Vexed Bermoothes

I guess times have changed since I was a young ‘un.  The thought that there would be “gang warfare” at  the prom for the costly private BHS for girls at the costly private RBYC just boggles the mind.

Bermuda is small – and the swishy crowd can’t feel isolated from the discontent, violence, and uselessness that is festering in some of our young people.  Believe me – coming at the same time as the trial for a senseless murder that occurred at a teen birthday beach party – this nasty little event has probably sent more ripples through the international business community than most of the recent political scandals.  Because it drives home that no matter how much money you make, the Bermuda crap will affect you and it will affect your children.  Wealth and privilege can’t isolate you on an island that’s only 21 square miles.

Media reports talk about a large group of brawling gang members wearing matching clothes, who ran amok and made their escape before Police arrived.

How long does it take to mobilise a Police response in Hamilton?  We have video footage, we have eyewitnesses, we have a victim (who must have known his attackers, who were wearing matching clothes, and fleeing a point bounded three sides by water).  But we don’t have reports of a single arrest.  That’s not promising.

Bermuda is at risk from lots of external forces, ranging from Obama and the G20 to the Great Recession.  But the biggest risks to our community seem to be coming from self-destructive Bermudians.