And – if they are just sensationalist tabloid reporters, then this latest chapter in the Middleton story will no doubt be exploited in a huge way to paint our government as corrupt.

There are so few of the original players still around I just don’t get the resistance.

Exactly.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2862166/plotsummary?ref_=tt_ov_pl

If it were my daughter, I would want justice to be done and, like the family ARE doing, would do it through the law.
I just don’t see how this documentary is going to bring justice.

And no one has explained how it will.

As for the rest of your post, I addressed most of that in mine,

Do we have ANY evidence to show that the family was contacted and want this?
Any evidence that THIS documentary will bring any sort of justice to them?
Anything beyond assumptions?

As I mentioned, the quote was about a court case, not this documentary. Conflating the two is just wrong…

And is VERY obviously politically motivated.

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By no means am I condoning the actions of the perpetrators in this heinous crime, but I’m tired of this whole thing. The investigation was botched, the family is devastated . . .we get that, but after all this time, what are they expecting to find differently from what they already know.

And no I’m not a Fahy fan o OBA supporter . . .I’m just tired of this case going on and on. Straight up, it’s time for the family through some very serious and intense grief counseling to move forward!!!

Just as a note, the Privy council judge when giving his judgement on the double jeopardy stated this was the worst case of rape and murder of a woman that he had ever seen.

AS THE QUOTE SAYS, “Both of them (men arrested in the case) violated Becky’s rights and just because somebody cut a deal in a criminal court doesn’t mean they can escape the human-rights issues.”

It’s clear that Rebecca’s parents have gone beyond just addressing the violation of rights committed by the perpetrators.

You’re the one who needs to be honest about how your partisans causes your ignorance of the facts.

And then Rhona Neill brings out her standard Hitler speech, which she quotes once about every couple of weeks. Lame.

I have an idea. They could employ Bermudian film makers to shoot the scenes they need done in Bermuda. A radical thought, I know.

You guys are so excited to have something to scream about, you’ve lost it and are going SO far over the top with this, it’s…

Well, it’s ridiculous. The assumptions, the projection of worst possible scenarios, the howling for Min. Fahy to step down…

It’s so over the top, I’m beginning to doubt that you guys really ARE PLP demagogues! I’m starting to think that you’re plants from the OBA, trying to make the PLP look bad!

This sort of overwrought, faux outrage over EVERYTHING that they do is doing nothing but give them carte blanche to do whatever they want. Freaking out no matter what they do is just going to allow them to stop caring, as they know that the response will ALWAYS be the same. ESPECIALLY if y’all keep doing it the way you do it! Keep tacitly approving the lies and dishonesty. You’re stripping away ANY integrity you might have.
This is why I constantly try to call y’all on it. I live in hope that SOMEONE will step up and start showing an ounce of integrity. Hasn’t happened yet, sadly.

“Sixteen-year-old Rebecca Middleton and best friend Jasmine Meens make their “trip of a lifetime” to the Queen’s “Jewel in the Atlantic,” oblivious to secrets beneath the island’s idyllic guise and to the horrors that await them on the dark side of Paradise. Sunny days and teal surf welcome the Canadian teenagers as they roam the twenty square miles of the seemingly pristine British territory. But on this searing July night, a full moon, an unusual storm, a cancelled cruise, absent taxis, and chance meetings end in the gruesome kidnap, rape, torture, and murder of Rebecca Middleton. Emotions left over from long-standing racial inequities impact Becky’s case from the moment of her slaughter–especially the hangings of two black men for the murders of five white men during those racially charged 1970s–a matter many still prefer not to discuss. Repercussions from the young Canadian tourist’s death and its investigative and judicial failures create international uproar that catches the attention of famed U.S. forensic scientists Dr. Michael Baden and Dr. Henry Lee. During an inquiry brought about by a tourist boycott of Bermuda, advocate LeYoni Junos exposes truths behind this tangled web of deceit. But it won’t be long before LeYoni Junos suffers those consequences typically experienced by those who fail to “lie in the tide.” Then, almost eight years after Rebecca’s murder, the case catches the attention of British human rights lawyer Cherie Booth, QC, wife of former Prime Minister Tony Blair, who terms Bermuda’s responses “repugnant to justice.” Meanwhile, despite responsibility for territories’ “good governance,” Britain treads lightly. This is a true story of murder, collusion, conspiracy, and cover-up designed to protect the secrets of privilege, and hide the poverty, violence and drugs that darken Bermuda’s tranquil pastels, a third-world setting of mysterious beauty and international influence incongruent with its size.”

I know how desperate you are to denounce the OBA and get your party back in power. We all know.
We get it.

But come on. TRY being honest for a sec.

This isn’t about the family. As far as I know, and, unlike, you, I stand to be corrected, the family has nothing to do with this.
The quote you put up is about court cases, not a documentary.

If you’re going to conjecture, why not conjecture that the family DOESN’T want to dredge this up again?

Oh, yeah. See my first sentence.

Thank you for making my point.

Fahy’s decision is right – his reasoning behind his decision maybe questionable – instead consideration and commentary should be directed towards the hiring of Bermudian film-makers because there are quite a few film professionals already located on the Island searching for work! They have gone and studied the profession, because they were talented and passionate about filming too and I am sure they are more than capable and willing to do the filming for this story and in need of work. So no, a work permit should not be issued to film this story – use a Bermuda company.

I do not believe that anyone that will view this story would believe that it is a reflection of the whole of Bermuda – it highlights some important values: a young person needs to be mindful that they are not invincible – therefore they must lookout for their own safety; where there are people – there is wickedness; Bermuda must be vigilant in terms of evaluating character who resides here (very difficult to accomplish but needs to be done). And another highlight is that Bermuda can benefit from its own forensic lab/operation, instead of having to await results from off-shore. It highlights how difficult it is in everyday police life to ensure that evidence is obtained in such a way that justice is served – and so many more.

But tragedy never is forgotten – and everyone here is affected whether we knew Rebbeca; her family; her friends or not. And she certainly is not the only one whose life has been tragically ended too soon. There are several families here that have lost loved ones in such tragic ways – without enough of an explanation that resolves the loss they experience in their hearts daily because of it.

I certainly am not desensitized to the stories shared of murders, fatal accidents or unexplained disappearances of people (either at sea, just gone) – their tragedies affect me, they change the way I live and the teachings that I share with me children. This losses change the way we do things ..it affects us. The denial of the film-crew to work in Bermuda does not stop the story BUT it does say use our skill sets to record the the locale of Bermuda and whatever else intended to be gleamed from here.