Anyway there is this wonderful thing call the Internet where you can learn more about these things, perhaps you are familiar with it. For example you try starting here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxemburgism and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_communism

The only reason they might get away without providing any more information is that the PLP have provided even less.

Firstly I would like to say I think Mr. Starling has some good ideas, and some may be abit far fetched. But I will not try to discredit him because I disagree with a few of his ideas.

Tommy, I would like to ask if you feel the same way about people who consume alcohol in the streets? I mean the effects of this legal drug far out way the down side to someone smoking weed in public. Have you ever felt the need to question whether alcohol should be ilegal? I mean it ruins families, kills people, and has a real negative impact on society. Like to hear your opinion on this

Your point about tourist partaking is a good one. This has caused issues for Netherlands mostly due to animosity from France, Germany & Belgium who blame Netherlands for cannabis trafficking in their countries done by these countries own nationals. The internal problem which I find ironically funny as we have the complete opposite is the complaints from small dutch towns of the amount of tourist congestion from visitors who come & spend loads of euros in their coffee shops & elsewhere in their town. I don’t think that Netherlands Weitpas banning tourists is a good solution for the problem because they have lost millions of euros & created an underground criminal market in towns that have adopted it. I think a better solution would be that tourist who would want to partake apply for a tourist pass on arrival from authorities that would be shown at the shops before they could make a purchase. The tourist pass would put them on record & they would have to go through a mandatory search when leaving Bermuda of their belongings & only a body search if the sniffer dogs indicate they have it on their person. I do realize sniffer dogs can smell residue & that’s why I think a pamphlet should also come with the pass advising them to wash their clothes & themselves before leaving Bermuda. Maybe even locals should have to apply for a similar pass also since its not discrimination but an added privilege that they wouldn’t have in most other countries. These passes could even come with a fee that would help boost our economy.

As for the smoking around kids point though I don’t condone it many already smoke cigarettes & probably even weed around their kids. This is disgusting wether it be a legal or illegal substance. I’m sure most of these people could step out on their porch or front step & smoke or go to a mate’s place who doesn’t have kids. Though it may be a risk for the herb smoker its a better risk than risking your child’s health. Just for information sake & still not to condone smoking around kids the theory of cannabis bringing on schizophrenia is still just a theory since their are not enough test subjects who have been in contact with weed smoke & that also have schizophrenia to support it 100% but there are still other health reasons why you shouldn’t smoke anything around kids.

Is this why socialist Canada is making it through the recession much better than capitalist America?

Then you should have no problem with his first point sailorman.

Starling’s ideas are far from Marxist ideology. Marxist don’t believe in having a minimum wage just a maximum one that’s bare minimum. Marxist don’t believe in helping drug addicts they just believe they should all be executed. Marxist definitely don’t believe in waters and airspace being a nuclear and military free zone. If you’re too blissfully ignorant to realize this you must be happier than a bay of pigs rolling in their own poop.

Have you seen my labrador? He swallowed my stash again & I’m trying to get it back.

”Make medical marijuana available by prescription”

These two plans are unrealistic without additional plans to stabilize them. I’m quite sure we wouldn’t be able to ship medical marijuana across North America to Bermuda from places like California & BC where its grown. We will end up with an increase of people buying from the criminal element just as there is in the decriminalized state on the east coast of U.S. Also if these two plans got implemented we would have people smoking it in public in front of children.

For this to work there should also be an added plan to have legal limited licensed growers of Cannabis. These growers would be under strict regulations of the amount & quality they can grow & will be subject to random inspections by the police & have a strict accountancy for all plants grown. The growers would only be able to grow in an secured area not in view of the public to prevent kids & night farmers getting hands on it. Also there should be limited licensed businesses that are allowed legally to hold 450 grams at any time & only allowed to sell 5 grams per person. It would be only tolerated to smoke the cannabis purchased in the shops or in the privacy of home not in parks or the streets. There will have to be a legal age of possession & if anyone is found to be underage in these shops or found with the shop’s product it gets automatically shut down & the employee who sold it to the minor would face criminal charges. It makes sense to allow doctors to prescribe cannabis but it doesn’t make sense to tolerate the use to just patients since close to half of bermuda’s population would develop glaucoma the day the law goes into effect. It’s better to tolerate its use under certain criteria then just to allow the possession of an ounce without criminal charge. IMO an ounce is a bit too much to tolerate possession of & it should be less so it discourages illegal dealing.

Anyone votes for him is mad.

Quick, everyone move to Pembroke!

Jesus, it looks like he wrote these on the back of a fag packet!

“The government that governs least governs the best”

No mention anywhere of how you pay for anything, except the bit about taxing pizza to subsidise lentils.

It’s not a life I’d ever want.

Why would the school day be extended until 5pm? would the children then come home that late and still have to do homework? what about after school activities, sports, clubs and socializing?

I agree with the repeal of the car size! and I do agree with many more of his points, but some are a little dreamy!

Why is it that a single independent candidate has been able to release a comprehensive platform that clearly outlines their ideas, yet we are still waiting to receive anything close to this from the two main political parties?

It is laughable that the OBA/PLP expect us to vote for them without a clear platform on which they can be assessed. It reduces the election to a popularity contest based on taglines and people standing around with coloured signs, rather than the careful assessment of our future leaders based on the policies they intend to implement if elected.

Also great to see how the independent candidates are not getting involved in childish bickering like the main parties and are having to focus their energy on communicating constructive useful ideas. This is exactly what Bermuda needs to move forward, so step up PLP/OBA and take a lead from Mr. Starling.

For crying out loud, being a woman doesn’t make you qualified. I’m sick and tired of this equality for equality’s sake thing. If a person is qualified, appoint them. And free contraception? Again it seems like you all are going to vote for your next babysitter and not Government.

Free meals for students – I’d love to see it, but has Mr Starling forgotten a small fact? WE HAVE NO MONEY!!!