Dear Editor,
And they cried with a loud voice, saying, 'How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? Revelation 6: 10
As I watch the news and read the newspaper my soul becomes wounded, battered and hurt as my brothers and sisters cry out for justice each day of their lives. They do not cry out for justice for mere attention, but for dignity that has been constantly trampled upon by successive governments and the security forces, whose duty is to serve, protect and reassure its most vulnerable citizens.
The God in me allowed me to question even my vocation to the sacred Catholic priesthood, whether or not I should continue my studies or join allegiance with a human rights activist group, because I was afraid of the effects it might have on my studies and formation. However, despite this darkness of the soul, I know my poor Jamaicans need me or even others like me to speak out despite the cost.
Dear Jamaicans, will you continue to sit and murmur about the increase in the crime rate in our beautiful island Jamaica? Are you willing to simply sit by and see the poor and those most vulnerable amongst us be treated less than human? When will you and I hold our dear politicians accountable for 50 years of "injustice" against humanity?
I am not calling for not just revolution, but an evolution in how we treat our citizens. We cannot make it seem that we are okay with innocent lives being taken every single day as a result of a "shoot-out".
No, Jamaica. We cannot continue this way.
Roger Goodwill
Roger_goodwill14@hotmail.com
A call to action in Ja
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And they cried with a loud voice, saying, 'How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? Revelation 6: 10
As I watch the news and read the newspaper my soul becomes wounded, battered and hurt as my brothers and sisters cry out for justice each day of their lives. They do not cry out for justice for mere attention, but for dignity that has been constantly trampled upon by successive governments and the security forces, whose duty is to serve, protect and reassure its most vulnerable citizens.
The God in me allowed me to question even my vocation to the sacred Catholic priesthood, whether or not I should continue my studies or join allegiance with a human rights activist group, because I was afraid of the effects it might have on my studies and formation. However, despite this darkness of the soul, I know my poor Jamaicans need me or even others like me to speak out despite the cost.
Dear Jamaicans, will you continue to sit and murmur about the increase in the crime rate in our beautiful island Jamaica? Are you willing to simply sit by and see the poor and those most vulnerable amongst us be treated less than human? When will you and I hold our dear politicians accountable for 50 years of "injustice" against humanity?
I am not calling for not just revolution, but an evolution in how we treat our citizens. We cannot make it seem that we are okay with innocent lives being taken every single day as a result of a "shoot-out".
No, Jamaica. We cannot continue this way.
Roger Goodwill
Roger_goodwill14@hotmail.com
A call to action in Ja
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