Comments on: Column: ‘Tone Down The Rhetoric, Stop Threats’ https://bernews.com/2016/03/column-tone-down-the-rhetoric-stop-threats/ Bermuda's #1 source for 24/7 breaking news, photos & videos Sat, 04 Apr 2026 18:04:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.7.5 By: FURB1960 https://bernews.com/2016/03/column-tone-down-the-rhetoric-stop-threats/#comment-3213608 Tue, 15 Mar 2016 19:31:35 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=501281#comment-3213608 Amen! Amen!

]]> By: FURB1960 https://bernews.com/2016/03/column-tone-down-the-rhetoric-stop-threats/#comment-3213606 Tue, 15 Mar 2016 19:30:08 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=501281#comment-3213606 to: smh
Whose the fool, you didn’t like then, but now it’s ok cool!!!!
Seriously, at least Col Burch, wasn’t a paper Bermudian!!

]]> By: Ash https://bernews.com/2016/03/column-tone-down-the-rhetoric-stop-threats/#comment-3210109 Fri, 11 Mar 2016 21:50:52 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=501281#comment-3210109 I don’t like how he’s implying people are only rational if they agree with him. He’s coming across as very arrogant.

]]> By: Verly https://bernews.com/2016/03/column-tone-down-the-rhetoric-stop-threats/#comment-3208313 Thu, 10 Mar 2016 16:37:55 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=501281#comment-3208313 Name one instance where they have been threatened with bodily harm!! Just because somebody feels threatened doesn’t mean there is an actual threat!!

]]> By: have some backbone https://bernews.com/2016/03/column-tone-down-the-rhetoric-stop-threats/#comment-3207805 Thu, 10 Mar 2016 11:32:44 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=501281#comment-3207805 NO, we won’t!!!! The people’s voices must be heard……not snubbed.How rude, inhumane and disrespectful.The nerve of this guy!!

]]> By: Raymond Ray https://bernews.com/2016/03/column-tone-down-the-rhetoric-stop-threats/#comment-3207769 Thu, 10 Mar 2016 11:07:34 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=501281#comment-3207769 M.P. Bean, said, “If they proceed to vote down the joint select committee, then they will have 48 hours to withdraw the bill.” After that point the O.B.A will have involuntarily submitted themselves to the will of the people. All hell will break loose. This is the ultimate and final appeal.”
“Despite M.P. Bean’s comments, the will of the people is quite plainly that we should proceed. What he means is, the will of the crowd he controls that is prepared to be disorderly at his command.”
Well said Mike…O.B.A. aren’t afraid of any ghost!!! If the P.L.P. and B.I.U. choose to cause havoc only the poor will lose…Be smart and think for yourselves u’lot and stop being a pawn for either the Union or P.L.P. neither can help you when the chips are down :-(

]]> By: Build a Better Bermuda https://bernews.com/2016/03/column-tone-down-the-rhetoric-stop-threats/#comment-3207442 Thu, 10 Mar 2016 03:06:10 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=501281#comment-3207442 Well, we know the PLP don’t believe in bipartisan, they just want it to be stalled out until they can get their unilateral again

]]> By: Build a Better Bermuda https://bernews.com/2016/03/column-tone-down-the-rhetoric-stop-threats/#comment-3207440 Thu, 10 Mar 2016 03:04:46 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=501281#comment-3207440 Trump… Bean… same thing… does that make you a Trumpeter or a Beaner???

]]> By: Trisha https://bernews.com/2016/03/column-tone-down-the-rhetoric-stop-threats/#comment-3207244 Wed, 09 Mar 2016 23:32:38 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=501281#comment-3207244 Cowerly not worse than despicable.

]]> By: Trisha https://bernews.com/2016/03/column-tone-down-the-rhetoric-stop-threats/#comment-3207199 Wed, 09 Mar 2016 22:50:14 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=501281#comment-3207199 We elected this goverment because PLP was not transpetent but same thing is happening with OBA.

]]> By: Trisha https://bernews.com/2016/03/column-tone-down-the-rhetoric-stop-threats/#comment-3207191 Wed, 09 Mar 2016 22:43:53 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=501281#comment-3207191 He is actually the master mind boss of the OBA, Minister Michael Dunkley is just his servent, shame!
By the way Michael fahy also comments nasty toward PLP, two wrongs that make more wrong.

]]> By: Keepin' it Real!...4Real! https://bernews.com/2016/03/column-tone-down-the-rhetoric-stop-threats/#comment-3207189 Wed, 09 Mar 2016 22:43:37 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=501281#comment-3207189 Well go ahead Beanie baby…incite incite…so I can get a front row seat enjoying watching REAL soldiers doing what they do best…y’all playing like this is a backyard brawl whereas we all go home after and watch TV while eating your favourite gruel…just remember that if you use anything other than sticks n stones…well I’m sure you know the saying that for every Action there is a Reaction…I sure hope you can accept it when it’s upon you.

