When a foreign-born chef at Elbow Beach resigned and was subsequently dealt with by the Ministry of Immigration after making a comment about arsenic on the plate of the Premier, the local blogosphere erupted with conversation.

Some who had never posted before rushed to their computers to contribute to this specific public discussion. The added attention to the issue seemed to also generate addition agitation. Here’s a sample of posts to limeyinbermuda.com during a very contentious thread.

“Why is a portion of the black community so determined at getting back at the whites?” — Rev Goat 25/12/06

“No doubt by next week the waiter in question will be employed at (sic) the Premier’s Official Food Taster, *** Kisser, or Knob Polisher...” — Two Cents 23/12/06

“This has everything to do with putting a white ex-pat in his place. I’m sorry, but I’ve seen this kind of bull**** too many times in the hotel and restaurant industry not to believe that that is precisely what is going on.” — Loki 23/12/06

“Derek (sic) Burgess’s grammatically-challenged press release is nothing short of a f****** joke. Is he really equating a stupid, off-colour remark with terrorism?” — Loki 23/12/06

“I feel that the obviously intellectually challenged Minister Burgess (and Wayne ain’t no bright light either) may be even more nauseating than Jim Woolridge was in his years as a UBP Minister.” — Mystic man 26/12/06

“By the way, if you had the courage to post under your real name, I may be able to do something about having your right to work here withdrawn, however because you choose to hide behind the cloak of anonymity there is nothing that I can do about it .” — Laverne Furbert 25/12/06