and gave him dominion over it. Man gave up their dominion when they chose to be disobedient. the wages of sin is death….this earth has been dying ever since. He hears the prayers of the righteous but there still has to be a penalty for sin just like the laws of physics (for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.) If man chooses to allow sin to reign in the region then they tie the hands of God to assist which is why the Bible says No man can enter into a strong man’s house, and spoil his goods, except he will first bind the strong man; and then he will spoil his house. So when we allow hate, greed, envy, strife, gossip, lying, lust etc to rule then we have effectively bound the strong man of love(But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love. 1cor. 13:13 Love never fails 1Cor. 13:8) and therefore we are now open to having our goods of peace, propserity and protection to be taken from us at the devils will. There is so much more to this but even if you choose to reject the Almighty God He won’t cease to be EL Elyon!….If we believe not, [ HE abideth faithful: HE cannot deny Himself.2 Timothy 2:13

By: arrogance is bliss

arrogance is bliss — Mon, 02 May 2011 23:10:22 +0000

@ Cedar Beams…u do realise that i used the reference to never never land deliberately right?!?! i was certain that everyone would have caught that direct correlation.

By: Love is the answer

Love is the answer — Mon, 02 May 2011 22:11:44 +0000

Come on my brothers and sisters
Let’s not waste our time
We got to move together
Let’s synchronize our minds

A prayer for you
And a prayer for me
Let’s live in love and harmony
Only love can set us free!

By: Christina

Christina — Mon, 02 May 2011 21:29:45 +0000

1. Parents do your jobs – question your kids!
2. Bring in help from overseas
3. Establish CCTV EVERYWHERE ….. it has proved to be effective

By: Christina

Christina — Mon, 02 May 2011 21:16:26 +0000

For those of you who are confused about the “mistaken identity” ……. ASK EVERY SINGLE ONE OF HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS, TEACHERS, FOOTBALL COACHES, REGIMENT OFFICERS ETC. That list alone should be good enough example of him being a good person. I knew Jason personally and I happily defend him in saying HE WAS NOT IN ANY FORM PART OF ANY GANG RELATED BUSINESS! As a friend of his I am offended that you would be ignorant enough to even post such a thing on here, yet you “respect his family and him”. At the rate you all are going……nobody else see’s this “respect”

By: kolour

kolour — Mon, 02 May 2011 21:09:52 +0000

“bad guys”, as in “persons rehabilitated during incarceration”? smh to judicial and political elite

By: LOL (original)

LOL (original) — Mon, 02 May 2011 19:48:28 +0000

So should Mr. Blankley be responsible for his son?

LOL

By: LOL (original)

LOL (original) — Mon, 02 May 2011 19:43:41 +0000

What makes you think that rights will be given back when things get better?

LOL

By: LOL (original)

LOL (original) — Mon, 02 May 2011 19:19:25 +0000

Give it a break Dr. wanted the US to police a British territory thats why there was a push back. What did you think of the three stricks for serious crimes and then life in prison from the UBP in 2007?

LOL

By: LOL (original)

LOL (original) — Mon, 02 May 2011 19:17:02 +0000

Yes he did and most of this occurred right after he did hmmmmmmmmmm….

LOL

By: dat guy

dat guy — Mon, 02 May 2011 18:18:49 +0000

@Larry: after they have 200 police on the streets looking for crime how do they know were it will happen or when?????? can the police be everywhere all the time??

no they can’t!! the blame is at our door step, these are our family members that are doing this. i’m on cop lover but lets stop blaming the police and gov. they did raise these kids by themselves.

By: SlowlybutSurely

SlowlybutSurely — Mon, 02 May 2011 17:26:24 +0000

niether of you could handle the pressure

By: Geza Wolf

Geza Wolf — Mon, 02 May 2011 16:59:48 +0000

Self Satisfaction.

By: Rockfish#2

Rockfish#2 — Mon, 02 May 2011 16:37:38 +0000

One Drug Trade,profit over humanity— Thank you for this, it is certainly informative and food for thought!

By: spirit

spirit — Mon, 02 May 2011 15:57:08 +0000

Totally agree W.T.F. been said that.It is obvious that the (crew) here can NOT help. Paula Cox plz call President Obama for some help!!!His intelligence team WORKS!!!Osama good bye u devil! U could run but you could NOT hide!

