Advantages of soft policies --- @Vlad. Points well made and articulated. I wont speak for @Nikolov as he is well able to but I believe the point we were making is that there have been so many years of "soft policies" and very little regulations and laws despite that these very policies have been unanimously agreed by all. I admit there needs to be some helping hand to get all on board but if we are soft on regulations and laws (and companies realize that laws are just laws and can be ignored at will), they will always put their interest first i.e. profits at the expense of people. There must be some level of compromise but profits are made when people buy their products; if companies continually violate regulations and laws because of their economic power then sanctions, ban on their products etc may have to be resorted to; but agreed, there needs to be compromise at both fronts. Salute!!

Source author: Bennette Thomas thomasb@dominica.gov.dm