Dear Editor,
There is no doubt that Jamaica is in the throes of a cultural crisis. Incivility, crass behaviour, rampant hostility, and widespread criminal activity have permeated our once genteel island. We have lost our manners and, consequently, one of our most valuable assets has lost almost all of its value.
Jamaicans urgently need to go back to being civil and proper, because we are rapidly becoming a loud-mouthed, foul-mouthed nation fenced in by crime, corruption and mayhem. The attributes that once made us the most admired country in the Caribbean have been squandered because we lost sight of their value.
How do we change the course of our rapid cultural decline? The media, politicians, community leaders, and the clergy should be charged with spearheading our cultural revival. Politicians should be in the forefront this coalition, and our media would play a significant role in communicating the efforts, principles and goals of our cultural renaissance.
I know we, as a people, can get the job done because we are smart and inventive. The only question is, do we have the will to do it?
Valmaleonie
There is no doubt that Jamaica is in the throes of a cultural crisis. Incivility, crass behaviour, rampant hostility, and widespread criminal activity have permeated our once genteel island. We have lost our manners and, consequently, one of our most valuable assets has lost almost all of its value.
Jamaicans urgently need to go back to being civil and proper, because we are rapidly becoming a loud-mouthed, foul-mouthed nation fenced in by crime, corruption and mayhem. The attributes that once made us the most admired country in the Caribbean have been squandered because we lost sight of their value.
How do we change the course of our rapid cultural decline? The media, politicians, community leaders, and the clergy should be charged with spearheading our cultural revival. Politicians should be in the forefront this coalition, and our media would play a significant role in communicating the efforts, principles and goals of our cultural renaissance.
I know we, as a people, can get the job done because we are smart and inventive. The only question is, do we have the will to do it?
Valmaleonie