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Immigrants should celebrate H.L. Stoutt only on his holiday – Hon Christian
He was speaking during the annual grave site commemorative ceremony for the late former Chief Minister held at Capoon's Bay on Monday March 7, 2016.
Christian, known for his strong criticism of expatriates living in the Virgin Islands, said he came across literature from another overseas territory which wanted to set aside special holidays for activities related to the holiday only.
“I was sharing a story with some people this morning. It was an extract from the Turks and Caicos Islands where a former Chief Minister /Premier was suggesting that on national holidays immigrants from other countries should not be celebrating any event apart from that which is taking place in the country that day,” he said to loud applause.
Christian, now Junior Minister for Tourism, said he endorses such a policy and would like to see it adopted in the territory.
“If I may be bold I would like to go on record and say that I endorse that sort of thing. This is a national holiday to celebrate H.L. Stoutt and if anybody wants to do any celebration today it should be done around this giant, this leader of our country,” he said.
Further, he expressed the hope that the grave site of H. Lavity Stoutt be included in the territory’s historical sites, where tourists can be able to see and experience the history of the territory’s first Chief Minister.
“Tourists stop at Bombashack... it’s an iconic location. History lies behind these great walls. Behind these great walls lie a giant and someone we need to present to the world,” he said.
In the past Honourable Christian had called for immigrants to stop bringing their alleged dirty habits to the VI regarding garbage disposal.
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52 Responses to “Immigrants should celebrate H.L. Stoutt only on his holiday – Hon Christian ”
Y this man don't stop talking sh*t. I mean he could talk about so many things but always blasting the immigrants. He need to stop. Is the same immigrants that help with the development of the BVI. Tell me how many BVIslanders that were at the celebration. You give people a holiday does it matter what the hell they do with it. Come on who know if H.L Stoutt was not discussed at the homes. JTV had an awesome show about HL Stoutt. Who know if that wasn't watched to get educated more about the great man. Come on stop being so racial and bias. You are just showing your true colors. As Myron say not only book sense you need to be a minister you also need common sense. Think before you speak.
Instead of lighting a fire under (force)people to get them to celebrate a holiday, we should light a fire within( motivate) people to do so. Agree that visitors and immigrants should respect the customs, courtesies and culture of the Virgin Islands. However, we should create the environment for them to voluntarily and naturally do so. Celebrating customs, courtesies and culture is something that should be done all year round, not one day a year. Celebrating all year will make it come as natural as breathing and all residents and visitors would buy into it.
Wassup with Archie and expats? Archie is a subtract of expats (Antiguan parents) so one would expect that he would show some partially towards expats. Election is coming in 2019 so I suspect that a certain segment of the electorate will have much to say. As King Obstinate says " Wet your hand and wait for me."
What an idiot.
Who made him a Junior Minister?
Hon. Christian, humbly speaking, tone it down. Remember there are a lot of Belongers/BVIlanders who just like you may have a parents who were once an expat, or who themselves who were once an expat. Lets face it, the BVI 50 years ago is no longer the same BVI (when its comes to great grandparents, grand parents, parents, children) all from the BVI, most are mixed somehow, so TONE IT DOWN. I think you can make great points/ideas without seeming like you are somehow attacking the expats.
"At Large Representative and Junior Minister for Tourism, Hon Archibald C. Christian has urged that the territory implements a policy mandating that special holidays such as that for H. Lavity Stoutt be set aside for celebrations and activities surrounding the significance of the day only."
Notice the First Lady in the picture? Did she want to be there?
He said in other caribbean islands where national heros honored on that particular day, no other event is planned or observed.
Archie how bout tackling REAL & SERIOUS issues that plaguing this country like when is minimum wage being raised, ridiculous cost of living, affordable housing for ppl, being able to purchase a piece of land or home, proper health care, proper education, water woes, electricity woes, CORRUPTION. Man look, if you gone in government just to say you in government & have no current or prospective ideas and/or solutions to help out this country resign your post, you & the rest of the posse.
Oh yes, now I remember
There was a man that wanted to take five sacs of ice from an expat ice box and pay for three.
what a ting