Dear Editor,
I want to thank Dr. Sandra Dean-Patterson and the Crisis Centre for all that she and the center do to help Bahamian women and children who are the victims of abuse.
I also express appreciation to the center and its many volunteers and supporters for all they do to educate Bahamians of every race, gender, religion and political affiliation against abuse and in support of respect for the dignity of every human being.
It is a very sad day for all of us when months and years of work undertaken by dedicated professionals and volunteers at the Crisis Centre and in schools and community organizations around our country to educate against violence and abuse is so casually dismissed by a irresponsible man masquerading as an "honorable gentleman" on the floor of the House of Assembly.
Shame on Leslie Miller for his supremely inappropriate remarks about beating a girlfriend.
Shame on each and every one of his parliamentary colleagues who thought his ridiculously dangerous storytelling was something to laugh about.
Shame on the speaker of the House for not demanding that the MP immediately withdraw his offensive and damaging words from the record of the House.
May God have mercy on our small country because it often seems nowadays that we are very lost.
- Geoffrey Cooper

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