By: will

will — Mon, 02 May 2011 15:41:30 +0000

Yes stop the bank machines from operating, guess we will just see an increase in property theft between the hours of 1am and 6am, oh well…
Yeah what a great idea suspending everyone’s personal freedom and liberties….heres a quote for you..’Those who sacrifice freedom for security deserve neither’

As for a plan to stop these killings, take power away from the gangs. Open shops were soft drugs are sold legally and taxed alongside tobacco and alcohol (hard drugs) with doctors working closely with patients(addicts. Guess there’s no money to be made after that..but since Bermuda has its head so far up the a$$ of the church guess this’ll never happen soon. C’mon guys realise peoples health and safety will not be improved via praying, getting out and helping individuals (thought thats what the bible preaches)is the only way forward

One Community, One Bermuda

By: 1 BDA

1 BDA — Mon, 02 May 2011 15:28:10 +0000

The PoPo aint worrying about getting equipment to make it better and more efficient. All they worry about is excuses why they should be paid more, keeping up to date with the latest cars and bikes. The average cop these days are not fit to chase anyone. They start their careers small and nifty with the speed of 1000 gazelles. Then they swell up like a whale. They have all the powers in the world and they still cant accomplish anything. We always refer to other countries way of dealing with things. When are we going to take charge? If the police cannot do it, i know the community surely can. We need to stop worrying about what everyone else is gonna think cause you or i done the right thing.

By: luke

luke — Mon, 02 May 2011 14:21:57 +0000

Solution = shoot’em all and let GOD sort them out ???

By: Yup!

Yup! — Mon, 02 May 2011 13:33:12 +0000

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD THAT I HAVE CAMERAS ON MY HOUSE IF YOU GUYS KEEP COMING UP OVERVIEW HILL KILLING PPL. WE ARE GOING TO CATCH YOUR ASSSES ON CAMERA. WE HAVE YOU ON CAMERA. KEEP THE F OFF MY F’N HILL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THIS YOUNG MAN WAS HEADED TO A VERY PROMINENT FIGURE’S HOUSE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH GANG ACTIVITY! PPL WE MAY FINALLY SEE SOME CHANGES WITH THIS MURDER.

By: Geza Wolf

Geza Wolf — Mon, 02 May 2011 13:18:49 +0000

Thanks, I know that…

I was stating that the people above who think prayer fixes things without any actual physical effort to make the changes are rediculous.

By: Rockfish#2

Rockfish#2 — Mon, 02 May 2011 12:54:26 +0000

MEC all day–I suggest you read the post again, hopefully you will then understand the difference between a general statement and one that refers to a specific person. There is NOTHING is my post that suggests he had a gang connection!! Calm down.

By: George Courtney

George Courtney — Mon, 02 May 2011 12:39:39 +0000

@Geza Wolf, we can & do control our own destiny, PLEASE READ http://www.thinktorich.com/free-think-and-grow-rich.htm

By: George Courtney

George Courtney — Mon, 02 May 2011 12:34:29 +0000

than what are the prayers for than?????

By: Darrin Dizzle

Darrin Dizzle — Mon, 02 May 2011 12:13:24 +0000

@ Bermy gurl I was just playing. I was saying the religious wackos think it will be over on the 21st! I know better than that.

Reading is fundamental!

For you real religious wackos just wait until May 21st! It’ll all be over in your minds then.

Read it again!

By: Geza Wolf

Geza Wolf — Mon, 02 May 2011 11:41:31 +0000

Exactly, praying and thinking that we as humans cant control “destiny” is the reason its gotten this far. God will not step in and help anyone. If he does I hope he goes to Africa and helps them first.

By: Geza Wolf

Geza Wolf — Mon, 02 May 2011 11:34:34 +0000

Because they are selfish requests. The world is a lot bigger and a lot worse off then Bermuda..

By: Cedar Beams (Original)

Cedar Beams (Original) — Mon, 02 May 2011 11:12:22 +0000

I’ll try and get it under control for you. That God chap isn’t doing such a good job of it.

Interested that you mentioned Never Never Land – since that where Peter Pan lives. At least he managed to get rid of Captain Hook.

By: Malachi

Malachi — Mon, 02 May 2011 10:48:47 +0000

It’s so nice to know that there are some sensible people among us who do not subscribe to the theory that we are rued by some invisible man in the sky. As I mentioned in my earlier post, “two hands busy at work can accomplish far more than a thousand hands clasped in prayer”.

By: Choike Simmon

Choike Simmon — Mon, 02 May 2011 10:44:29 +0000

HOW EXACTLY WOULD YOU OR THE POLICE KNOW WHO THE INTENDED VICTIM OR VICTIMS MAY HAVE HAVE BEEN? WERE YOU THE SHOOTER??