]]> By: Seriously? https://bernews.com/2016/03/column-tone-down-the-rhetoric-stop-threats/#comment-3207065 Wed, 09 Mar 2016 20:56:52 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=501281#comment-3207065 Why would they when you guys are threatening violence against them?

Resorting to violent threats is much more cowardly.

]]> By: Verly https://bernews.com/2016/03/column-tone-down-the-rhetoric-stop-threats/#comment-3207057 Wed, 09 Mar 2016 20:49:51 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=501281#comment-3207057 From what has been said, you all are afraid to show your faces publicly. Unlike the protestors you criticize so much, you’re too cowardly to ever do what you’re suggesting!!

]]> By: Come Correct https://bernews.com/2016/03/column-tone-down-the-rhetoric-stop-threats/#comment-3207055 Wed, 09 Mar 2016 20:49:09 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=501281#comment-3207055 We know.

]]> By: Verly https://bernews.com/2016/03/column-tone-down-the-rhetoric-stop-threats/#comment-3207050 Wed, 09 Mar 2016 20:42:03 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=501281#comment-3207050 @ grammer mate…I hate to break it to you, but correct English is GRAMMAR. You’re correcting somebody when you’re making a common mistake in the spelling of this word.

]]> By: mixitup https://bernews.com/2016/03/column-tone-down-the-rhetoric-stop-threats/#comment-3207024 Wed, 09 Mar 2016 20:18:28 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=501281#comment-3207024 I don’t know where you people (yes you people) keep getting off with this uneducated (PLP) Educated (OBA) nonsense…. Educated yourself on the history of this country for starters.. Educate yourself on the social imbalances that have gone on for decades, only then will you have a clear picture of why the ‘uneducated’ feel the way they feel..and have zero trust for this Gov’t.
It seems that the ‘educated’ have really never got it right.. It’s the ‘educated’ that perpetuated segregation and thought nothing wrong with that, it’s the ‘educated’ that endorsed slavery and thought nothing wrong with that, it was the ‘educated’ that caused the world financial markets to collapse, now the ‘Educated’ are at it again?

]]> By: mixitup https://bernews.com/2016/03/column-tone-down-the-rhetoric-stop-threats/#comment-3207022 Wed, 09 Mar 2016 20:09:51 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=501281#comment-3207022 I don’t recall Immigration reform being on the OBA’s manifesto…

]]> By: FFS https://bernews.com/2016/03/column-tone-down-the-rhetoric-stop-threats/#comment-3206999 Wed, 09 Mar 2016 19:26:47 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=501281#comment-3206999 GET ER DONE MIKE ! LETS HAVE IT !

While we are at it, is it not time for the majority to get togther and have a March?

How about when the bill goes through we have one a dem World Cup type motorcades with all the flags flying from trucks etc.

]]> By: Enough https://bernews.com/2016/03/column-tone-down-the-rhetoric-stop-threats/#comment-3206989 Wed, 09 Mar 2016 19:12:13 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=501281#comment-3206989 The PLP behavior has reached the point where many of their MP’s should not even be allowed to be in the position of opposition, yet alone vying for Government. Last year Bean came out and said that their job was to get the OBA out of Government. Eh…no, no it’s not Bean and if you believe that is your role as opposition then you need to seek other avenues away from Politics.

Continued threats of inciting violence, name calling and lies is all the opposition has to offer and it is becoming a serious problem for Bermuda which is exactly what they want. Time we stop pandering to these schoolyard bullies and leave them in our dust.

Can you imagine where on earth Bermuda would be if we had Bean as Premier? He is angry, crude and there is absolutely no substance behind anything he comes out with.

]]> By: Vixen Star https://bernews.com/2016/03/column-tone-down-the-rhetoric-stop-threats/#comment-3206986 Wed, 09 Mar 2016 19:06:48 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=501281#comment-3206986 I have to give him credit – he has stuck to the wicket and shown real leadership. Being in Government requires tough decisions that not all will support but I’ve no doubt they are proceeding with majority support. He/they have done their homework.

]]> By: grammer mate https://bernews.com/2016/03/column-tone-down-the-rhetoric-stop-threats/#comment-3206984 Wed, 09 Mar 2016 19:03:42 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=501281#comment-3206984 you’re*

]]> By: Ian https://bernews.com/2016/03/column-tone-down-the-rhetoric-stop-threats/#comment-3206959 Wed, 09 Mar 2016 18:28:12 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=501281#comment-3206959 Fahy. You’re full of crap… Try to convince your supporters in constituency 13 they’re the “silent majority”. You have a lot of people wishing the worst on you right now mate. And you somehow think talking to them like they’re a bunch of fools is helping. Any credibility you could have had went out the window the moment you DRAFTED THE LEGISLATION BEFORE ANY CONSULTION with the people of this country. Your words are empty from that moment onward.

