Slap yourself you naughty child! You should not have an opinion! AND if you do – under no circumstance should you voice that opinion, unless it supports what we (the ever-wise adults) have said! AND whatever scientific research and legal opinion (no matter who from) that has been formulated outside of THIS circle (picture a fair skinned, slightly balding, black haired, wire rimmed spectacled, black-suit and tie wearing, middle aged Papua New Guinean man drawing a circle with his delicate pointers) is IRRELEVANT and surely based on pure emotion.

This is what it was inferred by the ‘Het Man’ at The Big Haus Tambaran when he made the following statement last week whilst attending the Pacific Islands leaders Forum in the Cook Islands,

“But of course, as a government, we will look into the issues that are being raised by the NGOs and the environmental groupings, and we want sensible discussions on this matter and not ones that are led by emotions,”

The fact of the matter is Mista Prime Minista - you don’t need to be a genius to type two simple words (I’ll give you a clue, one word begins with ‘S’ and the other begins with ‘M’) into any search engine and you will get an avalanche of information! As long as you know how to differentiate between blogs and the rest of the ‘ambiance’, you can view, mull over and digest some hardcore facts. No emotion. No assumptions. Plain, simple facts.

If you don’t trust the worldwide web then you SHOULD consult more than one (and preferably one not already engaged by Nautilus): geologist, marine biologist, chemical engineer, environmental scientist or a lawyer and they should be able to give you relevant ‘expert’ information on experimental seabed mining.

Common sense says that if you do all of the above then you are basing judgment on fact. No emotion. No assumptions. Just facts.

Now on another note in the same song, we have two wansolwara’s (East New Britain's Dr Allan Marat and New Ireland's Sir Julius Chan) publicly dealing some little slaps of their own. The situation dictates that Niugini Islands leaders should be putting on a united and intact front. Our people that live in the vicinity of the Solwara 1 project area need all you big men of the Niugini Islands to come together, share your information with each other and what you will see is the necessity to take a step back and wait a little while. At least long enough for all the experts to finalize their research and give us the answers we want! No emotion. No Assumptions. Just Facts.

8000+ thumbs up for you Dr Marat on behalf of those 8000+ Papua New Guineans who have said they want a moratorium until further research is carried out! It is encouraging to see that a Niugini Islands leader is asking questions for his peoples sake. We don't want to be remembered as the generation that got it wrong. If there are questions and grey areas we want them to be answered and made black and white. 

Unlike certain individuals who think that it is fine to gamble our peoples way of life, means of income AND homes on one opinion AND base their judgment on one (rather ill carried out and premature) research paper....

Think it's time certain individuals sat down, typed in those two little words, read some more, asked a few more experts and truly listened and comprehended.