]]> By: Jus' Askin' https://bernews.com/2016/03/column-tone-down-the-rhetoric-stop-threats/#comment-3206950 Wed, 09 Mar 2016 18:21:33 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=501281#comment-3206950 The ONLY POLL that counts is the ELECTION POLLS ;-)

Call a Snap Election if You are So SURE :-D

]]> By: Onion Juice https://bernews.com/2016/03/column-tone-down-the-rhetoric-stop-threats/#comment-3206942 Wed, 09 Mar 2016 18:19:07 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=501281#comment-3206942 Ill take Trump first.
LMFAO

]]> By: Rhonda https://bernews.com/2016/03/column-tone-down-the-rhetoric-stop-threats/#comment-3206941 Wed, 09 Mar 2016 18:18:34 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=501281#comment-3206941 The question is not do you support pathways, the questions is what is the best route to take….. unliteral or bipartisanship

]]> By: Rhonda https://bernews.com/2016/03/column-tone-down-the-rhetoric-stop-threats/#comment-3206937 Wed, 09 Mar 2016 18:15:55 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=501281#comment-3206937 The only group allowed to bully is the oba

]]> By: San George https://bernews.com/2016/03/column-tone-down-the-rhetoric-stop-threats/#comment-3206929 Wed, 09 Mar 2016 18:09:12 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=501281#comment-3206929 PLP is not my party – but this is my country. Those MP’s are not in that House for you. We need to be pro Bermuda and less pro OBA or PLP.

]]> By: ALVIN WILLIAMS https://bernews.com/2016/03/column-tone-down-the-rhetoric-stop-threats/#comment-3206915 Wed, 09 Mar 2016 17:59:01 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=501281#comment-3206915 It too late for this minister to call upon us to tone down our threats; It not a threat it is a defense of Bermudian national rights and our natural aspirations in the country of our birth; a right that is recognize by the whole world.

]]> By: Cow Polly https://bernews.com/2016/03/column-tone-down-the-rhetoric-stop-threats/#comment-3206911 Wed, 09 Mar 2016 17:53:46 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=501281#comment-3206911 I wish he was our Premier – I bet he’d have given full human rights to our LBGT community without pandering to the religious self-righteous!

]]> By: Joe Public https://bernews.com/2016/03/column-tone-down-the-rhetoric-stop-threats/#comment-3206886 Wed, 09 Mar 2016 17:29:51 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=501281#comment-3206886 He’s the Minister of Disaster “It is clear that the majority of Bermudians support Pathways. Every survey done on the subject in the last sixteen years in Bermuda has shown a majority in favour. Indeed, latest polls show that there is at least a 70% approval.”

Where did he get this % Pembroke dump? Include this is your referandum or are you afraid of the out come Fahyyy. Yep your afraid!!!!!!!!!!!

]]> By: Noncents https://bernews.com/2016/03/column-tone-down-the-rhetoric-stop-threats/#comment-3206759 Wed, 09 Mar 2016 15:47:29 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=501281#comment-3206759 @ San George

You couldn’t be more wrong. These “large issues” are exactly why we elect a Government and exactly why we pay them to make these decisions. The PLP lost, get over it.

Your party had 14 years to make decisions and never once listened to anyone that objected with them. Their decisions have ramifications that will be felt for a generation so they don’t have any credibility nor do you.

]]> By: Reality Check https://bernews.com/2016/03/column-tone-down-the-rhetoric-stop-threats/#comment-3206747 Wed, 09 Mar 2016 15:37:20 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=501281#comment-3206747 Min Fahy reckons that 70% of the population agrees with his plan, so he should push forward with it. OK.

Over 65% of the population disagrees with Min Richards plan for the Aecon build at the airport, so he should not push forward with it, OK?

Seems to me that if Fahy is right then Richards must be wrong.

Or, this governing party is absolutely two-faced.

]]> By: Portia https://bernews.com/2016/03/column-tone-down-the-rhetoric-stop-threats/#comment-3206708 Wed, 09 Mar 2016 15:11:15 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=501281#comment-3206708 “It is clear that the majority of Bermudians support Pathways. Every survey done on the subject in the last sixteen years in Bermuda has shown a majority in favour. Indeed, latest polls show that there is at least a 70% approval.”

What is he basing this on – Bernews blogs? The RG survey? Seriously? The same survey that one person can vote on, say, three or four times if they wanted to? If that’s what he’s using to justify these actions – flimsy, Fahy, very flimsy.

There may have been surveys done in the past, but to my knowledge they have not indicated majority support for immigration reform IN THE MANNER in which he is suggesting we do it. To state so is simply not correct.

]]> By: smh https://bernews.com/2016/03/column-tone-down-the-rhetoric-stop-threats/#comment-3206689 Wed, 09 Mar 2016 14:54:15 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=501281#comment-3206689 So Colonel Burch was a nothing more than a usurper too then? Fool

]]> By: The Facts https://bernews.com/2016/03/column-tone-down-the-rhetoric-stop-threats/#comment-3206683 Wed, 09 Mar 2016 14:52:36 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=501281#comment-3206683 @ Bermy realist and @ johnny… The OBA is made up of many leaders that are educated and have shown to have even more common sense. Micheal fahy is a great leader and is working hard for the betterment of our country. The PLP/BIU are messing with the country and are hoping the uneducated will follow and keep allowing them to do so.

]]> By: smh https://bernews.com/2016/03/column-tone-down-the-rhetoric-stop-threats/#comment-3206681 Wed, 09 Mar 2016 14:52:10 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=501281#comment-3206681 POT, MEET KETTLE !!!!

]]> By: smh https://bernews.com/2016/03/column-tone-down-the-rhetoric-stop-threats/#comment-3206673 Wed, 09 Mar 2016 14:45:28 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=501281#comment-3206673 Michael Fahy for the next Premier of Bermuda! Stay strong in doing what’s right for Bermudians and know a lot of people are firmly behind you on this!

]]> By: Anon https://bernews.com/2016/03/column-tone-down-the-rhetoric-stop-threats/#comment-3206638 Wed, 09 Mar 2016 14:12:08 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=501281#comment-3206638 He is a brave man having the guts to take on and tackle many important issues.

How anybody can support the previous government with the theft of millions that has taken place, I cannot understand.

It is not rational for human beings to support those who have stolen from them.

The PLP needs to disband and start again.

]]> By: Bermy Realist https://bernews.com/2016/03/column-tone-down-the-rhetoric-stop-threats/#comment-3206630 Wed, 09 Mar 2016 13:59:05 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=501281#comment-3206630 @ Johnny so tru…I have to say he seems to work harder then him too.

]]> By: Tired of it all https://bernews.com/2016/03/column-tone-down-the-rhetoric-stop-threats/#comment-3206629 Wed, 09 Mar 2016 13:57:59 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=501281#comment-3206629 There is an apt description for a Party and its supporters who threaten violence and seek to incite unrest…

]]> By: The Facts https://bernews.com/2016/03/column-tone-down-the-rhetoric-stop-threats/#comment-3206622 Wed, 09 Mar 2016 13:51:37 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=501281#comment-3206622 i hope my people

]]> By: The Facts https://bernews.com/2016/03/column-tone-down-the-rhetoric-stop-threats/#comment-3206620 Wed, 09 Mar 2016 13:50:27 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=501281#comment-3206620 The PLP are doing Whatever they can to get in power. They are not doing whats best for the people of bermuda and i hope me people wake up and see this!!!

]]> By: wondering https://bernews.com/2016/03/column-tone-down-the-rhetoric-stop-threats/#comment-3206613 Wed, 09 Mar 2016 13:47:05 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=501281#comment-3206613 similar to Marc Bean’s antics with EB at the helm

]]> By: San George https://bernews.com/2016/03/column-tone-down-the-rhetoric-stop-threats/#comment-3206600 Wed, 09 Mar 2016 13:36:10 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=501281#comment-3206600 Fahy is not an elected official; he is a usurper. The government is antecedent to the constitution. Include the granting of status, the airport development, maintaining the size of the civil service or increased taxes and other major decisions that will affect this country for decades, as an option in the same referendum on same sex marriage. These matters are too large to be placed in the hands of 36 people.

Quo Fata Ferunt

]]> By: Jolly https://bernews.com/2016/03/column-tone-down-the-rhetoric-stop-threats/#comment-3206597 Wed, 09 Mar 2016 13:35:23 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=501281#comment-3206597 Uh, he’s the minister responsible for this area.

]]> By: Triangle Drifter https://bernews.com/2016/03/column-tone-down-the-rhetoric-stop-threats/#comment-3206587 Wed, 09 Mar 2016 13:28:29 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=501281#comment-3206587 Desperate words. Desperate threats. Desperate rhetoric from deperate people out to destabilise the elected Government by any means necessary.

]]> By: Johnny https://bernews.com/2016/03/column-tone-down-the-rhetoric-stop-threats/#comment-3206571 Wed, 09 Mar 2016 13:09:20 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=501281#comment-3206571 Is Fahy the new Premier of Bermuda? Does he need permission from Dunkley to talk or can he just say whatever he wants.

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